An item of "Breaking News". Will appear on the Breaking News page and the front page.
East Claremont Street will remain blocked at Broughton Point from today until 15 March as work continues on road-layout improvements.
Traffic to and from Broughton Road is diverting via McDonald Rd and West Annandale Street.
Drivers using Bellevue Road should take particular care around the entrance to Broughton Primary School's playground.
Broughton residents are well-accustomed to the vagaries of political boundaries. Our own have long cut across numerous ties of shared obligation and belonging with all the sensitivity of those international divisions imposed by imperialists in the 19th and early-20th centuries.
What locals think of as Broughton now includes 2 Scottish Parliamentary constituencies, 1 Westminster constituency, 4 Council wards and 3 Community Councils in little more than a square kilometre.
Broughton-based Whisky Kiss are an untraditional Scottish band riding the wave of international interest in folk-tunes cut with DJ culture.
Over the last few years they've been steadily building a reputation at events like Edinburgh's Hogmanay, T in the Park, and tours of the Middle East. Now they're set to wow America next month with three appearances in the Big Apple: Dressed to Kilt, Whisky Live, and the Tartan Day Parade down New York's equivalent of Leith Walk – 5th Avenue.
Local Scottish Conservatives' plans for the Scottish Parliamentary election on 5 May appear to be in some disarray following the surprise withdrawal on 3 March of their candidate in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency.
Jamie Halcro-Johnston, 36, will instead contest a seat in Orkney, where Spurtle understands the Tories had struggled to field a candidate. Mr Halcro-Johnston's family keep sheep and a dairy in the area, and his father was a Council Convener.
Students, staff and community users are all getting together on Friday 1 April to raise money for the Drummond/Kenya Partnership and enjoy a lovely morning out in Holyrood Park, writes organiser Annie Scanlon.
The funds will go towards the visit of 4 students and 4 teachers from Muthambi Boys and Girls Schools to Drummond Community High School in June this year.
Roxburgh Investment Ltd have been granted listed building consent to convert 26–8 Albany Street into 4 flats and a townhouse (Ref. 10/03518/LBC). Council officers received two representations from the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland and Historic Scotland, and incorporated AHSS recommendations into revised plans.
In Issue 192, Scott Reed described how élite sponsorship from the Bank of Scotland would help daughter Kimberley's progress next season as a highly promising field athlete. Below, he gives an insight into the dedication and sheer slog required to make it at the highest levels.
Since we broke the news last week that the Coop Group plans to open a new 'convenience store' on McDonald Road, reactions have started coming in from individuals and politicians alike. Here we give them in full, in no particular order.
We will add to this page if and when new responses are received.
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Edinburgh Bands Together on Sunday 6 March at The Jam House (5 Queen Street) to raise money for St Columba’s Hospice. Standing tickets are £10, balcony tickets £20, available through Tickets Scotland online or on Rose Street.
In Rosebank Cemetery, an inscription ends:
SERENE HE SLEEPS
WHOSE SONGS OF LOVE AND HOME