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PICARDY PLACE MANIFESTO LAUNCHED

Following their inaugural meeting on 29 November, opponents of the Council’s proposed Picardy Place gyratory have issued a manifesto. The two-…
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FEWER BINS EMPTIED MORE OFTEN

 COUNCIL RECONSIDERS COMMUNAL BIN COLLECTIONS City of Edinburgh Council is poised to review communal bin collections and to trial new…
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BACK-GREEN SCHEME REFUSED

The proposal to build ten ‘beautifully crafted’ homes in a back-green-carpark behind Claremont Crescent has been refused planning permission (Ref. 13…
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SHORT WALK ON A WINTER'S DAY

Who doesn't love Edinburgh at this time of year?This season of melancholy greys and seeping chill. Ten minutes from the crowds on Princes Street…
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ISSUE 269 - OUT SOON!

Spurtle’s Issue 269 comes out in December and will be the last until February, straddling the New Year period like a huge but elegant new road bridge…
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PICARDY PLACE GYRATORY – OPPONENTS MEET THIS EVENING

Activists, stakeholders and concerned locals opposed to the City of Edinburgh Council’s latest plans for Picardy Place will meet this evening. …
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URGENT STREET CLUTTER ALERT

 ADVERTISING DRUM PROPOSAL FOR St ANDREW SQUARE  While Edinburgh collectively takes stock/girds loins/throws hands up in despair over the…
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COUNCIL TWEAKS PICARDY PLACE PLAN

 IT LOOKS LIKE A GYRATORY. IT OPERATES AS A GYRATORY. IT'S STILL A GYRATORY Today consultations continue over the future layout of Picardy…
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IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL A LOT LIKE …

DAVID YOUNG CAN HARDLY CONTAIN HIS EXCITEMENT 1. Hullo – it looks like major work is underway in Edinburgh city centre.…
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