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DRUMMOND'S CULTURAL PEERS WIN CHEERS

Drummond Community High School is a hub of multinational, multicultural and multilingual activity in Edinburgh. Here, Birgit Harris (Community…
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WHOSE HEAD'S THE STAG'S HEAD'S STAG HEAD?

Reader John Ellis has been enjoying Spurtle’s coverage of recent changes at the Stag’s Head on Broughton Road/Rodney Street (Issue 219, p.2). In…
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SCREEN SIREN SPOTTED IN CENTRAL BROUGHTON

D.J. Tierney was surprised to find Jessica Rabbit on a recent visit to Broughton, and phoned to tell us about it. The image – enhanced in these…
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LOCALS HOPE FOR SWIFT START TO HOLEY APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT

Foremost Properties (Scotland) LLP’s proposals for 67 Colony-style and flatted dwellings at land 35m southwest of 132 McDonald Road have been granted…
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NEW COOL BREEZING THROUGH BROUGHTON

Discerning, thought-provoking, pre-trend and with a nice line in self-deprecating humour, I Like Local has recently arrived in South East…
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PICARDY PLACE/BROUGHTON STREET CLOSURE

Work will start tomorrow to install underground, overground, Wombling-free tram cables in the city centre. The Broughton Street/Picardy Place…
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BRIGHTLY COLOURED AND KEENLY FELT

Scotland's summers may occasionally be bright, but they're rarely proper warm. What could be more appropriate, then, than this woollen jewellery…
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STRIDENT WOMEN UNITE FOR GOOD CAUSE

A cross-party team of Edinburgh councillors will take part in tomorrow night's Moonwalk to raise money for breast cancer research and support.…
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HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GLOW?

Up the Garden Path, with the phrase’s suggestion of wasted effort, is an odd title for the latest show at the Union Gallery on Broughton Street.…
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PLANNING UPDATE (3.6.13)

The Watkin Jones Group (WJG) seeks a variation to their planning application (Ref. 08/01365/FUL) to deliver a reconfigured residential mix at the…
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