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PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS – THE BIGGER PICTURE
Friday 12 November 2010 - 13:44
Municipal, provincial and even central authorities around the world are increasingly resorting to new methods to involve their electorates in…
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RESEARCHERS SEEK RESEARCHERS
Friday 12 November 2010 - 13:03
SPIRES (Supporting People who Investigate Research Environments and Spaces) is a Heriot-Watt University based project interested in what makes an…
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RSVP TO EWH ASAP
Friday 12 November 2010 - 12:59
Perhaps anticipating hordes of ravenous Broughtonians arriving en masse and scoffing all the food and light refreshments, leaving half-chewed sausage…
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COUNCIL REPORTS ON BUDGET CONSULTATION
Thursday 11 November 2010 - 12:40
City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) yesterday published a report on its recent 'budget information and engagement exercise' [www.edinburgh.gov.uk/budget…
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GREEN SEES RED OVER REDUCED POSTAL SERVICE
Wednesday 10 November 2010 - 10:06
Maggie Chapman, Green councillor for the Leith Walk ward, has added her voice to calls for retention of postal services at Brunswick Road (Breaking…
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SNOW: NEW TOOL FOR TEETH-CHATTERING CLASSES
Wednesday 10 November 2010 - 09:12
Snow is reported in upland areas across Scotland including the Nevis Range, Glen Coe, Glenshee, Cairngorm and the Lecht. Wintry showers are also…
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TOO LITTLE TOO LATE OR TOO MUCH TOO EARLY?
Tuesday 9 November 2010 - 21:24
Proof that there is no issue so serious that a simple typo in its reporting cannot reduce otherwise responsible adults to puerile sniggering is…
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CEC PLANS WATER OF LEITH FLOOD DEFENCES
Tuesday 9 November 2010 - 15:23
City of Edinburgh's Council (CEC) designs for some local flood defences have been entered into the Planning system by their agent Arup Scotland.Of…
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PEGGY DESMOND – SPURTLE ON THE TRAIL
Tuesday 9 November 2010 - 11:16
Tommy Kemp, a former Broughton Court resident now in the Netherlands, has contacted Spurtle with an offer of help (Letters, 3.11.10).In Issue 185,…
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ROYAL MAIL STANDS ITS GROUND ON CLOSURES
Tuesday 9 November 2010 - 08:39
Last month we reported John Hein's campaign to retain late-posting and franked mail services on Brunswick Road (Breaking news 26.10.10).Leith Walk…
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