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BITTER-SWEET NEWS FROM HEART OF BELLEVUE

This is a bitter-sweet day for Bellevue residents. Sweet: because the characters at the heart of this story are genuinely happy and optimistic…
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VICTORY FOR STEAD’S PLACE CAMPAIGNERS

The Scottish Government Reporter today rejected Drum’s appeal against Edinburgh Council’s refusal of planning consent for demolition/redevelopment of…
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BELLEVUE GAS GOVERNOR – COUNCIL SHOWS WHO’S BOSS

The new ‘gas governor’ that recently appeared in Bellevue Crescent is to be redesigned.  The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and…
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TASTY TREATS FROM Mrs WILLIAMSON’S COOKBOOK

3. TO BOIL A TURKEY. Today we get you properly in the Christmas mood with this, the third in our series of delicious recipes first published in…
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FESTIVE WASTE, 2019–20

This may not be the most exciting item we bring you this Christmas, but it may yet prove to be among the more useful. Below we reproduce a…
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EDINBURGH N&L FLOCKS TO BROCK

The SNP held Edinburgh North & Leith last night with an emphatic victory and increased share of the vote. With 73% of the electorate taking…
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PLAYGROUP’S FUTURE FINELY BALANCED

In the words of Joni Mitchell, ‘Don’t it always seem to go / that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?’ Well, nobody’s yet talking…
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GARDEN ON GARDENS AND THE NEED FOR TEETH

Professor James Garden, Edinburgh World Heritage's new chair, marked the organisation’s 20th anniversary with a speech at the French Institute…
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LATEST ON ‘NEW TOWN NORTH’

On 6 December, Ediston again consulted the public about Orion Capital Managers’ ambitions for the 5.9-acre former RBS site between Dundas Street and…
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SPURTLE HUSTINGS CONTROVERSY

Controversy has attended the Edinburgh North & Leith General Election hustings run by the Spurtle on 28 November. That event is reported HERE.…
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