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STORM HECTOR ROCKS BROUGHTON

Strong winds with gusts of up to 57mph overnight have been blowing across S.E. Scotland. A yellow weather warning is currently in place until…
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NEW PLANS FOR WARRISTON ROAD

Northumberland Street Properties has applied for planning permission to build 11 two and three-bedroom flats (with 10 parking spaces, infrastructure…
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SHORT SHRIFT FOR SHORT LETS

A retrospective application for change of use of a one-bedroom 4th-floor flat in Antigua Street to commercial short-term holiday  lets has…
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REPEAT OFFENDER GOES OFF THE RADAR

Meet Reay. Or rather, meet Reay again. We last featured him back in May 2014 when he temporarily wandered off in search of his brother. Now…
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VOTES FOR WOMEN!

 MAGNIFICENT AND ON THE MARCH This afternoon’s Processions event was a joyful, multi-coloured, multi-aged celebration of UK women’s…
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LOCALS SEE RED AT LACK OF RED

Residents on Broughton Place Lane are tearing their hair out at Council inaction over blocked access to their homes. The quiet cul-de-sac is…
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BIG ISSUES FOR BLENHEIM PLACE

Cornerstone Property Development, the people behind recent proposals for 7–8 Baxter's Place, now seek permission to change the use of the former…
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BAXTER'S PLACE GOES TO HEARING

This morning, councillors voted unanimously in favour of taking the application for party flats on Baxter’s Place to a hearing. The Development…
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BAD TIMES ON BAXTER’S PLACE

 OFFICIAL BACKING FOR PARTY FLATS Back in 2016 we reported Council consent for conversion to domestic use of the former Edinburgh City…
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HIGH-SPEED HALF-TONNER WAS LOCAL MAN

Spurtle visited Comely Bank Cemetery for the first time this morning. It was opened in 1843, and we had hoped to discover a wealth of funerary…
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