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TOO-TALL GARAGE GETS THE GO-AHEAD

Following a site inspection on Monday, City of Edinburgh Council is moving towards approval of the controversial garage/dwelling/office structure on…
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FEWER CARS, MORE STUDENTS IN LATEST HADDINGTON PLACE PLANS

S. Harrison Development Ltd (SHD) has applied for planning permission to build a mixed use development comprising student accommodation (226 beds),…
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MACARONI THEFT IS PAST A JOKE

Has anyone seen ‘Rory Macaroni’? Christina Thomson installed him in the small mid-pavement garden at the end of Bellevue Place on Saturday…
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ONE LAST ROLLER OF THE DICE?

Work began last week and continued over the weekend to try and convert the garage on East Scotland Street Lane – which always looked like a dwelling…
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MOOMIN MARVELLOUS

Frankly, it makes no sense. This phrase adorns both sides of the Rodney Street Tunnel, where it first appeared, we think, in late July. …
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EARTH, SEA AND SKYE

Skye-based James Newton Adams’ paintings in his solo exhibition at the Union Gallery are mostly of people and places in the Hebrides or west coast of…
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LAZAROWICZ DRAFTS WAKE-UP CALL FOR DOZY PARKERS

The Westminster Parliament will today discuss Mark Lazarowicz MP’s private member’s bill aimed at extending Holyrood’s powers to curb bad parking.…
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NEW CHOIR FOR KINSHIP CARERS

A new choir is starting in Edinburgh for relatives and friends who look after children in their families where a parent is unable to do so. …
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'JOHN BYRNE: SITTING DUCKS'

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON ‘I think each one of us has to get through these years of trial, without hope, and without despair.’ René Magritte in…
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CACOPHONOUS CAPITAL

David Hill – better known to some for his tweets as @NewTownFlaneur – disagrees with those who want to retain St Stephen's chimes around the clock.…
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