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UNEASY LIES THE HEAD
Too nerve-racking to watch the rugby this weekend?
TALL AND SKINNY PROPOSAL
Hackland + Dore Directors Pension seeks planning permission to knock down the single-storey office building of Hackland + Dore Architects at 16 Annandale Street.
BIG FOOT BACK ON BROUGHTON STREET
The ‘Paolozzis’ returned to Broughton Street this afternoon.
UNCLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
As work on the redesign of Picardy Place continues, there has been considerable debate about how well the final scheme will eventually satisfy competing needs.
ISSUE 292 – OUT TOMORROW!
As you read this, early copies of the February Spurtle are already traipsing their way across the barony like lost tourists in search of something authentic.
We begin on Page 1 with a backward glance at the cause of all the mud, continue with better news about the cause of all the emptiness, look forward to plans for getting more quickly from one blighted spot to another, and introduce two delightful new faces to a delighted Bellevue.
ANOTHER SMALL VICTORY IN FIGHT AGAINST SHORT-TERM LETS
Latest news from Edinburgh Council’s Planning Portal reveals another refusal for change of use from domestic dwelling to commercial short-term let (STL).
TIME TO CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE
The City of Edinburgh Council has announced that it recognises the vital role of local government in addressing climate change. In May last year, it formally declared a climate emergency and committed to becoming a carbon-neutral city by 2030.
BAXTER’S PLACE ASSAULT – POLICE SEEK INFORMATION
Police Scotland has issued an appeal for information following an assault on Baxter’s Place.
We reproduce their press release below.
Police Scotland is appealing for information after a 47-year-old man was assaulted by a group of three men in Edinburgh.
The incident happened on Tuesday 14 January 2020 at around 3.30am in Baxter’s Place, at the junction with London Road.
Detective Sergeant Iona Cory said:
COLD DAY AND CLIMATE CRISIS
Over 25 Extinction Rebellion activists gathered outside Baillie Gifford premises on Greenside Row this morning.
They were protesting against the major investment firm’s management of the Scottish Parliament’s investment fund.
In particular they opposed speculation in ‘polluting and exploitative’ fossil fuel companies such as Shell, but were also keen to highlight investment in the global arms trade and production of nuclear weapons.