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BROUGHTON REPELS ALIEN GREY INVADERS

Broughton residents have repelled, for now, an unauthorised effort to build across the Edinburgh World Heritage Site (EWHS).Last week, Virgin Media…
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BROUGHTON-BASED CHARITY WITH A WIDER VISION

Karen Docwra works in the Fundraising and Communications Team at Waverley Care – a Mansfield Place-based organisation which helps people (and their…
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FRIENDS FÊTE COURT-SAVVY DANNY

Sports fans from across Edinburgh will gather soon to celebrate a well-kent face on the Scottish basketball scene – Danny Kaye. Kaye will be fêted…
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BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SPACIOUS NEW PORTRAIT GALLERY

As one who has very recently redecorated a flat and now experiences an acute reluctance to start banging nails into the walls from which to hang…
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A FEW SHORT LINES ON A FEW SHORT LINES

Here at the Spurtle, we are used to authors being late for deadlines, but less used to late authors being on time.However, never ones to look a gift…
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RAILING AGAINST INJUSTICE

Armies advance and retreat, elections are won and lost, philosophies cross continents and collapse walls. In Edinburgh, however, most issues are…
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LEITH FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

Leith Festival – the annual community-arts celebration of Leith’s heritage, current diversity and future – will run from 10–19 June. The online Box…
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SHORT CUT, BAD IDEA, PAINFUL CONSEQUENCE

Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service report using cutting equipment to free a 14-year-old boy this morning.His leg had been impaled behind the…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 16.5.11

The Shezan Tandoori Restaurant seeks permission to alter its shopfront on the corner site at 24–5 Union Place (Ref. 11/01412/FUL). Plans include…
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BROUGHTON STREET – FIRST POST-TESCO CLOSURE

R.S. McColl at the top of Broughton Street will cease trading on 29 May.Staff – who hope to be relocated within the company network – cite the…
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