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MYSTERIOUS UPSURGE IN ENTHUSIASM: PLANNING UPDATE – 23.1.12

Kavelle – a Gorgie-based bridal couture company – seeks planning consent to enlarge openings at the front of 4–5 Brandon Terrace, and replace…
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GREENS WANT BROADER DEVOLUTION, MORE DISCUSSION AND LESS WRANGLING, SAYS JOHNSTONE

Greens share the vision of Scotland controlling more of its own destiny, and we will be part of the campaign for independence in the coming years,…
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SCOTLAND NEEDS CONSENSUAL TONE IN REFERENDUM DEBATE, SAYS LAZAROWICZ

The wish of the Scottish Government to hold a referendum on Scottish independence must be respected, writes Mark Lazarowicz, Westminster MP for…
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ST ANDREW SQUARE

I know my place: http://bit.ly/zJ5hL2
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BUTTERFLY ON HOWE STREET

On Broughton's westernmost fringe stands Bon Papillon, a venture at 15 Howe Street which Spurtle discovered yesterday and mistakenly thought was new…
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TASTE THE BURN

As Broughton grows giddy with excitement over the final positioning of the Edinburgh Olympic bling-rings – Will they appear on the Mansfield or…
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CHISHOLM WANTS REFERENDUM TIMING DECIDED IN SCOTLAND

With admirable brevity, Malcolm Chisholm MSP is the latest of Broughton's parliamentarians to comment on the referendum controversy.'I think that the…
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CANONMILLS – NEW FLOOD DEFENCE PLANS

City of Edinburgh Council applied on 13 January for planning permission to construct flood shutters across low-level windows below the flood defence…
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MACDONALD CALLS FOR PRE-REFERENDUM EDUCATION PROGRAMME

As the debate about an independence referendum for Scotland heated up last week (particularly on the question of who should frame its terms), Spurtle…
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THROUGH WALLS TO THE GREAT LANDSCAPE

Journeying east along the cycle track from St Mark's Park, one soon encounters a recent and rather wonderful flourishing of street-art.Starting at…
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