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SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION – WHERE ARE WE?

Broughton residents are well-accustomed to the vagaries of political boundaries. Our own have long cut across numerous ties of shared obligation and…
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LOCAL BAND WILL SNOG US WITH SPIRIT

Broughton-based Whisky Kiss are an untraditional Scottish band riding the wave of international interest in folk-tunes cut with DJ culture.Over the…
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LOCAL TORY CANDIDATE HEADS NORTH INSTEAD

Local Scottish Conservatives' plans for the Scottish Parliamentary election on 5 May appear to be in some disarray following the surprise withdrawal…
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LOCALS TO TAK HIGH ROAD SO KENYANS CAN BE IN SCOTLAND AFORE LANG

Students, staff and community users are all getting together on Friday 1 April to raise money for the Drummond/Kenya Partnership and enjoy a lovely…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 28.2.11

Roxburgh Investment Ltd have been granted listed building consent to convert 26–8 Albany Street into 4 flats and a townhouse (Ref. 10/03518/LBC).…
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HARD WINTER WORKS OUT FOR 'LOCAL HERO'

In Issue 192, Scott Reed described how élite sponsorship from the Bank of Scotland would help daughter Kimberley's progress next season as a highly…
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McDONALD ROAD COOP PLAN: REACTIONS

Since we broke the news last week that the Coop Group plans to open a new 'convenience store' on McDonald Road, reactions have started coming in from…
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What's in, what's oot, what's shaking it all aboot this month in Broughton and beyond ...

Edinburgh Bands Together on Sunday 6 March at The Jam House (5 Queen Street) to raise money for St Columba’s Hospice. Standing tickets are £10,…
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PROFILE: LAURENCE JAMES NICOLSON, THE 'BARD OF THULE' (1844–1901)

In Rosebank Cemetery, an inscription ends:SERENE HE SLEEPS WHOSE SONGS OF LOVE AND HOME HAVE OFTEN CHEERED US ON THE WORLD’S HIGHWAY; AND HERE WE…
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FINE FOODIES FAVOUR BROUGHTON, DAMN IT!

Surely, nothing is more irritating than metropolitan lifestyle journalists dipping their oh-so-delicate toes into the too-hot-too-cold-too-tepid…
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