An Edinburgh bar boss has pleaded with passers-by to stop hurling rubbish over a wall onto the beach next to their business.

The manager of Old Chain Pier, a gastropub on Trinity Crescent looking out over the Forth, took to social media to vent their frustrations after discovering rubbish discarded on the shore next to the Newhaven pub.

Their message read: “Would love it if members of the public would stop throwing things over the wall onto the shoreline.

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“It really shouldn’t be our staff’s responsibility to go and collect random detritus – it’s incredibly slippy and dangerous.”

A video shows a member of staff negotiating the slippery rocks below the promenade towards what appears to be a discarded beer keg.

The staff member can be seen navigating the seaweed-covered shore to gather other scattered rubbish. She seems to put her arms out to balance herself on the damp, uneven surface.

One follower commented on the pub’s post, sharing: “I honestly don’t know why on earth anyone would do this. Thanks for retrieving it.”

We reported last year how the pub was rocked by an attack where hatch window was smashed in with a bar stood by a man in dark clothing.

Video footage from the incident – which took place around 1.55am on October 26, 2024 – shows the culprit picking up a heavy stool and swinging it against the hatch window before walking off out of the shot.

The bar manager said at the time: “Our contracted cleaners had arrived seven minutes before, so they were actually in the building when it happened. Luckily no-one was hurt.

“They contacted police, who attended at the time, but the perpetrator was long gone by then. It’s going to cost us a few hundred pounds to replace the window as I’m doubtful an insurance claim will pay out.

“We are still fighting them about the damage caused by Storm Babet on October 21, 2023 which has left us thousands of pounds out of pocket.”

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