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NEW SPACE WITH A FRIENDLY FACE

Edinburgh’s latest ‘Fringe venue’ opened this morning with the launch of Police Scotland’s Operation Summer City and a temporary unit in East Princes…
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LOOKING INTO ROAD REPAIRS

HOLES AND HOW TO FILL THEM Reader David Young has queried City of Edinburgh Council about the quality of repairs following cable laying across…
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LASTING IMPRESSIONS

INSPIRING IMPRESSIONISM: DAUBIGNY, MONET, VAN GOGH Inspiring Impressionism looks at the works of three unique and celebrated artists: Charles-…
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IT'S THE END OF THE WHIRR AS WE DIDN'T KNOW IT

Please be patient. I've been investigating – perhaps a little too scrupulously – the 'Broughton Whirr'. You may or may not realise…
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ISSUE 254 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the August Spurtle are already percolating through the barony in advance of distribution tomorrow, like enormously well-…
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MARCH AGAINST HATE TOMORROW

In a show of solidarity against the Nazi symbols and racist graffiti which have begun appearing around Leith in recent weeks, a march is scheduled…
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW WARRISTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT

Very early proposals for new residential building on the B&Q site at 13 Warriston Road have been displayed today and will be again tomorrow.…
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FLATS PLAN RETURNS FOR McDONALD PLACE

When Albany Street Developments submitted a planning application for a new apartment block at 21 McDonald Place last March, locals were not impressed…
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CRACKDOWN ON BOOZE BOUGHT FOR YOUNGSTERS

Police in Edinburgh today launched an initiative in the Leith area to discourage adults from buying booze for under-18s. Those who get caught ‘…
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EDINBURGH SAFARI (6)

Thanks and well-dones to all who took part in our Edinburgh Safari (5) to discover 3D, artificial foxes around the city. Some of you more or…
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