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1 year
@MichaelBensonn Apparently one judge had Joyce ahead 🧐
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1 year
@MichaelBensonn Not much changed in last 20 months IMO “Joyce’s defence leaves a lot to be desired. The holes in his guard were thoroughly exploited tonight and one can’t help but think that fighters in the higher echelons of the division will cause him big problems”
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1 year
Floating ecosystems have arrived on the Water of Leith. The project will boost biodiversity,support local wildlife and enhance green and blue spaces for local residents. Video by @carbonchoicesuk @WOLCT @BlueTechR @BiomatrixWater
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1 year
The future of @ThePrideBridge will be reviewed this Thursday by the council.The local community say the 85-year-old bridge is a vital link to amenities and a valued community space. See story and video 👇 @CllrChasBooth @KatrinaFaccenda @CllrScottArthur
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Neil Johnstone
11 months
On a very wet day @SOSLeith gave @FoysolChoudhury a walking tour around the lower basins at the Water if Leith to discuss ongoing sewage spills
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9 months
English has left the building🍔🥓🌭🚐 An incredible turn out for Mike English on #LeithLinks and great meeting Mike’s family and friends and to see how much he means to the community. He’s been on the Links for the last 21 years Story and video 👇
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1 year
“I want it to be a slight protest but not an angry one necessarily” Leith artist, Morvern Graham, brings her debut exhibition to @ootbdrillhall tomorrow night. The free event runs until May 26 & showcases local folktales & an original story that ‘pokes fun’ at the tram works
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Neil Johnstone
2 years
I’m delighted to join the news team @edinburghpaper . Thanks to everyone who gave me such a warm welcome. You can read my first story below
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Edinburgh Evening News
2 years
All but two of Edinburgh Leisure’s 27 parks were closed by the council at the weekend - despite glorious sunshine
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11 months
#Edinburgh 's last known surviving cable tram is being meticulously restored by a team of transport historians. Today's launch of the #TramstoNewhaven Project arrives 100 years to the month since electric trams first traversed the full length of #LeithWalk - and though all eyes
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Neil Johnstone
3 years
Here’s my thoughts on last night’s fight between Joe Joyce and Carlos Takam. If you enjoy it, please retweet
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Eat Sleep Boxing Repeat
3 years
⏮️ FIGHT REVIEW! @NeilJohnstone16 Reflects On @JoeJoyceBoxing Performance: 🔸 Controversial Stoppage? ❌ 🔸 Mandatory Situation ⏳ 🔸 Comparing Takam's Defeats Against AJ & Chisora 💥 #boxing #JoyceTakam @mrsamjones88 @AdamCatterall @SteveBoxman
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10 months
@LeithBertie Very shocking to see this near miss but glad you’re ok. Would you have time to talk about the incident with me tomorrow? I’m a reporter from the Evening News and have covered issues with continuous footways on Leith Walk in the past.
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Neil Johnstone
11 months
It was quite an experience to ride the first tram on the new @TramstoNewhaven route today- packed to the rafters with a piper playing crowd favourites @CllrScottArthur @cammyday @EdinburghTrams
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11 months
Visiting local breweries and Leith Links today concluded with me going home with free beer and a gigantic Proclaimers poster… my wife will be thrilled
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
I’m very sorry to hear about the passing of Scotland’s greatest ever boxer @KenBuchananMBE . I was very lucky to meet him last year- a true gentleman and people’s champion. My thoughts are with his family and friends. Rest in peace champ!
