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OPEN LETTER TO WILLIE RENNIE, MSP ON HOWE STREET SAINSBURY'S

Dear Mr Rennie,I am writing to you to complain in the most vigorous way regarding what appears to be a fait accompli regarding the planning…
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8th DECEMBER

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WATER OF LEITH – FAST AND FURIOUS

The water level was rising and a strong, very fast current muscled its way down the Water of Leith in Broughton this lunchtime. Despite alarming…
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GROUPS ORGANISE AGAINST PRIVATISATION PLANS

Local campaigners from Leith and east Edinburgh will meet to discuss Council privatisation of certain public services, writes campaigner Alyson…
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7th DECEMBER

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IRRITATING TO THE nTH DEGREE

Staff at the Canonmills Launderette on Huntley Street have been amazed by the number of people entering the premises since they put up a new sign…
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6th DECEMBER

AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all the world went to…
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PLANNERS RECOMMEND GREEN LIGHT FOR HOWE STREET SAINSBURY'S – PLANNING UPDATE (6.12.11)

Despite at least 37 letters of objection, City Planners will recommend that the Planning Subcommittee approve revised plans for a Sainsbury store at…
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CANONMILLS – CONTESTED VIEW NOTHING NEW

Readers with an historical bent may be interested in viewing the painting linked here. Reader John MacDonald has rediscovered it in the the newly…
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WIND OF CHANGE ONE STEP CLOSER

The Portobello and Leith Community Wind Energy Project has won – just – in its Energyshare.com contest category, and will receive £80,000 funding.The…
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