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This early-mature tree in the grounds of the Territorial Army garage on East Claremont Street has been diagnosed with Dutch Elm Disease (DED) and needs to be taken down.
Although it hasn’t issued an enforcement order for sanitary felling, the Council strongly recommends this course of action since the owner might be liable for any damages or injuries caused by falling dead branches.
The new Community Cinema in the middle of Broughton continues this coming Friday with two screeenings aimed at children and families in the afternoon, and adults in the evening.
Below, programmers James Mooney and Rory Bonass preview what's in store.
Amélie (2001), 122 minutes, Certificate 15
ST ANDREW SQUARE: 'EVERYTHING IS TURNING INTO A BURLESQUE FARANDOLE'
There are some – not very many, it seems, but some – who think we may have been too harsh on KEYFRAMES.
They feel we didn't fully appreciate the merits of the light-show currently brightening up St Andrew Square in yesterday's article.
‘One of Edinburgh’s iconic gardens has been invaded by nocturnal stick-figures as part of an art installation […].’
Not our words, but those of a Council press release. We agree wholeheartedly with the term ‘invaded’.
This tawdry stunt called KEYFRAMES lights up sequentially in the dark to create the illusion of movement. But at all times of the day and night, it interrupts, distracts from and diminshes a civic space at the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
An official report which is due to go before councillors on 10 February recommmends refusal of planning consent for housing on backland adjacent to 32–62 Broughton Road (Ref. 15/02335/FUL; see Breaking news, 25.1.16).
DOGGED DOES IT WHEN IT COMES TO REPORTING RUBBISH
Back in August, Transport & Environment Convener Lesley Hinds responded in person on social media to widespread local frustration that formal complaints about missed rubbish uplifts and fly tipping were going unheeded by the Council.
She invited readers to Tweet or email her directly, promising that she would personally see to it that the necessary jobs got done.
Starbucks look set to move in at 7 Shrub Place, occupying the vacant unit between Sainsbury’s and Ziggurat.
The news emerged as part of a planning application to make minor changes to the building’s frontage and install advertising there (Refs 16/00277/FUL; 16/00278/ADV).
DEMOCRACY DEMANDS BUCK STOPS WITH LOCAL COUNCILLORS, SAYS FORMER PLANNING CONVENER
Trevor Davies was a Labour councillor for the Broughton ward ward from 2001–2007, serving as Planning Convener from 2003–07. He was a trustee of Edinburgh World Heritage, and, since 2008, has been an Honorary Professor in Urban Studies at Glasgow University.
The February Spurtle is printed and batched and already beautifying parts of Broughton as you read this.
The bulk of the copies will start appearing tomorrow, with news and views on the last month’s events, and some crystal-ball-gazing for what’s coming up in these parts between now and June.
Winter struck home with a vengeance this morning on Annandale Street.
A routine parking manoeuvre proved more straightforward than usual due to slippery conditions on a sloping run-in.
The vehicle was pulled free and taken away shortly before noon.
Meanwhile, on Calton Hill, yesterday’s stormy blast was briefly replaced by blue sky and crystal-clear light.