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8 months
For #leith residents who were disappointed after parking bays were reinstated at #ElmRow this week - a petition to fully pedestrianise the street looks like it will be discussed at a November TEC meeting Full story @edinburghpaper tomorrow @LivingStreetsEd
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7 months
@donturvLDR I didn’t know GEM also did bus screens
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1 year
Just two days left to see Morvern Graham’s fantastic exhibition at @ootbdrillhall
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
I spoke with @Zhenya_Dove about her upcoming event ‘Unbroken’ that celebrates Ukrainian culture 1 year on from the war. “Throughout history our culture has been under attack, they didn’t destroy our national identity and they won’t do it this time either”
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
Hundreds of people marched from Edinburgh Castle to the parliament today, one year after Russia in invaded Ukraine #Ukraina
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1 year
I visited Ken’s statue today, some beautiful tributes have been left for the former undisputed champ. Many took a moment to pay their respects ~ achieving more than most could manage in several lifetimes, Ken Buchanan will be missed but never forgotten #KenBuchanan #boxing
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Neil Johnstone
9 months
It was great to meet @gordonguthrie and Stewart Emm from the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society this week and see their amazing cinema. If you’d like to meet ECVS members or learn more about the club they have an amazing line up of events for all ages this Sunday More info 👇
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Gordon Guthrie
9 months
If you ever wanted to mock me for wearing a green bag over my head acting the goat now's your chance
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Neil Johnstone
3 years
Spoke with @Deano_Suth earlier. He’s headlining the card at The Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen tomorrow night and I think we can expect fireworks! #boxing @KynochBoxing @Dennis_Hobson
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Eat Sleep Boxing Repeat
3 years
Dean 'Deadly' Sutherland Interview @NeilJohnstone16 speaks with @Deano_Suth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿ahead of facing Michele Esposito🇮🇹for the vacant WBC International Silver belt. Full Video: ◽️Change in training - KOs are coming!🥊💣 ◽️No challengers for his WBO belt🤷🖊️
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1 year
‘Continuous footways’ on Leith Walk are sparking safety concerns for visually impaired individuals. The Edinburgh Access Panel @RobinWickes & @RNIBScotland are calling for tactile paving to be introduced to make these crossings safer.story and video 👇
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1 year
Just two days left to see the powerful photo exhibition reflecting experiences of young people living through war in Ukraine. ‘War Through Children’s Eyes’ can be seen at Leith Library until Feb 25 #Ukraine @Zhenya_Dove @LeithLibrary @AUGBEdinburgh
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Neil Johnstone
2 years
Check out the amazing Born Free Forever exhibition at the meadows and St Andrew Square - some really amazing lion sculptures raising awareness for a great cause! It’ll be here until early January @BornFreeFDN #BornFreeForever
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Drawing for the Planet
2 years
Amazing article on @BornFreeFDN #bornfreeforever exhibition & @Janeleemcc drawing workshop with @George_Heriots by @_NeilJohnstone @edinburghpaper @TheScotsman Visit #meadows see Elsa's bronze pride, roar for lions and help Born Free protect them forever
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Neil Johnstone
5 months
@mrjamesmack Morning James, very sorry to see this. Can the Edinburgh Evening News please use your picture in a story about this? Many thanks, Neil
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
Good luck to Edinburgh Parkour coach, Adam Romaine, who has been shortlisted for a Change A Life Award at the @_UKCoaching awards tonight. Read about his amazing work with a local teenager below👇 @AccessParkour
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Access Parkour
2 years
More quality @edinburghpaper coverage of Lead Coach Adam Romaine's nomination for this year's @_UKCoaching awards
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1 year
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Neil Johnstone
10 months
@sssn_edi Good morning, I am a reporter from the Edinburgh Evening News. Can we please use this video for a story? Thanks, Neil
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
“Ken was boxing royalty. His coronation as world lightweight champion in an age of truly great fighters was conformation that the self-styled tartan legend was indeed that – a legend of the ring” #KenBuchanan #boxing
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Neil Johnstone
3 years
@SteveBoxman Foreman vs Lyle
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Neil Johnstone
10 months
It was great meeting ‘Leith Legend’ Mike English this morning, an Edinburgh food vendor, who for the last 21 years made #LeithLinks his home. Mike will retire next month..but not before a farewell BBQ on the links on August 6. Story & video below 👇
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Neil Johnstone
6 months
@_jason_91 Morning Jason, can the Edinburgh Evening News please use this video as part of our report? Many thanks, Neil
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Neil Johnstone
10 months
@GinnySanderson You’re already great missed Ginny! It was great working with you, and I along with several others learnt so much from your expertise. The newsroom you go to next won’t believe their luck!
