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ISSUE 191 – OUT SOON!

Expect rain as Issue 191 nears completion and legions of fleet-footed delivery technicians prepare to deliver copies to Broughton's pubs, clubs, pubs…
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BLOW WINDS, AND PACK YOUR CHEQUES!

The Friends of Hillside and Calton meet next on Mon. 31 January (6:30pm, Royal Terrace Hotel), when they will discuss improvements to Hillside…
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DRIVERS LEFT HUFFIN' AT SITE OF NEW PUFFIN

Traffic disruption may continue around Bellevue until 14 February (and possibly longer) as work continues to widen pavements and install a new Puffin…
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LOCALS ASKED TO SET PRIORITIES FOR LEITH

Leith Neighbourhood Partnership (LNP) is at the early stages of drawing up its Local Community Plan for the period 2011–14, and it wants locals to…
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HART STREET 'BOOKEND' RETURNS TO PLANNING PROCESS

Controversial plans for a new house on Hart Street have returned to the planning process despite earlier Council approval.Architect Richard Murphy's…
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'ELEPHANT' AT LARGE

A Broughton 'elephant' at the centre of Issue 190's competition is still eluding capture.Readers are invited to send us a note of its location. The…
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DRUMMOND SEEKS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FUNDRAISER

Staff and students at Drummond Community High School – and members of the community – are gearing up for a sponsored walk/run during the morning of…
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EVENING NEWS PARODIES SLOPPY JOURNALISM

Hats off to the Edinburgh Evening News which on 17 January published a priceless parody of an unquestioningly reprinted Tesco press release. Alas,…
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PICARDY PLACE TESCO OPENS – WE SNOOP

Tesco opened on Picardy Place yesterday.Spurtle witnessed no spontaneous outpourings of joy across Broughton. No enthusiastic crowds queued outside…
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EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE SEEKS IDEAS

The Edinburgh World Heritage Trust seeks renewed Climate Challenge Funding (part of the Scottish Government's 'Sustainable Action Fund') to combat '…
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