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NTBCC SUPPORT FOR 154 McDONALD ROAD – OBJECTORS RESPOND

Locals opposed to plans for redeveloping 154 McDonald Road as flats have contacted the Spurtle following news that the New Town & Broughton…
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL BACKS McDONALD RD FLATS PLAN

The New Town & Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) has backed controversial plans to convert 154 McDonald Road into flats (Ref. 13/02458/FUL).…
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FINE VIEW AND A BROUGHTON PERSPECTIVE

Featured to the right is a portrait of John Hutchison (1833–1910), a distinguished Scottish sculptor who, like the architect Robert Rowand Anderson (…
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NORMAL SERVICE RESUMES SOON

Rain – possibly lots of it – is forecast for tomorrow. The BBC reckons heavy showers will wet Edinburgh around lunchtime and last until late…
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LEITH WALK AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

For the last two days, Spurtle has been covering a grubby outburst of racial discrimination aimed at English-born Keith Hales on Leith Walk (Breaking…
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NEW TRANSPORT BODY AND THAT QUEASY FEELING

City of Edinburgh Council today announced plans to integrate the capital's transport system under a new organisation called Transport for Edinburgh (…
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SUB-STANDARD BEHAVIOUR – BUNTING STIRS RACISM ON LEITH WALK

Community activist Keith Hales put up some St George's Cross bunting outside his business on Leith Walk this morning. The gesture was ahead of Leith…
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PLANNING BOMBSHELL FOR LOCAL RESTAURANT

Pomegranate Restaurant's retrospective planning application for changes to its B-listed  premises at 1 Antigua Street has been 'refused' with a…
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FRINGE FIRST FROM BROUGHTON CENTRAL

When Spurtle repeated a publicist's local angle on a visiting performer last week (Breaking news, 2.8.13), we did so with a healthy dollop of…
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TIME IS RIGHT TO PROTECT PILRIG

Expect street parties and heritage-compliant bunting. City of Edinburgh's Planning Subcommittee yesterday voted to accept a new Pilrig Conservation…
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