Tag: Water of Leith

Tempers flare over Water of Leith defence scheme

EDINBURGH is heading for another trams-style fiasco as spending on its flood defences appears to be spinning out of control. The cost of the Water...

Edinburgh faces flood -prevention fiasco

THE Scottish capital is heading for another trams-style disaster with its controversial flood-prevention scheme, critics warn. Edinburgh City Council is beefing up its flood defences...

Without a paddle: Rescuers called in for canoeists stuck in 4ft of water

TWO canoeists were left red-faced after they sparked a major rescue operation by getting stuck clinging to a fallen tree – in less than...

Former girlfriend of George Best saves city trees

A FORMER girlfriend of George Best has won a bitter battle with one of Scotland’s biggest councils to save trees at a city centre...

Body found in river identified

THE body of a 51-year-old homeless man pulled from Leith Docks in Edinburgh has been identified. Paul Dierikx was pulled from the Water of Leith...

Weather's art attack leaves Gormley statues drowned

By Michael MacLeod STATUES which were supposed to survive 1,000 years have been wiped out by the Scottish weather just four weeks after being installed. Six...

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