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Voters have their say in by-election today

Voters in the Liberton/Gilmerton ward will be heading to the polls today (Thursday 20 June) to elect a councillor to sit on the City of Edinburgh Council.

Virgin Active fined for toxic gas at Omni Centre swimming pool

Virgin Active Limited has been fined £20,000 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after it failed to adequately control hazardous substances at their premises in the Omni Centre on Leith Street, Edinburgh.

New book is out of this world

‘Beast was a wolf boy from Mars and he was dreading today. Everything on Earth was different from what he was used to and it made the hair on his ears and tail stand on end.’


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