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Communities at heart of Edinburgh 900 celebrations
In the nine centuries since our city has gone through seismic and profound changes. I’m really proud that in the coming months we’ll be able to collectively explore what makes our city the unique, inspiring and fascinating place we know today. This is one of the fundamental aims of the programme to explore, examine and reimagine our collective past. The full aims and themes can be found on our website. As part of the wider programme, we’re allocating £100,000 to the Edinburgh 900 Community Fund....
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Tourist fined £900 for disturbing walrus in Norway
It is believed the tourist got too close to the animal in an effort to take a photo of the animal when they
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We’re celebrating 900 years of our glorious Edinburgh history
It’s difficult to pin down exactly when Edinburgh—as we know it—first came to be. Nonetheless, in 1124 King David I introduced a new system of local government into Scotland by creating royal burghs as part of his efforts to reform the nation’s economic and political structures and this seems an appropriate marker. The sheer magnitude of the history that has taken place in this time is hard to comprehend. Scotland’s capital has seen the rise and fall of monarchies, it has been part of different...