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On 28 April 2011, the tragic death occurred of 32-year-old cyclist Craig Newton at Broughton Point.
Newton was turning left into East Claremont Street from Broughton Road. The driver of a a bin lorry negotiating the same corner from the same direction failed to spot him on his inside line. Newton was knocked from his bike and fatally crushed beneath the wheels of the truck.
With the nights drawing in almost before one has properly finished polishing one’s dentures in the morning, and with the Council yesterday agreeing to upgrade 54,000 street lights to energy-efficient LEDs, now is perhaps a good time to look at some of Broughton’s past attempts to rage against the dying of the light.
The yellow box on Picardy Place contravenes government regulations.
So says Spurtle reader Phil Gifford, who believes the road markings between Leith Street and York Place are specifically barred.
It's 'another Council cock-up', says Mr Gifford, since yellow boxes should not appear ‘on roundabouts not controlled by lights and also where traffic merges’.
On a recent trip to Scotland, the Director of Christian Aid Brazil (CAB) recognised some of Christian Aid’s priorities in the work currently being carried out at Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church.
He spoke of parishioners’ grassroots-focused work within the locality, and cooperation with other churches, faith communities, businesses, charities and non-governmental organisations, and their ‘rooted theology’.
City of Edinburgh Council looks set to consult the public on an east–west cycleway across the capital.
The route – stretching for over 4km – would link the new cycle facilities expected at the top of Leith Walk to the off-road path network at Roseburn. George Street would be a key element at the centre.
‘The aim,’ says CEC’s website, ‘is to provide a cycle route which is designed for less confident cyclists who may be concerned about safety.’ In our experience, nearly all cyclists are concerned about safety.
Dean Valley Regeneration Ltd is coming forward with plans for what it terms the ‘linear public park’ beside the Water of Leith between Stockbridge and Dean Bridge.
The picturesque area in question includes the publicly owned walkway and riverbanks, individually owned gardens, and communally owned private gardens.
The company – which has applied for charitable status – will seek financial backing from the Climate Challenge Fund, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) is failing to discharge its duties in clearing litter and refuse. So says the New Town Clean Streets Campaign’s Fred Street, who in the article below points to a wide gap between what the Scottish Government expects of the Council and what actually happens on a day-to-basis.
NTCSC recently alerted the Council via Twitter to a large communal wheelie-bin on Hamilton Place which was very seriously overflowing.
Whatever happened to deferred gratification?
Before answering that, let me just say that it has been abolished. Nowadays we all do everything a little bit before we say we're going to do it.
On Broughton Road, they started celebrating Trafalgar Day (the 21st of October) on the 18th. Perhaps we should be grateful, as only a few years ago a lack of nautically trained locals meant the traditional running-up of Nelson's flag signal was in serious danger of being dropped.
A new joint exhibition opened this morning in the White Space Gallery outstation on Howe Street.
It features the work of nine artists, showing together for the first time. They come from all over the country, although there are strong connections among them to Edinburgh and the thriving art scene in Ullapool.
Perhaps the most well known is Adam King, who has exhibited frequently since the late 1980s, particularly in his native Yorkshire.
A proposal by Kingsford Developments Ltd to fit 600mm x 600mm bush hammered Domus tiles to the entrance platt at 76 Dublin Street has been refused listed building consent (Ref. 15/01177/LBC).
A Council assessment stated: