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COUNCIL LIMITS CRASH-AND-CARRY HOURS – PLANNING UPDATE (20.1.14)
Rejecting the advice of an official, members of the Council's Development Management Subcommittee have refused permission for the McDonald Place cash…
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Rejecting the advice of an official, members of the Council's Development Management Subcommittee have refused permission for the McDonald Place cash…
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21st-CENTURY VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED
The new 'virtual Broughton war memorial' which we previewed in December (Issue 225, p.3) has arrived online, and is a thing of beauty. Broughton…
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The new 'virtual Broughton war memorial' which we previewed in December (Issue 225, p.3) has arrived online, and is a thing of beauty. Broughton…
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GAYFIELD STREET IMPRESSION
This Living Hand This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So…
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This Living Hand This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So…
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HIGH FINANCE, HIGH STAKES, HIGH ON A HILL
Can high finance be artistic, life affirming and a force for good? Or is it always and inevitably destructive, predatory and poisoned with…
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Can high finance be artistic, life affirming and a force for good? Or is it always and inevitably destructive, predatory and poisoned with…
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URGENT! HAVE YOU SEEN MISSING MIKAEEL?
Police want the public’s help in finding 3-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who has gone missing from Ferry Gait Crescent in Drylaw. Described as being of…
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Police want the public’s help in finding 3-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who has gone missing from Ferry Gait Crescent in Drylaw. Described as being of…
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NEW FUNDS BOOST BROADCASTER
Radio Stafford 103 – the Internet station based on Broughton Street – is to expand with a wider range of programmes and new opportunities for more…
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Radio Stafford 103 – the Internet station based on Broughton Street – is to expand with a wider range of programmes and new opportunities for more…
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CLOSE SHAVES AND LATE INDICATORS
I don’t drive. I can drive but I don’t need to. I live in Broughton and work in the centre of town, which means I can walk to where I need…
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I don’t drive. I can drive but I don’t need to. I live in Broughton and work in the centre of town, which means I can walk to where I need…
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EDIN-BLURGH! – CITY BOKES UP WRONG TREE
Spurtle was invited to send a photographer to this lunchtime’s commemoration event at Greyfriars Kirk. It was to mark the reunion of Greyfriars Bobby…
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Spurtle was invited to send a photographer to this lunchtime’s commemoration event at Greyfriars Kirk. It was to mark the reunion of Greyfriars Bobby…
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PLANNING UPDATE (14.1.14)
Planning permission is sought to change the use of the B-listed 10-guestroom, ground and basement-level guest house at 79–81 Dundas Street to a…
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Planning permission is sought to change the use of the B-listed 10-guestroom, ground and basement-level guest house at 79–81 Dundas Street to a…
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NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR POWDERHALL GREENS?
Two of three bowling greens at Powderhall could be converted for use as ball courts/play areas and growing food says a new report to be considered by…
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Two of three bowling greens at Powderhall could be converted for use as ball courts/play areas and growing food says a new report to be considered by…
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