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COUNCIL SHUTS DOORS ON LOCAL GROUPS

Broughton Scouts, who celebrate 100 years of local Scouting in 2019, have found themselves unprepared for sweeping changes to school janitor…
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LONGER DELIVERY HOURS – TESCO TRIES AGAIN

Tesco on Broughton Road want to change the hours during which it can deliver on Sunday mornings. Yet again. The latest application (Ref. 18/…
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WHAT NEXT FOR CITY CENTRE?

If you complete just one online Council consultation exercise this year, make it this one. It has the potential to transform how we reach, linger in…
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TENEMENT HACKS – BLOCKED DRAINS

DAVID STERRATT GETS DEEP DOWN AND DIRTY Breakfast spoiler alert: Article contains graphic images of an overflowing drain.Recently, we had…
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THE GHOSTLY TRACE OF LONG LOST BOOTS

 ‘What is this life if, full of care,  We have no time to stand and stare?’ What would the poet W.H. Davies have to say about so…
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ISSUE 277 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the September Spurtle are already percolating through the barony like fresh coffee through a linen tablecloth.Issue 277…
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BAXTER'S PLACE SHORT-TERM LETS REFUSED

City of Edinburgh Council's Development Management Subcommittee yesterday unanimously refused planning permission for a controversial short-term…
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NEW IDEAS FOR ARBORETUM PLACE

City of Edinburgh Council is to consult on ways to develop public space on Arboretum Place outside the West Gate of the Royal Botanic Garden. …
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SAVE LEITH WALK CAMPAIGNS AT CITY CHAMBERS

Save Leith Walk campaigners got an early taste of the Planning system’s complexities and frustrations this afternoon when they tried to present a…
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LEITH … BOOM OR BUST?

Bar rooms, kitchen tables and social media have been buzzing over recent months with conversations about the future of Leith in general and Leith…
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