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DRUMMOND KENYA GROUP STILL SEEK FUNDS
Tuesday 6 March 2012 - 15:51
Since the turn of the year, excitement among the Kenya Group has been hotting up, writes  Drummond CHS's Annie Scanlon. Five S5 students and…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 5.3.12
Tuesday 6 March 2012 - 12:47
City Planners have now agreed listed building consent for a minor revamp to the exterior of C.C. Bloom's on Greenside Place (Ref. 12/00172/LBC; see…
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LONG WAY FROM HOME
Monday 5 March 2012 - 16:03
Passers-by were briefly surprised yesterday by the appearance on Mansfield Place of a double-decker London bus.The Routemaster (1962 vintage) was…
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BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AGAIN
Monday 5 March 2012 - 12:02
Many local readers will have noticed that the controversial reversal of Forth Street's one-way system which had been scheduled for 10am this morning…
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BACK-TO-FRONT FORTH STREET, DUNDAS STREET DISRUPTION, AND CHANGES TO BUSES
Friday 2 March 2012 - 15:21
From 10am on Monday 5 March, the one-way system on Forth Street will be temporarily reversed, meaning that drivers will not be able to enter from…
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BRIGHT-EYED, BUSHY-TAILED, AND BACK
Friday 2 March 2012 - 12:14
Dylan, the errant Canonmills tom whose unexplained disappearance sparked search parties along the Water of Leith and a poster campaign across half of…
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YOUR MOSTLY USEFUL GUIDE TO SOME OF WHAT'S ON IN AND AROUND BROUGHTON
Thursday 1 March 2012 - 15:24
Time is fair marching on in 2012 (See what I did there? Marching? Because it’s March? Oh, forget it) so it must be time for a another scintillating…
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BUSINESS AS USUAL AT BROUGHTON PRIMARY
Thursday 1 March 2012 - 10:23
These complex steel warts on the face of a much-loved friend suggest something seriously amiss with the fabric of Broughton Primary School.…
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UP-FRONT NICHE MARKETING TOO STRAIGHT
Wednesday 29 February 2012 - 13:32
How many Spurtle readers have gazed recently upon the eastern flank of the Balmoral Hotel and considered its channelled pilasters dividing the ground…
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GREEN LIGHT FOR ELM ROW STUDENT HOUSING
Tuesday 28 February 2012 - 12:51
City of Edinburgh Council has effectively agreed to the demolition by London Cornwall Property Partners (LCPP) of the former Gateway Theatre and…
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