As Specialist Operations Superintendent for Edinburgh, I have responsibility for a broad portfolio which includes licensing, road safety, events planning and counter terrorism - areas which all come sharply into focus during a typical August.
A multimillion-pound fundraising drive has been launched to help finance a new single malt whisky and spirits distillery in Edinburgh, set to return malt distilling to the Scottish capital after 90 years.
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