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STALEMATE AT THE MANSFIELD PLACE CORRAL

I’m standing on the traffic island at Mansfield Place having just crossed the first half of the road. But I can go no further. My fellow …
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HINDS DEBUNKS RECYCLING 'MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS'

Concerning the recent article (Breaking news, 21.2.15) and reader’s letter ('Bins, Blazing, Boxes', 23.2.15) about recycling in Bellevue, writes…
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PARK PROPERLY OR PAY THE PENALTY

If you’re thinking of travelling to faraway parts next week, be aware that new Leith Walk parking arrangements just north of Pilrig Street are being…
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THOROUGHLY MODERN MONTGOMERY STREET (NEARLY)

BT Telecoms are trying to connect parts of Hillside with the 21st century.They have applied for planning permission to install a cabinet on the…
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CRITICS SLAM ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL PLANS

Plans to develop the old Royal High School are ‘the architectural equivalent of drawing Mickey Mouse ears and a moustache on the Mona Lisa’.So said…
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BELLEVUE'S RECYCLING: NOT A PRETTY SIGHT

On Thursday 19 February, I toured the new recycling arrangements in the Bellevue/Melgund area,writes Fred Street of the New Town Clean Streets…
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PARK LIFE: UPPERS AND DOWNERS

For any parent, taking their child to the play park and seeing an empty set of swings is a joyous moment.  However, there is an unwritten…
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ALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT

Gayfield Square is perhaps not where you’d expect to encounter a thriving alternative art scene, writes Rhys Fullerton, but that’s where you’ll…
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SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL ... BUT NOT ON SUNDAYS

Batleys  – the banging and crashing cash-and-carry – has lost its latest appeal against restricted opening hours on Sundays (Ref. PPA-230-2135).…
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WARM TIMES AROUND THE CORNER

Clear skies above and penetrating winds below. It’s been properly cold in Broughton today and sleet’s predicted for later in the week.No wonder…
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