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SUPERMARKET GETS UNDER THE SKIN

Late one night, recently, I decided to search online for the opening hours of the Tesco store on Broughton Road. Before I could find the…
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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AT McDONALD ROAD LIBRARY

Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking specifically the 69th anniversary of the Soviets' liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a notorious Nazi…
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ITALIAN, WARM-REEKIN, RICH

What have the Italians done for Edinburgh? Well, for a start there's the magnificent Roman lioness at Cramond, the tremendous Paolozzi foot on…
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St STEPHEN'S CHURCH – COMMUNITY RALLIES TO DEFENCE

St Stephen’s Playfair Trust (SSPT) is a newly formed organisation committed to saving St Stephen’s Church as a significant venue for the community…
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BROUGHTON CRESCENT – LET THERE BE LIGHTS

The much anticipated new lamp posts for Belleveue Crescent are now being installed, to widespread acclaim, writes Ross Maclean. City of Edinburgh…
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HAGGIS, NEEPS AND WEE TATTIE SCONE CANAPES WITH RED-ONION MARMALADE

Not that I need the Bard's permission, but tucking into a plate of haggis in honour of his birthday on the 25th is as good an excuse as any.   I…
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COUNCIL CONSULTS ON PARK EVENTS

City of Edinburgh Council is reviewing its 2010 Edinburgh Parks Events Manifesto to check that the way it plans and manages events in parks is fit…
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COUNCIL LIMITS CRASH-AND-CARRY HOURS – PLANNING UPDATE (20.1.14)

Rejecting the advice of an official, members of the Council's Development Management Subcommittee have refused permission for the McDonald Place cash…
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21st-CENTURY VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED

The new 'virtual Broughton war memorial' which we previewed in December (Issue 225, p.3) has arrived online, and is a thing of beauty. Broughton…
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GAYFIELD STREET IMPRESSION

This Living Hand  This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So…
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