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'INCOMPLETE GARAGE' FAILS TO IMPRESS REPORTER

A developer’s appeal against an Enforcement notice on his East Scotland Street Lane studio dwelling was finally dismissed yesterday (Ref. ENA-230-281…
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BROUGHTON ROAD BACKWATER CHOPPED

Broughton Road residents are dismayed that contractors have begun felling trees on the wooded strip between their backgreens (Nos 32–62), Heriot Hill…
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SILENT WITNESS: EPPS AT THE UNION GALLERY

In Dark Arcadias at the Union Gallery this month, Edinburgh painter Keith Epps examines what he describes disarmingly as ‘one of the least…
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BROUGHTON'S SMOOTHEST ... SCRUNCHED

Those readers who since June 2011 may have begrudged the expensive perfection of Broughton’s road to nowhere – East Scotland Street Lane (Issues…
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VINTAGE FUNDRAISER FOR FORWARD-LOOKING CHARITY

Canon Street-based charity Hearts & Minds will host a Vintage Fashion Show on 26 March to raise funds and publicise its work across Scotland with…
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COUNCIL CLARIFIES GEORGE STREET CONSULTATION

Spurtle has received clarification on the Council’s consultation process regarding plans to semi-pedestrianise George Street, create a one-way system…
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LIGHT AND SPICY PRAWN CURRY

It's definitely brighter in the mornings, and there have been entire days of sunshine, so Spring must be around the corner. Which means it’s almost…
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WRONG-SIZED HOARDING IN WRONG PLACE?

Richard Rennie, an Easter Road resident, has written to councillors and the Council’s Planning Department objecting to Forrest Group Ltd’s…
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MORE DOES THAN DON'TS ON CAIRNGORM ADVENTURE

The frequently venueless lads and lassies of Broughton St Mary's Scouts (Breaking news, 3.2.14; Issue 227) held their Sochi-inspired winter camp at…
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THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

I arrived home from work one night in December to find that my blue recycling box, which I’d left on the kerbside earlier that day, had disappeared…
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