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A fierce fire has damaged the Bakehouse Company café on Broughton Street, and associated smoke damage has caused the temporary closure of Khushi's Punjabi restaurant nextdoor.
The blaze began at around 8.30pm last night, when the Bakehouse was shut. It was spotted and promptly reported by police who were already attending a traffic accident nearby. Khushi staff immediately evacuated their premises. There were no casualties.
Telefonica UK Ltd – as part of its ceaseless efforts to beautify the historic cityscapes of Britain – seeks retrospective planning consent for a face-mounted micro-cell antenna on the ground-floor facade of 126–8 George Street (Ref. 11/01875/FUL). The fixture (in situ, undetected, since 1999) is attached to the frontage of a bar named after Alexander Graham Bell, who would surely have approved.
The astonishing progress of Broughton sportswoman Kimberley Reed is now making national headlines. The 16-year-old field athlete excelled again last week, smashing a personal best and writing herself into the record books. Here, her father Scott updates Spurtle on the Bellevue resident and Drummond CHS pupil's latest achievements.
On Friday of last week, Kimberley took part in two events at the Scottish Schools Championships.
Does watching Barcelona play football make your heart burst with gratitude for widescreen, high-definition colour television? Does the sight of Andy Murray's cross-court volley make you long for a cup of tea and a chocolate Hobnob? If so, you are exactly the kind of person the Health Police are looking for.
Spotted on Broughton Street this morning, this flashy Mini with monovan cum wheelie-coffin attached provoked curious looks from passers-by.
It is the supposed accommodation of comic actor Ade Edmondson (The Young Ones; Bottom), who was interviewing staff at Crombie's and learning about how to make a bridie.
The results of a cross-city consultation on the future of primary-level Gaelic Medium Education in Edinburgh have been announced. The former Bonnington Primary School premises are proposed as a dedicated Gaelic primary school, with nursery provision.
The proposal will now go forward for discussion on 30 June at the Full Council meeting. You can download the report here.
Ewan Taylor's exhibition Psychedelic Collage opened at McNaughtan's Bookshop on Haddington Place last night.
The Bellevue-based artist has been creating these works for 20 years, using images cut from colour magazines to create his beautiful, richly coloured and deeply puzzling works.
Taylor resists interpretation, claiming that 'there is no underlying philosophy', only a mirror-maze progression of inspirations and responses based on the images themselves.
The Bellevue Chapel on Rodney Street has applied for permission to alter an existing railing and low wall to allow access for a double gate for pedestrian access to the garden (Ref. 11/01736/FUL). The gate would match the existing railings for size, material (cast iron) and colour (Bible black).
There's a busy month ahead at McDonald Road Library, with events planned which will appeal to a range of ages and interests.
Most eye-catching will be the discussion between journalist Stuart Kelly and the highly acclaimed author James Robertson (right).