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FROM STEAM TO STORAGE – PLANNING UPDATE (15.2.13)

In a move which will thrill broad-minded packing crates across the capital, the Class 11 Sauna/Health Club at 4 Broughton Market has…
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YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED – IMPORTANT DINGS TO REMEMBER

Tram testing and driver training during daylight hours in the city centre will increase markedly between now and the service launch date in May. In…
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SPOT THE DELIBERATE MISTAKE

The Iron Duke, in bronze, by Steell is a familiar sight to most Broughton residents, but what's wrong with it? It has stood in Waterloo Place since…
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14 FEBRUARY ... LEST YE FORGET

How anyone could forget it's St Valentine's Day is beyond the Spurtle, with references to the year's greatest romantic heffalump-trap displayed in…
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POST OFFICE PLANS TO QUIT St JAMES CENTRE – YOUR VIEWS SOUGHT

The Post Office seeks your views on its plans to move the St James Centre branch to Princes Mall on Waverley Bridge this August. The proposal comes…
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SELLING IT LIKE IT IS ... -ISH

Imagine my surprise the other day at passing a sign outside a Broughton Street corner shop which read ‘FREE CASH’.  Free cash? Were my eyes…
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LOGIE GREEN PLANS STILL CHANGING – LIDL BY LIDL

Revised, longer opening hours are proposed for the new Logie Green Lidl, only days after consent for it was granted.  On 3 February, developer…
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WORK STOPS AFTER NEAR-MISS AT BROUGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

News reached us last night of a serious incident at Broughton Primary School yesterday. During extensive refurbishment of the roof, a chisel was…
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ARTWORK CONSULTATION RUFFLES FEATHERS

If you thought you heard woodpeckers by the river in Warriston over the last few days, you were mistaken. That was the grinding of teeth.…
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CANDIA McWILLIAM ON PLACES, SPACES, AND THE PEOPLE IN-BETWEEN

Candia McWilliam spoke at last Thursday's meeting about St Stephen's Church (Breaking news, 7.2.14). A Broughton resident, she is also a notable…
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