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 COUNCIL SAYS WORK HAS NOT BEGUN ON SANDY HILL  A Council official from the Enforcement Team today announced that recent removal of earth…
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BIKE CAMPAIGNERS HAIL PROGRESS

Spokes, the Lothian Cycle campaign, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and is in optimistic mood. In its summer Bulletin (No. 128) it…
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ISSUE 265 – OUT TOMORROW!

August is not one of the wetter Edinburgh months. It just feels like it. Somehow the 50mm of rain which water us during the Festival are moister,…
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ROOFTOP 'VILLAGE' FOR CITY CENTRE

GOOD TIMES ROLL ON WAVERLEY MARKETGalashiels-based Keasim Ltd have applied for planning permission to create a ‘Festival Village’ on the vacant, 0.4…
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NEW BEAR ON THE BLOCK

 LATEST INSTANCE OF A BROUGHTON BRUIN Eurasian brown bears were not uncommon across Scotland in the past, and had a reputation for fierceness…
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FIRE IN BROUGHTON STREET

 NO CAUSE FOR ALARM On this day in 1861, the Edinburgh Evening Courant carried the following report: Shortly before three o’clock…
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SHORT SHRIFT FOR RBS HOLE IN WALL

A quite astonishingly poor planning application by Royal Bank of Scotland has been rejected (Ref. 17/02203/LBC). Having recently closed its…
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FRESH START FOR FLAGGING SCOUTS

Scout Leader Scott Richards hails new standard, and reveals secret history of dissent.When reorganisation came to Edinburgh Scouting in the 1990s,…
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PRIZES GALORE FOR GOOD CAUSES

Have you entered the Broughton Street raffle yet? Promising great prizes (see the list below), tickets are available from 38 local traders at £1…
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RUNNING OUT OF ROOM ON LEITH WALK

Traffic congestion along Leith Walk appears to be getting worse, even before Leith Street is closed for its underground upgrade.A reader contacted…
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