Breaking news

Pilrig Chorus – the mixed voice adult community choir based at Pilrig St Paul's Church – is raising money for charity, and wants help from across Broughton and beyond.

Mark Johnstone has spent the last 14 years working in London, but has recently returned to Edinburgh for a change of scene, pace, and career.

Having abandoned his job as a Bond Street jewellery retailer, he is now living within sight of the  Bellevue bedroom window which was his as a boy, and has reinvented himself as a photographer.

Is there no end to the mobile phone-related antennae sprouting from Edinburgh's roofs? No.

Arqiva Ltd and Vodafone UK Ltd seek permission to erect 3 antennae on existing poles, and to replace a cabinet, on the roof of the Category B-listed Waverley Exchange at 12 East London Street (Ref. 11/02999/FUL).

Doors Open Day – the Cockburn Association's annual, free event beloved of architectural historians, nosey Parkers, and methodical burglars everywhere – returns for TWO days next weekend, 24–5 September.

Brochures listing venues across the city are available in McDonald Road Library, but below is a list of the ones within easy striking distance of Broughton Central.

Lothian Buses Central Depot, 55 Annandale Street
Sat. 12 noon–4pm

In Issue 195 we reported proposals to reopen Abbeyhill Station to passenger trains.

Spurtle has now seen a document originating from the influential public-transport campaign organisation Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG). It  lays out reasons why they feel the plan could and should go ahead.

In Breaking news (6.9.11) we reported the New Town and Broughton Community Council’s serious misgivings about line-switching for the trams on York Place. They predicted congestion and displaced traffic.

A series of free workshops for residents will focus on energy efficiency measures and their DIY installation, writes Edinburgh World Heritage's Chiara Ronchini.

The idea is to have practical workshops where residents learn how to install very simple energy efficiency measures in order to prepare their homes for winter and save money. The three October sessions aim at targeting the whole house from floors and doors, to windows and lofts.

The workshops will run at Greenworks, 20 Graham Street from 2pm–5pm as follows:

The obscure Adam Richardson of 39 George Street has proposed alterations to the shop front, installation of external plant/machinery, roof alterations and display of signage at Category A-listed 28 Howe Street (Ref. 11/02841/LBC). This is the property currently occupied by the In-House design store.

September – and by the looks of it, autumn – is well and truly upon us, and with this time of year come some spectacular root vegetables. Brownies are an essential part of any baking arsenal: they’re quick, easy and almost impossible to resist, and although beetroot may not be the first thing you think of putting in traditional brownies, it certainly adds to the delicious cakey texture you’d expect from a rich, chocolate brownie.
 

Kimberley Reed won silver in the Hammer at the Commonwealth Youth Games on Sunday.

Her first and best throw of 54.22 metres was beaten by rival Louisa James's 58.10m in the second round.

'I think she's quite pleased ... but still a little disappointed,' commented her father Scott Reed afterwards. 'It was a bit of a tall order to expect her to beat the reigning World Champion, who was in top form and set a new personal best which ranks her third in the world this year.'