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Your stories – Live blog with Superintendent Bryan Rodgers – Edinburgh College – Today at the Filmhouse – Half term

Do you have a story for us? Fancy yourself as a film reviewer, music commentator or a restaurant critic? Now you can write for us. We have a brand new section where you can upload your story about what matters to you in your part of Edinburgh, or a feature on your favourite restaurant or place to go. Go on give it  a try! We will publish all stories although of course we reserve the right to edit. Photos to illustrate the article would be good but not essential.

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Do you live in Craigmillar? Well join us on Tuesday 16 October at 5.30pm when we are chatting with Superintendent Bryan Rodgers of Lothian and Borders Police about the work he and his officers do in the East of the city. Would you like to ask him a question or is there something you think we should discuss with him? Then please get in touch! You can join in on Twitter by using the hashtag #askLBP or you can email us theedinburghreporter@gmail.com or you can just join in on Tuesday evening!

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Today in The Scotsman they report that the cost of creating the Edinburgh College is to be over £17m which breaks the budget set by The Scottish Government. A staggering £10m of that is to settle severance pay for staff who will not be needed in the new establishment.

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If you simply fancy getting out of the rain then what could be better than this? At 13:00 and 18:10 today The Filmhouse are showing Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief. Sheer escapism with Cary Grant.

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Edinburgh schools break up for half term today till the 22 October. The Council has all the key dates in the school calendar for you here.  And for those of you who don’t have children you will have the roads to yourselves next week in the early morning rush hour.