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SIZZLING HOT FRENCH ADVENTURE

Feeling the heat?Then spare a thought for the Broughton Scouts travelling abroad today for a Kayaking Adventure in south-central France. Twenty-…
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CHAPMAN TO QUIT LEITH WALK EARLY

After eight years in the role, Leith Walk councillor Maggie Chapman will step down from Ward 12 duties this summer. She will concentrate instead…
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TACKLING THE CHORE OF GUTTER FLORA

Those of us who are old enough to remember the 1970s and 1980s in this city will remember that each householder used to take responsibility for…
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WARD 12 BY-ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER

The Leith Walk by-election (Ward 12) triggered by Councillor Deidre Brock’s resignation will be held on 10 September.Sue Bruce, Returning Officer and…
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BROCK STEPS DOWN FROM WARD 12

Deidre Brock is stepping down as councillor for Leith Walk (Ward 12). She will focus instead on her new role as MP for the Westminster parliamentary…
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JOYCE GUNN CAIRNS MBE

With works in the permanent collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the City Art Centre, Scottish artist Joyce Gunn Cairns needs no…
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PSYCHOGEOGRAPHIES 10

HART STREET AND HART STREET LANE  As I meandered one recent evening, scrutinising the ebb and flow of the Georgian gloaming, it suddenly struck…
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COAST TO COAST

‘It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top…
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MUSIC SCHOOL PLANS GO ON DISPLAY

Plans for St Mary's Music School to move into a restored, refurbished and reconfigured old Royal High School complex went on display on Thursday.The…
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STAG REPORT ON TRAMS TO LEITH WELCOMED BY HINDS

An interim economic appraisal goes before councillors next week.It will conclude – to nobody’s great surprise – that extending the tram route to the…
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