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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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SMALL AND PERFECTLY CRAFTED

All commercial galleries tread a fine line between indulging their own taste and marketing works that sell. Happily, the Union Gallery on Broughton…
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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

A new residents association has been set up for Claremont Court on East Claremont Street. It fills a void after the last association was disbanded a…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 17.1.11

It is not very many months ago that residents associations, community councils and other civic observers complained of being swamped by the volume…
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BE QUICK OR YOU'LL MISS 'DOMESTIC BLISS'

AXO Gallery (Axolotyl Gallery's edgy and experimental Siamese twin) will host a fleeting exhibition this weekend.Scottish and international artists…
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'EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS' POSITIVE ABOUT TRAMS

When the Edinburgh Evening News rehashed a Manchester newspaper's account of the new transport system there, little of today's pessimism concerning…
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