Salty, bitter and very addictive

Fish and chips have long been a stock meal in the UK due to the rapid development of trawl fishing in the North Sea and development of railways connecting ports to cities during the second half of the nineteenth century.

During World War II fish and chips remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to rationing.

Traditionally it has been regarded as a useful quick meal for those who eat fish on Friday.

In Edinburgh a combination of Gold Star brown sauce and water or malt vinegar, known either simply as "sauce", or more specifically as "chippy sauce", is very popular as it is salty, bitter and very addictive.

Does fashion have a future

The latest development on Princes Street is the demolition of the former Littlewoods department stores premises which is to be replaced with a Primark.  On Edinburgh’s most prominent retail thoroughfare it will be joining a range of chain stores including GAP, House of Fraser, Marks and Spenser and H & M.

Edinburgh’s city centre is well supplied with all the major high street retail chains but there is a growing frustration amongst a sector of the trade that independent retailers are being pushed out.

Laura Davidson, 26, from Lasswade, is in the process of establishing her clothing line If my name was….

She said, “After being based in London I am keen to live and work in Edinburgh, but it’s very difficult to establish a business here.”   

At present Ms Davidson has stock on display at Cookie in Cockburn Street, Edinburgh and also sells through ASOS Marketplace, an online retail outlet.  “The city doesn’t have anything like Camden Markets in London, not even remotely.  There are occasional events but what we need is a location for a regular weekly market.”

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Tram Ride to Nowhere

Edinburgh is a city made up of the Old Town a medieval city based around the Royal Mile and the New Town in all it's Georgian splendour.
It's never been ideal for car driving and there has never been much parking but Lothian Regional Transport, who run the city buses in Edinburgh, are an award winning company and many travellers were perfectly happy with the public transport available before the whole trams fiasco even started.

The authorities, which means of course ultimately the taxpayers, have now spent £402m of the £545m budget, with a new estimate cost of £600m.
The construction work should be almost completed BUT just 28 per cent has been finished.

Here is how the saga unfolds.

• October 2007 - Approval given to Final Business Case for Trams Project
• December 2007 - Approval given by the Council for TIE to sign contracts with for supply of vehicles and design, construction and building of network
• April 2008 - Contract negotiations are concluded
• June 2008  - Construction of the network commences
• November 2008 - Willie Gallagher steps down as executive chairman of TIE
• April 2009 - Phase 1B of construction project is cancelled due to financial problems
• May 2009 - Richard Jeffrey becomes new executive chairman of TIE
• January 2010 - Important milestones of construction schedule slip by up to two years
• March 2010  - Announcement that construction work will be delayed by a further 30 months
• June 2010 - Project costs rise to £600 million or more
• July 2011  Original estimated completion date
• 2014  Current estimated completion date

  

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Minister-rules-out-takeover-of.6710017.jp