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LEITH WALK IMPROVEMENTS – HAVE YOUR SAY

Locals will have a chance to make their voices heard, and exert a little pressure, at two public events next week to discuss improvements for Leith…
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HOTTIES 'WORSE THAN FOOTBALLERS' SAYS WHISKY KISS SUPREMO – T IN THE PARK 2012

'The streets of London are paved with gold!' cried Dick Whittington, a delusional but socially mobile 14th-century pauper-turned-mayor.Bilfinger…
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COURGETTE AND GOAT'S CHEESE BREAD

Courgettes are well and truly in season at the moment, and can be spotted springing up everywhere.I've experienced bland, uninspiring courgettes on…
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YORK PLACE CLOSURE STARTS SATURDAY

Below is an explanation of the map we reproduced and queried in Breaking news (10.7.12). It was originally written by Alf Orriell of the Edinburgh…
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WHISKY KISS HAVE A BLAST AT HOLYROOD BIRTHDAY BASH

As regular readers will know, Whisky Kiss are a Broughton-based ceilidh outfit who've developed a show that sees the band and DJ mix some of the…
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MORE MUDDLE AS CITY MAPS YORK PLACE DIVERSIONS

City of Edinburgh Council has published a map detailing the proposed traffic diversions which may come into force during lengthy tramworks on York…
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NUTS ABOUT KNITTING

Say hello to Catherine Robb, whose new shop – Kathy's Knits – will open at 64a Broughton Street on Friday next week.'Knitting is my lifelong passion…
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APRÈS LE DÉLUGE ... QUESTIONS

Canonmills residents have been left fuming after the weekend inundation. Here, former 'Stop the Chop!' campaigner Ani Rinchen Khandro tells the…
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THE EYES HAVE IT ...

Standing in front of Dylan Lisle's new paintings at the Union Gallery, it is difficult sometimes to get past a kind of jaw-gaping admiration for his…
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WATER OF LEITH FLOODS AGAIN

Heavy rain has again caused flooding along the Water of Leith, although so far not on the same scale as in April 2002. Basements on Warriston…
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