An item of "Breaking News". Will appear on the Breaking News page and the front page.
Some 22 people attended the New Town and Broughton Community Council's AGM and ordinary meeting last night – either attracted by presentation of new plans for McDonald Road, or making a special effort to support the lowest but still important rung on the democratic ladder.
The angelic 'Little Meg' (right) by gallery co-owner Ingrid Nilson is one of the works by ten artists now on display at Bon Papillon until early June.
The May Miscellany includes Chris Brook, Jackie Gardiner, Elena Kourenkova, Lee Ritchie, James Skelton Smith, David C. Stott, Tom Sutton Smith, Fiona Wilson and Gordon Wilson.
It is a 'handpicked smorgasbord of talent from across Scotland', featuring everything from 'landscape to burlesque via surrealism and beach bums'.
Double-dipped Broughtonians with the odd Ming vase to spare or surplus-to-requirements domestic dragon may care to turn fine porcelain into hard cash next month.
Asian antiques and works of art will go under the hammer on 26 June at 33 Broughton Place, and for those locals who can't tell their Tang from their elbow there will be free, expert valuations of artefacts this coming Monday at Lyon & Turnbull, 12 noon–3pm.
Hearts will play Hibs in the Final of the Scottish FA Cup on 19 May.
In the event of an Edinburgh win, the victorious side will perish with cold in an open-topped bus from 2pm the next day.
This will cause traffic chaos, pedestrian inconvenience and partisan ill-feeling on 20 May in the following places.
If Heart of Midlothian win, the route will go from the Council Chambers to Tynecastle Stadium via Johnstone Terrace, Morrison Street, Dalry Road and Gorgie Road.
Broughton residents with an interest in local current affairs – planning, licensing, environment, transport – and constitutional niceties will be spoilt for choice on Monday 14 May.
Not only is the Leith Central Community Council holding its AGM followed by an ordinary meeting at 7pm in McDonald Road Library; but so too is the New Town and Broughton Community Council at 7.15pm in Broughton St Mary's Parish Church on Bellevue Crescent.
That's literally hours and hours of fun-packed minutes to look forward to.
New outline plans for the Martin & Frost gap-site on McDonald Road went on display yesterday as part of the developer's (Foremost Developments Ltd) pre-application notification consultation (Ref. 12/01168/PAN)).
Broughton Street A-boards are rarely backward in coming forward when it comes to singing the praises of the goods inside. But the one outside Villeneuve Wines today has introduced an element of doubt.
Are we to take the pithy and elegant descriptions below as tasting notes for the wine within, or as character references for the shop's members of staff?
Villeneuve manager Pam invites you to go in and decide for yourself.
Genting UK has been granted permission to infill a non-original hexagonal void in its Maxim's Casino premises at 5B York Place (Ref. 12/00670/LBC). The change is part of a substantial internal refurbishment which is all in the best possible taste.
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Stephen Fry was spotted (distantly) in Broughton Place yesterday, filming scenes for a new feature drama, Doors Open, based on the story by crime novelist Ian Rankin.
Cast and crew spent most of the day inside the Lyon & Turnbull building (famously used for locations in Chariots of Fire), before briefly filming a short scene outside in the early evening sunshine.
Early plans for a new development on the old Martin & Frost site at 130 McDonald Rd (Breaking news, 17.4.12) will go on show for the first time tomorrow.