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CRUMBS OF e-HOPE IN BAGUETTE OF MISERY

We may all be going to economic hell in a financial handcart, but at least hard-pressed Edinburgh City Libraries are continuing to market some…
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'EVENING NEWS' AND SECOND-HAND FILTH

The woeful state of Edinburgh Evening News journalism was apparent in today's page 8 article 'City wheels out plans for bins across New Town'.By…
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GLENOGLE CAMPAIGN BOWS OUT – LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE

The Save Glenogle Baths campaign has delivered its last email update, and is to wind up shortly.It has secured its aims of ensuring that the pool be…
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BROUGHTON AREA IS TV CENTRAL

Blenheim Place was briefly cut off on Friday 9 May, but not as – first thought – by freak weather conditions.The evening disruption was due to…
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LANDLORDS MUST REMEMBER TO RE-REGISTER

Edinburgh landlords who first registered themselves as such in 2006 should sign up again in the next few months.Under the Scottish Landlords…
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MF DOES NOT SLEEP WITH THE FISHES

Some readers have expressed concern at the non-appearance of our customary page-4 cartoon in Issue 184. They wonder if the much-feted 'MF' has been…
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YOUNG VISITORS SEEK BROUGHTON SAFE HAVENS

Three very motivated and high-achieving students from an Italian secondary school will be studying at Drummond CHS next term, and require host…
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END OF THE ROAD FOR HOLE IN THE WALL GANG

In Issue 181 we reported the arrest, in March, of two Bonnington Rd men for alleged involvement in a card skimming and cloning scam.On Friday 2 July…
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BUS DIVERSIONS THIS WEEKEND

Princes Street will be closed westbound this weekend to allow 'remedial works' and 'tram maintenance'.From 7pm on Friday 2 July to 5am on Monday 5…
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GO FIGURE AT UNION GALLERY

A new two-person figurative exhibition will show at Broughton Street's Union Gallery from 1 July to 2 August. It features the work of two outstanding…
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