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COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS CONSIDER THREE-PIPE PROBLEM
Thursday 26 July 2012 - 09:35
City of Edinburgh Council's Finance and Resources Committee will next week consider approving a £5.5m Leith Improvement Programme (LIP) for north…
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LOCAL SCOUTS JOIN FORCES FOR JAMBORETTE
Thursday 26 July 2012 - 08:44
Local Scouts from Broughton and Greenside recently camped together at the Blair Atholl International Patrol Jamborette – the premier Scottish Scout…
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TRENDY CELT'S DESIGNS ON BAXTER'S PLACE
Tuesday 24 July 2012 - 14:38
New plans are in the offing for empty and increasingly derelict-looking properties at 1–5 Baxter's Place (Issue 203).Dublin-based Trendy Celt Limited…
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LOCAL PARKS MAINTAIN STANDARDS
Monday 23 July 2012 - 13:34
Inverleith Park, Victoria Park, Hopetoun Crescent Gardens and London Road Gardens have retained their coveted Green Flag awards this summer,…
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SHAKEN ALBANY STREET FIGHTS BACK
Saturday 21 July 2012 - 06:42
Albany Street residents and businesspeople have responded angrily to diverted traffic running through the New Town. Several have now begun…
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LOCAL GALLERY SEEKS ASC TRAINEES
Wednesday 18 July 2012 - 07:28
The Gallery on the Corner (34 Northumberland Street) seeks five new trainees to work eight hours a week on a temporary one-year contract.Successful…
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HIC SUNT DRAGONES
Tuesday 17 July 2012 - 08:26
In some ways a map is one of the least useful tools for finding one's way about a city.Notwithstanding whatever qualities of internal consistency it…
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EDINBURGH TREASURES
Monday 16 July 2012 - 10:47
The 17 designers exhibiting works at Whitespace this month were each randomly allotted a photograph by another member of the group. The picture had…
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GRINDING OF TEETH BUT NO GRIDLOCK
Monday 16 July 2012 - 10:03
Contrary to some self-appointed experts' predictions, Edinburgh did not grind to a halt this morning. There was no gridlock.Spurtle observed the York…
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LEITH WALK IMPROVEMENTS – HAVE YOUR SAY
Friday 13 July 2012 - 14:37
Locals will have a chance to make their voices heard, and exert a little pressure, at two public events next week to discuss improvements for Leith…
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