Princes Street Gardens with a wonderful display of daffodils, and some returfing work underway.
Edinburgh insurance company, Standard Life has handed out a bonus to its CEO in the form of over 750,000 shares, which are estimated to be worth around £1.5m.
The Herald reports the story and explains that it may be a move to show The City that it has undervalued the company’s profit potential.
Councillor Cameron Rose explains that there is a possibility of allowing cars to park in certain streets in Newington for 9 hours under a proposed Traffic Regulation Order.
A reminder to you that you should identify any potholes or other matters on our city streets and report them online by using FixMyStreet. This is a UK wide site so there are reports for all cities and towns in the UK – but the more we use it the more information the council will have. Each report to FixMyStreet is sent immediately to the relevant council Even though there has been a pothole initiative in the city, it does not seem to The Reporter that all streets are quite perfect just yet. With the seagulls about to return it is important to note that there is also a facility for reporting rubbish strewn about our streets too.
Tonight there is a Film and Fireworks event in St Patrick Square to publicise the efforts to save the old Odeon cinema. Edinburgh Guide has all the details here. 
This weekend is the last chance to see the current exhibition at The Fruitmarket as it closes tomorrow.
