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Controversial plans to build two 3-storey dwellings in the garden of 27 Great King St have been approved (Ref. 10/01744/FUL).

The Edinburgh viewing for Sotheby's latest Scottish Sale of fine art began this morning in the Mansfield Traquair Centre, Mansfield Place.

The inaugural Broughton Jazz Festival brought big sounds and huge energy to Bellevue Crescent yesterday.

Individual musicians attended workshops at Broughton St Mary's Parish Church in the morning, before three of the city's largest jazz ensembles each played 45-minute sets in the afternoon.

Sound of 17 Big Band kicked off, and immediately stirred some of the audience to their feet.

The Drummond Community Big Band, which bases locally but draws support from across the capital, followed.

Following last night's club performances in bars on London and Broughton Streets, Broughton's Community Jazz Festival kicks off today in Broughton and St Mary's Parish Church on Bellevue Crescent.

There are free workshops this morning from 11:00am onwards, and a work performance after lunch at 1:00am. The Sound of 17 Big Band follows at 2:00pm, then the Drummond Community Big Band at 3:00pm. The Edinburgh School Jazz Orchestra is in the limelight from 4:00pm and a short workshop performance concludes the day at 5:00pm.

Bellevue resident Fiona Manson has contacted Spurtle in search of local photographs.

Her grandfather, Robert Bruce, ran a grocery for many years until c.1969 at the corner of No. 32 Rodney Street and Heriot Hill Terrace (currently Ravenstone Property, pictured). Now Fiona is looking for images of it.

The recently empurpled shop at 93 Broughton Street (formerly the home of Alphabet Video) is to be called Curiouser and Curiouser. It will be a framing, prints, gifts and homeware emporium.

It hopes to open around 14 September with an official launch in Ocotber.

Until then, the newly self-employed boss – with a knack for publicity – has been indulging locals' notorious nosiness with a Facebook page detailing each stage of the renovations and the ordering of stock.

A pendant (pictured) of more sentimental than monetary value was lost locally on Sunday 29 August. It is silver, flat, about an inch long, and was knotted onto a black, cotton thong.

Its owner thinks it dropped off somewhere between Warriston Allotments and Albion Place – so, it may have been found in Warriston, St Mark's Park, Powderhall, Broughton Road, McDonald Road, Easter Road, Albion Road or Albion Place.

If you've found it, please contact Spurtle and we'll put you in touch.

Broughton History Society's programme of evening talks begins again next week on Monday 13 September.

Walter M. Stephen will talk on 'The Evolution of Evolution: Darwin and the Scots', in the Library of Drummond Community High School on Bellevue Place at 7:00pm. Admission costs £2 for non-members. New members (£8 per year) are always welcome.

For the full programme and further details, click here.

A concerned local has pinned a notice outside Rapido on Broughton Street, asking for help in finding their lost diary.

It went astray on 7 September, and is a distinctive petrol blue with a picture of a forest on the cover.

If you can help, contact the owner at: Mob. 07769 911151.

Vodafone and O2 seek planning permission for the relocation of 1 Vodafone antenna, installation of an additional 2 dual user antennas, and ancillary development at Broughton St Mary's Parish Church in Bellevue Crescent (Ref. 10/02485/FUL). More power to their steeple, say well-wishers, and hopefully increased rentals. Historic Scotland are being consulted. Similar plans are mooted for St Andrew's and St George's Church, George Street.