The fraud, which took place about 15:00 on Tuesday 15 January at the east end of Princes Street, Edinburgh, has led to a police appeal for information.

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Rallies were also held, with a large demonstration at Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.

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Look, he says, at the town halls of Leeds and Manchester, or the sweep of Newcastle's Grey Street and Edinburgh's Princes Street.

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Stores on Edinburgh's Princes Street said they noticed business picking up after the street re-opened to buses in the summer after 18 months of tram works.

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On Sunday, regular morning services will be held at St Giles' Cathedral and Greyfriars Tolbooth, and a free public event showcasing the "best of the Church of Scotland" is to start at 1300 BST in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens.

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Edinburgh is home to two Unesco World Heritage Sites separated by the steep-sided greenery of the Princes Street Gardens: the Old Town with its imposing Castle Rock and Royal Mile, and the New Town, just a bit younger than Old Town, with a posh Georgian grid laid out in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

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