Yes it was 1 April today in case you did not remember. We did not publish this article before lunchtime so that we were not responsible for spoiling your fun. Unfortunately other news outlets do not share that view and there have been spoilers all morning!
Ours came from the National Museum about the theft of dinosaur bones by the Beano’s Gnasher. Read more here. You may think our story about the flamingos is another – but truthfully it’s not!
The Broughton Spurtle have a story suggesting that the York Place tram stop should be renamed Leith Gateway. Trouble with this tale is that perhaps it should, so a bit more than tongue in cheek from the cheeky Spurtle!
The newspapers have had their usual field day in trying to dupe us about all manner of unlikely things, but has there ever been one to better The Scotsman which had an advert to sell Walter Scott Monument a few years back. The interesting thing was that the estate agent involved got a number of enquiries!
The Guardian has the best today we think. The story runs that in an independent Scotland we will switch to driving on the right in common with our European cousins… More here.
The North Edinburgh News has a story about some interesting archaeological finds in Drylaw which will probably result in the need for a Visitors Centre. More here. Not content with that they report that the BBC appear to have devised some new game show to replace referendum coverage.
Alex Salmond is to replace The Queen on the pound coin in independent Scotland according to The Telegraph. More here.
The Times has a fairly plausible story about the Holy Grail. They display a photo of a garish goblet and say the Holy Grail has at last been found! If you have a subscription you will be able to read this story here.
The Queen is apparently going to be tracking in the back garden of Buckingham Palace according to The Sun. Again a paid for subscription so not sure if you will be able to read the whole story!
The Edinburgh Evening News has the story of the Spanish manufactured ticket machines for the new tram line which will only take euros….. Read more here.
Then of course The Scottish Parliament could not resist taking us on a bit of a fantastical journey….about Queensberry House.
And the best according to the BBC is one aired on Panorama in 1957. Yes the spaghetti tree….
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