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COUNCIL PLANNING IN CHAOS … AGAIN

Earlier this year, we reported how service on the City of Edinburgh Council’s online Planning and Building Standards portal was interrupted following…
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SPOOKY IN SPURTLESHIRE

Various more or less spine-chilling apparitions have been cropping up around Broughton since 1 October.So far, we have resisted reporting them for…
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WHICH WAY FORWARD FOR MONTGOMERY STREET?

Proposals by City of Edinburgh Council to restrict access in and out of Montgomery Street are the focus of debate. The plans (TRO 16/58 and RSO…
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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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