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FUN TIMES AND A WEE THANK YOU ABOUT THE OFFICE PHOTOCOPIER

It’s often said that April is the cruellest month (blimmin’ T.S. Eliot fans cluttering up the place) but we have to disagree.The Met Office may…
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MRS CHARLES DICKENS – THE BROUGHTON CONNECTION

In this the bicentenary of her husband's birth, John Ross Maclean examines a local girl's remarkable but under-remarked biography. Mrs Charles…
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LOCALS PLAN TO PRESERVE HISTORIC PILRIG

In Issue 205, we dealt with concerns arising from the recent relaxation of planning regulations ('Common sense and/or the lack of it'). Many people…
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LOCALS POOH-POOH BELLEVUE BIOMASS PROPOSAL

It never rains but it poohs. No sooner has Forth Ports's hugely controversial proposal for a biomass plant in Leith Docks been seen off than a new…
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ISSUE 205 – OUT SOON!

The journalistic Dundee cake which is Issue 205 has risen and browned nicely in the cooker of printing machinery, and will be served across Broughton…
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CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL ELECTION – CANDIDATES

Broughton and 'Greater Spurtleshire' fall between three City of Edinburgh Council wards. Below are the candidates for the 3 May election, with…
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NEW SHOW, NEW YORK, OLD HABITS

Broughton-based bassist Iain MacPhail and the band are in the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps or knowingly sells alcohol to under-21-year olds.…
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COMMUNITY PLANNING WATCHDOGS DEMAND LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

Concerns about the fairness of the Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) system have been raised by community council planning conveners attending a…
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YORK PLACE TRAMSTOP REVEALED – PLANNING UPDATE (26.3.12)

Interesting details have emerged as Turner Townsend seek prior approval for erection of a tramstop and associated street furniture at York Place (Ref…
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PILGRIMS' APPETITES COULD FEED BROUGHTON'S ECONOMY

Local resident Hugh Lockhart is part of a group reviving the historic Edinburgh–St Andrews pilgrimage route this summer in an initiative which could…
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