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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The star of hit movies such as XXX and the Fast and the Furious then headed out to the city's Princes Street Garden's to join an 8, 000-strong crowd at a special outdoor event staged for those who could not get tickets to the main ceremony.

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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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Princes Street, the city's top shopping street, has been made one-way, except for buses and taxis.

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Horne's small flat in West Princes Street became the epicentre of a new and fiercely independent Glasgow music scene.

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It will make its way slowly down The Mound, past the giant symbol of the Paralympic Games and cross Princes Street on to Hanover Street where a post-box painted gold in Sir Chris's honour stands, officials said.

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The capital's events champion Steve Cardownie said there were outstanding fears that Princes Street residents may be tempted to abuse their free allocation, and said the levy "discouraged entrepreneurialism".

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