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
It was a pleasure to sit down with Owen Smith,lifelong friend of #KenBuchanan . Owen was Ken’s sparring partner in the early 80s before turning professional himself under the tutelage of Ken. He was also instrumental in getting Ken’s statue made last year
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1 year
Jim Morrison’s lyrics ‘There’s a killer on the road’ take on a new meaning in the Capital as the ‘pothole killer’ is rolled out across the city - The specialist JCB will be trialled in Edinburgh over the next six months Story and video 👇
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Mr Pothole
1 year
'Pothole Killer' hits the roads of Edinburgh with repairs to be completed faster. @scott_expert @tamforrester
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1 year
The old tram wheels that date back to 1898 have now arrived on Iona St
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
Elderly #leith residents told me the removal of bus stops and drop off parking zones on Constitution Street has left them ‘effectively marooned’ in their amenity housing @LeithLinks_CC @KatrinaFaccenda @CllrChasBooth @adamrmcvey
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Neil Johnstone
2 years
It was great to meet the living legend, Ken Buchanan at yesterday’s ceremony. Hundreds came out to see his statue unveiled on Leith Walk - a long overdue event for the former undisputed lightweight champion!👊🥊 Check out link below for story and video 👇
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
@MattCBoxingNews @JeffBezos Can you please buy boxing? buy out all the sanctioning bodies, hire the @TBRBoard to make 1️⃣ list of rankings with 1️⃣ champ per division. You can call it the Bezos Belt, fans wouldn’t care they just want to see #1 vs #2 Then we could maybe return to the glory years🤔
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Neil Johnstone
10 months
@meganenglishxx Hi Megan, I’m a reporter at the Evening News. I’d like to write a story about your dad’s business leaving the Links after all these years. Have got got a moment to send me a dm please?
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Neil Johnstone
8 months
@MichaelMacLeod1 Hi Michael, apologies that should have been linked. I’ve sorted that now. Thanks for letting me know…hope you’re well!
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Neil Johnstone
6 months
@_jason_91 @BarryAnderson_ Thanks a lot Jason...and I'll pass the message on too 👍
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
@LaRealidad10101 @BxciiNG @MichaelBensonn @OscarDeLaHoya Mayweather got dropped by Judah..but ref ruled it a slip
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1 year
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
@carbonchoicesuk @BiomatrixWater Hi Neil, I am a reporter at the Evening News. Can we please use your video for a story? Thanks a lot, Neil
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Neil Johnstone
6 months
@callum_kano Hi Callum, I’m a reporter at the Evening News. Can we use this picture please?
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
@philippkoller_ @cocteautriplets Hi Andy, I’m a reporter from the Evening News. Can you follow me so I can send you a DM?
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
#LeithWalk / London Road junction: Some drivers continue to pass through the pedestrian crossing when the green man signal is on. The controversial TRO means motorists must take an elongated route around Picardy Place - but some still prefer the shortcut
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1 year
Trams return to #LeithWalk for the first time since 1956
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Neil Johnstone
3 years
@SteveBoxman Too proud to let someone else call it before him. Idiot
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Neil Johnstone
10 months
@elementalPaul @MelindaHoward4 Morning Paul, I’m a reporter from the Evening News. Would we be able to share this video on our website if we credit you?
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Neil Johnstone
4 months
@Tom_Gray_Boxing Some people are put here just to test us
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
@Martinhibee @UKChange Hi Martin, I’m a reporter at the Edinburgh Evening News. Are you free for a call this week to talk about your petition?
