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BRIGHT NEW START FOR STEVENSON HOUSE

MARRIOTT HOTEL TO OPEN SOON For the last seven years, many locals have been anxiously monitoring the progress – or lack of it – of development…
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POLICE SEEK MISSING TEENAGER

Police Scotland released a press release this morning which we reproduce below in full. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for information to…
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‘LIDL BROUGHTON’ OPENS ITS DOORS

BLEARY-EYED SPURTLE WANDERS IN Fireworks, massed oompah bands and a baton-twirling Councillor Frank Ross marked the opening of Lidl’s latest…
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SHOCKING NEWS FOR SANDY HILL CAMPAIGNERS

The development of eight houses on land between Broughton Road and the Claremonts has been given the green light.A Scottish Government Reporter today…
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THE CAT THAT WALKED BY ITSELF

(AND ALSO LIKED TO VISIT) … On 4 October, late afternoon, a fine smoky grey cat sallied through the open door of Concrete Wardrobe on Broughton…
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PIMPS, POLONIUM AND PERMANENT REVOLUTION

I remember sitting contentedly in a Charlotte Square deckchair a couple of months back. Pausing at a particularly poignant point in my book, I…
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MIXED VIEWS ON WARRISTON ROAD

Rayprographics seeks to vary its planning consent with a new plan for the 626 sq.m. site at 5 Warriston Road (Ref. 16/04263/FUL). The plans are…
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DRUMMOND MATHEMATICIANS TOP AGAIN

Drummond students have achieved a second consecutive victory in the Enterprising Maths in the Lothians competition. Benjamin Sterratt (S4,…
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FRESH START ON RODNEY STREET

For many years, this former Gentlemen’s Hairdresser on Rodney Street has been falling to pieces in front of our eyes. The paintwork is peeling…
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FUNNY PECULIAR AND FUNNY HA-HA

Who doesn’t like harmonica music? Especially when it’s played by a spherical rat, walking on two legs, to a collection of antlike creatures…
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