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Saturday column: Let's give a day to keeping Edinburgh looking good

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Jul 19, 2025
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IF the shocking images of Victoria Street’s graffitied shops (here, on the BBC) has us all reflecting on how we care for our city, we could do worse than collectively rise up, take to the streets and clean them.

Sadly, however, we probably will not. Speaking as a lone litter-picker (having adopted a 250m stretch of Oxgangs Road), if we are not thinking t…

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