Friday, 5 July 2019
This was originally going to be a short article about Broughton’s grain basket on East Claremont Street. There was to be a bad joke about parking wheaters, then a suggestion that the Council’s...
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Friday, 5 July 2019
Edinburgh Council has issued a revised carriageway resurfacing programme prior to tramworks starting in the autumn. We have extracted those parts of the programme most affecting readers in...
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Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Many thanks to Bellevue resident Mairghread Cunningham, who yesterday spotted this handbill attached to a lamppost beside the bus stop at the foot of Broughton Street. Difficult to...
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Sunday, 30 June 2019
The Cockburn Association held a consultation in McDonald Road Library on 26 June, the first of five aimed at establishing recommendations for a new Local Development Plan (LDP). The LDP will...
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Friday, 28 June 2019
As you read this, copies of the July Spurtle are already illuminating obscure corners of the barony, glinting like gold, bouncing like sunbeams off a holidaying Italian dentist’s smile as she leaves...
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Wednesday, 26 June 2019
As rain fell on Monday, the Edinburgh Evening News reported breathlessly about ‘unbelievable scenes’ across the city. Images liberally borrowed from social media showed cars and buses splashing...
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Saturday, 22 June 2019
A new scheme has been launched to plant more trees in Edinburgh, and take better care of the ones we already have. Tree Time is a joint initiative by Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust,...
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Thursday, 20 June 2019
Readers who enjoyed the recent series of BBC Two’s Springwatch: Scottish Adventure will be pleased to learn there is an abundance of natural wonders right here on their doorstep.Edinburghers need no...
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Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Police in Edinburgh are investigating after an attempted murder at the weekend. We quote in full: The incident happened around 4.20pm on Sunday 16th June at an address in Spey Terrace.A 16-year-...
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Monday, 17 June 2019
DRUMMOND REFLECTS ON AN AMAZING YEAR Every June, Drummond Community High School holds an annual Celebration of Achievement. Last week’s event brought together award-winning students from...
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