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BAD NEWS ON BROUGHTON STREET

Alphabet Video – the popular Broughton Street film-rental shop – is to close after 4 years in the neighbourhood. Business has been disappointing, and…
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RITCHIE UNVEILING GOES WITH A BANG

Braving 360º summer mizzle on 7 June, a small but enthusiastic crowd witnessed the 1 o'clock unveiling of a plaque at 6 Brunton Place to the memory…
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LOCALS RISK HARRISON'S LAW ...

City officials have granted planning permission for roosting deterrents to the rear of properties on the corner of Broughton and Barony Streets (Ref…
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MISSING SUZIE – CAN YOU HELP?

Suzie is a tortoiseshell cat with a bright green collar who has been missing since Sunday 30 May.Suzie is epileptic and may have become disorientated…
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NEW TOWN & BROUGHTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL

THE NTBCC meets at 7pm on Monday 7 June in Drummond Community High School. Minutes for the 3 May AGM and ordinary meeting are available in Extras.
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LOCAL PAPER'S PETTY JEALOUSY

Alan McIntosh – one of Spurtle's contributing-editors – wrote a guest blog for the Edinburgh Guardian's website on 2 June at www.guardian.co.uk/…
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UNCERTAIN FORECAST FOR DOGGERFISHER

Doggerfisher – the stylish contemporary-art gallery on Gayfield Square – is leaving Broughton and unfortunately will not return for the foreseeable…
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MAD, BAD, AND STILL REFUSING TO SLOW

Road safety is yet again causing concern outside Broughton Primary School. Two police officers observed traffic behaviour at the scene this afternoon…
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EDINBURGH TRAMS – THE PLAIN SPECULATION BEHIND THE FACTS

Trams in Edinburgh (TIE) have applied for planning permission to extend the 'display of [an] Edinburgh Tram Car to the public' on Princes Street (Ref…
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BROUGHTON'S CHANCES TO TRY SPORTS

Edinburgh's second Festival of Sport will run throughout the city from 4–13 June, and lazy or unfit Broughtonians don't even need to walk uphill to…
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