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ATOS GETS A TASTE OF ITS OWN MEDICINE

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 21/08/2013 - 15:20

Comedian and political activist Mark Thomas fronted the launch of a 6-month Assessing the Assessors campaign this afternoon on York Place.

PLANNERS REFUSE STUDIO DWELLING 'NUISANCE'

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 21/08/2013 - 11:55

A retrospective application for change of use to turn a consented garage into a studio dwelling on Scotland Street Lane East (behind 8 Bellevue Crescent) attracted a staggering 47 objections from disgruntled neighbours, the New Town & Broughton Community Council and Drummond Civic Association (Ref.

WIT, FLIRTATION, DASTARDLY BEHAVIOUR ... AND A GREAT CAUSE

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 21/08/2013 - 09:49

'Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.' But not, it seems, in the hands of Austentatious.

MIXED RESPONSE TO FLAGS AGAINST RACISM

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 20/08/2013 - 15:51

Twenty-one members of the public turned out yesterday evening for a stroll from Picardy Place to just north of Pilrig Street.

NTBCC SUPPORT FOR 154 McDONALD ROAD – OBJECTORS RESPOND

Submitted by Editor on Tue, 20/08/2013 - 11:04

Locals opposed to plans for redeveloping 154 McDonald Road as flats have contacted the Spurtle following news that the New Town & Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) is backing the proposal (Breaking news, 19.8.13

COMMUNITY COUNCIL BACKS McDONALD RD FLATS PLAN

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 19/08/2013 - 12:02

The New Town & Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) has backed controversial plans to convert 154 McDonald Road into flats (Ref. 13/02458/FUL).

FINE VIEW AND A BROUGHTON PERSPECTIVE

Submitted by Editor on Sun, 18/08/2013 - 12:45

Featured to the right is a portrait of John Hutchison (1833–1910), a distinguished Scottish sculptor who, like the architect Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921), studied for some time under Silvermills-born Robert Scott Lauder (1803–69).

NORMAL SERVICE RESUMES SOON

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 16/08/2013 - 15:36

Rain – possibly lots of it – is forecast for tomorrow.

The BBC reckons heavy showers will wet Edinburgh around lunchtime and last until late afternoon. Light showers, it says, will precede and follow.

Timeanddate.com is playing cautiously, suggesting 'more clouds than sun' and a 21 per cent chance of rain in the afternoon. Mealy-mouthed, mimby-pimby science of the worst sort: short on alarming, newsworthy nuggets.

LEITH WALK AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

Submitted by Editor on Fri, 16/08/2013 - 13:45

For the last two days, Spurtle has been covering a grubby outburst of racial discrimination aimed at English-born Keith Hales on Leith Walk (Breaking news, 13.8.13).

NEW TRANSPORT BODY AND THAT QUEASY FEELING

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 15/08/2013 - 16:06

City of Edinburgh Council today announced plans to integrate the capital's transport system under a new organisation called Transport for Edinburgh (TfE).

To begin with, Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams will run TfE, with the company's operating structure, 15-year financial model and tram-operating agreement going before a full Council meeting next week.

'There is potential' for the new body to oversee cycling, pedestrian and other issues in future.

The financial model envisages:

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