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ROGUE BUSINESSES FAIL BIN TESTS

... AND THEY’RE THE MAJORITY Council officials have expressed shock after their crack Waste Compliance team discovered what everyone else in…
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BURST TRUNK CAUSES JUMBO PROBLEM

A burst on a trunk water main is responsible for the low water pressure and unsastisfactory ablutions across many parts of Edinburgh this morning,…
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BIG PUSH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

City of Edinburgh Council aims to create at least 16,000 affordable and low-cost homes by investing £2 billion over ten years.This is the most eye-…
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PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON NEW HOTEL SCHEME

Duddingston House Properties and the Urbanist Group have come forward with revised proposals for the old Royal High School and a proposal of…
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UNSTABLE CONTEXTS MAKE YOU THINK

Matt Donovan and Hallie Siegel are collaborating Canadian artists whose work now appears at Edinburgh Printmakers and outside EP’s forthcoming new…
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LESLEY HINDS ON EAST END JAMS

Yesterday's piece on serious traffic congestion in Edinburgh's East End touched a raw nerve (Breaking news, 13.9.16; see foot of page). Our…
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EAST END DRIVEN ROUND THE BEND

If you find yourself caught up in slow-moving East End traffic over the next few days, here are 15 possible explanations. We found them on the…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 16

THE BALLAD OF DUNDAS STREET I settle into the window seat and watch as a light drizzle attempts to motivate late afternoon. Behind me, the…
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EDINBURGH SAFARI (9)

For our next Edinburgh safari, we’re leaving the realms of everyday beasties and going all mythological. Not for us, though, your run-of-the-…
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POST OFFICE CLOSURE IS AN IMPROVEMENT

Warriston Post Office in Brandon Terrace has closed. But locals still mourning the loss of the London Street and Newhaven Road POs, the loss of…
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