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David McLean

Edinburgh's famous Robert Burns statue returns just in time for Burns Night

Many Leithers were in high spirits on Thursday afternoon as a very familiar "honest, sonsie face" returned just in time for Burns Night.

Ahead of an official veiling planned to take place next week, Leith's Robert Burns statue was spotted being craned back into its rightful spot at the junction with Constitution Street.

The 200-year-old statue had been kept in storage since December 2019 after being shifted to make way for construction works related to the Trams to Newhaven project.

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