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SPRING FLING IN SIGHT

Sun's out. Sap's rising. Love's in the air. Cue music ...The Drummond Big Band and No Strings Attached will be playing tomorrow evening (Friday) at…
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GONE ... AND A PERCEIVED ABSENCE

The Water of Leith Conservation Trust is a charity established in 1988 'to conserve and enhance the Water of Leith as a haven for wildlife and an…
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CROSS RESPONSE TO SNAPPY TOURISTS – PLANNING UPDATE (19.3.12)

Historic Scotland have applied for planning permission to erect an 8m-high 'saltire flagpole' in Edinburgh Castle (Ref. 12/00749/FUL).If consented,…
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GOING ... GOING ...

It looks like the end for these trees beside Canonmills Bridge, photographed this morning as contractors applied the coups de grace.Malcolm Chisholm…
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BETRAYED! TREES CHOPPED AT CANONMILLS AFTER COUNCIL U-TURN

Council contractors began felling trees upstream of Canonmills Bridge on Friday, despite explicit assurances that they would be spared.On 16 December…
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'PUREST HEAPS!!'

Love conquers everything.Even the cracks in the pavement, even the fag ends caught in the cracks, even the gobbets of bubble-gum squashed and…
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GROWING GAIA'S WELCOME RETURN TO BROUGHTON

Readers probably remember the Gaia Group – an ensemble of sustainable development-minded planners, architects and engineers who used to work out of…
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HOT TIP FOR HAT SPOTTERS

In Issue 204 we set the following picture challenge. Name the location of this curious Broughton light-fitting and a £15 retro-style book token could…
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ROCHEID PATH – YOUR VIEWS SOUGHT

Friends of the Rocheid Path have welcomed City of Edinburgh Council's agreement to undertake immediate necessary improvements to the popular cycle…
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5 THINGS JOURNALISTS NEED TO KNOW TODAY

1. Recommending FIVE things readers need to know every morning is REALLY annoying. 2. The number FIVE is NEITHER significant NOR helpful. 3. ONE…
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