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When it comes to Christmas foxes, Broughton Street struggles to compete with Jay Perkins’s Christmas lightshow this year.

It will surpise few to learn that the City of Edinburgh Council has granted planning permission to the City of Edinburgh Council for a new, 2-storey modular classroom building in the playground of Broughton Primary School (Ref. 13/04456/FUL). 

The Rodney Street Tunnel may not be the most obvious of Broughton's attractions, but it's well worth a passing trip at the moment.

Local residents are lucky in the number and quality of eating places in this corner of north-central Edinburgh. Friendly but ferocious culinary competition means the barony hosts some of the finest restaurants, cafés and carry-outs in the capital.

Strong reactions have greeted City of Edinburgh Council's roll-out of Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) 13/51 for Leith Walk as part of the new improvements.

Objections to the loss of up to 80 parking spaces come particularly from local shops and services, alarmed at potential loss of trade. Among these, a petition is now circulating in printed form and via social media.

Is there a special, awkward person in your life? Are you still looking for exactly the wrong Christmas present for them? How about sourcing it locally?

Broughton is full of creative gift options, and most of these unusual examples have featured in our pages over the last 12 months.

To model enthusiasts, Harburn Hobbies is like Santa’s grotto all year round, but at this time of year it’s particularly alluring.

The beginning of an end is in sight to the the long-running (and slow-stopping) dispute about an anti-skid surface on Bonnington Road.

One of the chief contenders for 'best dressed' window on Broughton Street is Concrete Wardrobe's at No. 50a, writes John Ross Maclean. 

Charlotte Duffy, aka Waste of Paint Productions, has created a timeless world of ordinary and extraordinary objects and figures, and a gorgeous bestiary fashioned with astonishing skill from recycled cardboard.

Here, craft and art coalesce, and in the most endearing way. 

Take a look at this photo of Broughton Street.

Which incongruous, inappropriate, and adverse item would you like the City of Edinburgh Council to clamp down on first?