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STATISTICS REVEAL EDINBURGH'S SAFEST DRIVERS
Thursday 17 February 2011 - 00:00
Statistics produced by the Scottish Government suggest two unlikely groups as Edinburgh's safest drivers.Between 2005 and 2009 the safest way of…
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LAZAROWICZ TO HOST FAIRTRADE DISCUSSION
Wednesday 16 February 2011 - 18:26
Edinburgh North and Leith MP Mark Lazarowicz is to host a free, public meeting to discuss Fairtrade on 5 March.He is inviting experts, practitioners…
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STICKERED CITY
Wednesday 16 February 2011 - 17:08
Broughton's proliferating stickers are at their thickest where Broughton Street meets York Place.Just about every vertical pole and lamppost is…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 14.2.11
Wednesday 16 February 2011 - 12:34
An indefatigable sandwich shop proprietor at 3 Elm Row has reapplied to change the premises' use to a hot food takeaway, just 4 months after his last…
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ST VALENTINE'S DAY VELOCIPEDE
Tuesday 15 February 2011 - 16:46
A bicycle chained to railings on Bellevue Terrace was romantically adorned with a bunch of plastic red roses yesterday afternoon.Was this two-wheeled…
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'EVENING NEWS' AND TOO-SMALL LANGUAGE
Tuesday 15 February 2011 - 09:53
Do you ever worry that the English language's 750,000 words are not quite enough?Staff at the Edinburgh Evening News must fear exactly that, since…
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CONMAN PROVES PC CLOD
Tuesday 15 February 2011 - 00:00
A suspected conman phoned an Albany Street firm of solicitors at 10:00am on Wednesday 9 February. He claimed to represent 'Midlothian Police' and…
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SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR WORLD HERITAGE SITE ROOFTOP POLE PROPOSAL
Monday 14 February 2011 - 13:00
Vodafone and 02 seek planning permission for ‘6 pole-mounted antenna to accommodate rooftop cabinets’ above Centrum House at 108–14 Dundas Street (…
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OTTERLY REMARKABLE
Friday 11 February 2011 - 15:45
On 1 February (Breaking news), we congratulated – through gritted teeth – a local ornithologist on his extraordinary skill in attracting numerous…
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