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Celtic keeper Artur Boruc allows the ball to slip through his hands in a match against Hibs at Easter Road. Thousands of pounds worth of steel for the new grandstand at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo was stolen. Prince Charles visits Edinburgh on royal train to promote green issues. Due to chronic overcrowding in jails, it was suggested that non-violent prisoners should be put on a waiting list A plan to have tartan trams in Edinburgh is not well received.
Anthony Gormley, sculptor of the Angel of the North, is to do a series of sculptures for the banks of the Water of Leith. Plans were annouced for a continental style seafront development in Granton. Councillors vote to end the proposed tram line at Haymarket. All Scottish teams were knocked out of Europe before the end of August. The Pope visits Edinburgh and parades along Princes Street in the popemobile. Edinburgh Airport plans to introduce a £1 dropping-off charge.
Attempts were made to clean up rubbish in the Water of Leith. Asda and Sainsbury's refuse to deliver to the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh following attacks on their van drivers The MTV music awards were held in Leith. Jenners, the up-market department store, was sold to House of Fraser. Edinburgh Council leaders Jenny Dawe and Steve Cardownie face a motion of no confidence. Gaddafi refuses to step down in Libya.
Lottery money is to be spent to help give Leith a "cafe culture". The council leadership of Anderson and Burns suffer a costly defeat over attempts to introduce congestion charges. New Town residents are opposed to large communal wheelie bins in their streets.


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