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EAST CLAREMONT ST ROADWORKS TO END JAMS

Scottish Water is about to start work on East Claremont Street.  After over 100 years' service, a stone sewage pipe connecting property on the…
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ROOMS WITH A VIEW – REPORTER VISITS 154 McDONALD ROAD

Today saw the latest chapter in the story of Kingsford Developments' application to convert 154 McDonald Road – the former Broughton High School,…
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WHITESPACE HOSTS FILM NOIR

Catch it while you can! Christopher Fernandez's darkly humorous sequence of 20 photographs at Whitespace comprises a chase thriller, playfully…
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ISSUE 226 – OUT SOON!

The next print edition of the Spurtle has been written up, locked down and is now printing off ready for distribution at the start of next month.…
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END OF THE ROAD FOR DUBLIN STREET CORNER SHOP – PLANNING UPDATE (27.1.14)

Albany Street-based developer Kingsford Estates Ltd has applied for Planning consent to change the use of 76 Dublin Street from a newsagent to a…
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CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT – PROPOSED NEW BIN SITES FOR EASTERN NEW TOWN

A draft Traffic Regulation Order relating to revised proposals for siting communal wheelie-bins in the eastern New Town has been issued. Relevant…
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SUPERMARKET GETS UNDER THE SKIN

Late one night, recently, I decided to search online for the opening hours of the Tesco store on Broughton Road. Before I could find the…
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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AT McDONALD ROAD LIBRARY

Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking specifically the 69th anniversary of the Soviets' liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a notorious Nazi…
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ITALIAN, WARM-REEKIN, RICH

What have the Italians done for Edinburgh? Well, for a start there's the magnificent Roman lioness at Cramond, the tremendous Paolozzi foot on…
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St STEPHEN'S CHURCH – COMMUNITY RALLIES TO DEFENCE

St Stephen’s Playfair Trust (SSPT) is a newly formed organisation committed to saving St Stephen’s Church as a significant venue for the community…
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