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A BEATING HEART

Many locals have a soft spot for Broughton Place. There’s a satisfying confluence to it, an odd higgledy-piggledy, tumble-down descent leading…
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POLICE RELEASE NAME OF CALTON HILL FATALITY

Edinburgh Police today named the girl whose body was found on Calton Hill on 8 December. Fifteen-year-old Mhari O’Neill’s death is currently…
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MAJOR DISRUPTION FOR BROUGHTON STREET

Scottish Gas Networks has announced plans for a major 26-week project to replace mains along Broughton Street and two offshoots.Phase 1 work will…
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LEITHERS URGED TO OBJECT AGAIN

Save Leith Walk campaigners have urged locals to reject Drum Property’s revised scheme for Stead’s Place. As reported HERE last week, the…
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CAR WASHING WON’T VEX LOCALS, SAYS WOULD-BE SPLOSHER

 SOAP AND SUCTION IN TESCO CAR PARK Waves Consultancy Ltd seeks planning permission to construct and operate a hand car wash and valeting…
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JINN A TONIC IN CANONMILLS

There’s a distinct pantomime theme to the window of Martinez Antiques just now. The Brandon Terrace cornucopia always surpasses itself around…
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SLOW PROGRESS ON POWDERHALL RAILWAY PATH

The Powderhall Railway Path Working Group met Leith Central Community Council’s Vice Chair and CEC officials from Active Travel and Housing yesterday…
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BOTTOMS UP AT THE OMNI

 BIG TEST FOR EDINBURGH'S NEW LICENSING STRATEGY A planning application has been submitted on behalf of TH Real Estate to build a single-…
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FINE LINES IN TESTING TIMES

Broughton Street welcomed a new arrival on Monday afternoon. From 2pm onwards, artist Zoe Gibson worked in the window of Concrete Wardrobe at No…
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DRUM DROPS STEAD’S PLACE FLOOR

 END OF A STOREY NOT THE END OF THE STORY Drum Property has made significant revisions to its plans for Stead’s Place, reducing the height…
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