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1 year
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Neil Johnstone
2 years
Tickets booked to see @RATM . Missed them last time, didn’t think I’d get the chance again. Roll on August 24 🎸
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Brian Ferguson
2 years
If there’s been a busier-looking summer for big live music events in Edinburgh I can’t remember it. I’ve rounded up a fair bit of what’s been announced - so far - in this @scotsman_arts piece. Still lots more news to come as well. Stay tuned! @TheScotsman
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Neil Johnstone
7 months
A really impressive project is underway just outside Edinburgh. @lostshoresurf Surf Resort will be world’s first inland surfing complex featuring the largest state-of-the-art wave pool in Europe. Opens September 2024 Story and video 👇🏄‍♂️
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Neil Johnstone
2 years
A statue of legendary boxer Ken Buchanan will be unveiled this Sunday (August 14) at the top of Leith Walk at 12pm. The event was made possible after six years of hard work by the ⁦ @buchanan_mbe ⁩ foundation. Check out story for more details 🥊👊👇
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Neil Johnstone
4 years
@arielhelwani There’s a new sheriff in town! Let him skip the queue, title shot next
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Neil Johnstone
5 months
@mrjamesmack Thanks James, will do.
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Neil Johnstone
4 months
@MichaelBensonn @arielhelwani I’m happy that Ngannou is getting another mega payday. Good luck to both 👊
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Neil Johnstone
3 years
Check out the latest Rhubarb release, loads of interesting content available now at Hope you enjoy my article on Edinburgh hero Remi Akande @magrhubarb
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Neil Johnstone
2 years
It was a pleasure speaking to @ScottForrest94 to talk about his upcoming pro debut on @SkySports on Feb 26. After an amazing amateur career with @TeamGB he looks to make some noise in the Cruiserweight division.🥊💥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 You can watch interview below👇 #TaylorCatterall @boxxer
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Eat Sleep Boxing Repeat
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🆕 ACCOMPLISHED AMATEUR SCOTT FORREST SPEAKS TO ESBR AHEAD OF PRO DEBUT! 🎥 @NeilJohnstone16 Caught Up With @ScottForrest94 Ahead Of Feb 26th: 🔘 Boxing At World Level 🌏 🔘 Sparring AJ 💥 🔘 Home Debut 👏 #boxing #TaylorCatterall #ScottishBoxing
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1 year
Council funding ended in 2019 and the centre was forced to close its doors 3 years later. “I really hope the building remains a community space and can provide some of the good stuff that we did in the past.”
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Neil Johnstone
5 months
@SamRyderMusic put on a surprise performance today outside @DomeEdinburgh in Edinburgh’s George Street Full story tomorrow
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
🌳🌲Free trees for Edinburgh residents!..The Edinburgh Million Tree City giveaway returns this weekend at Inverleith Park. Fri 12-3 and Sat 10-2 @TreeTimeEdin @WoodlandTrust @greenspacetrust @Edinburgh_CC
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Cllr Jule Bandel
1 year
Get a 🌲🌳🌲 free tree 🌲🌳🌲 for your garden and help us become a Million Tree City! 🗓️ Tomorrow & Saturday at 📍 Inverleith Park
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Neil Johnstone
5 months
@AlastairBruce_ Morning Alastair, I'm a reporter at the Edinburgh Evening News. Can we please use your pictures for a story and credit you for them? Many thanks, Neil
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
It was a pleasure speaking to Bryan Maughan hearing all about the 33 year history of @pilmeny Youth Centre which sadly closed last December.Bryan handed the keys over this week “It’s a shame,there were a lot of people in the community who were relying on the provision” @auldmauny
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Neil Johnstone
1 year
It was an honour to attend the memorial service for #KenBuchanan @StGilesHighKirk today. Hundreds gathered to pay respects to the boxing great, many sharing fond memories of the local hero from who cemented his place in #boxing history Rip Ken
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Neil Johnstone
10 months
@elementalPaul @MelindaHoward4 Thanks a lot Paul ...are you free for a quick chat too? If so could send me an email? It's neil.johnstone @nationalworld .com
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