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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael MacLeod

Edinburgh today: Withered Hand for sxsw and Goodwin superinjunction

Good morning Edinburgh!

Got some gloves and a spade? Tell Greener Leith. They'd love to have your help in completing the Pilrig Park berry hedge a week tomorrow.

Demolition of the last of Sighthill's tower blocks will cost nearly £800,000, reports the Evening News.

The Spurtle looks forward to the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in Queen Street.

Edinburgh musician Oliver Sabin, also known as Unicorn Kid, has his own profile on the Guardian's SXSW page.

Fellow Edinburgh artist Dan Wilson - aka Withered Hand - is also in the profile pages, but see his Facebook page and these reports in the Evening News and STV Local to find out about his troubles getting his visa approved.

Labour MP Ed Balls met Blindcraft staff and supporters yesterday during their 'last stand' march - see pictures on the Deadline site. Communities minister Alex Neil said he will "talk again" to the City of Edinburgh Council to try to save jobs, reports STV News. You can hear the employees talking to Forth One here.

Former RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin is back in the headlines this morning. The ex-Gogarburn boss topped Twitter's trending list over a superinjunction. More in today's Herald and the Guardian.

The Leith Neighbourhood Partnership has a survey on priorities for the 2011-14 Leith Community Plan. Read more on the Friends of Montgomery Park Facebook page.

Wester Hailes' history blog - From There To Here - looks back to a skateboarding campaign in 1988.

Adam Ramsay has written on Bright Green Scotland calling for Scottish Green leader Patrick Harvie to be allowed into the Holyrood election debates.

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