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HERE WE GO AGAIN ... ANOTHER SUPERMARKET EYES BROUGHTON

Independent Leith Walk traders were left stunned yesterday – almost speechless – at news that yet another supermarket may open soon in Broughton.The…
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THERE IS HOPE ...

It may feel as if this winter will never end, but there's light at the end of the tunnel.A wander around the Botanic Gardens yesterday afternoon, in…
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MORE TEA, BROUGHTON?

Contact the Elderly is a national charity running a national 'Campaign to End Loneliness' this week. Since 1965 it has believed reaching out to those…
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DAVID PEACOCK: A RETROSPECTIVE

David Peacock – whose retrospective shows at Northumberland Street's Gallery on the Corner until 26 February – was born on 28 October 1945 and…
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LEARNING TO BE HUMAN AT THE UNION GALLERY

Union Gallery's new exhibition features the work of two Edinburgh-based artists who approach 'Being Human' from quite different angles.Audrey Grant…
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TENTERFIELD WAS NO DUMPING GROUND

Local author Margaret Irvine will be at McDonald Road Library on 26 February to discuss her autobiographical Tenterfield, My Happy Childhood in Care…
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STATISTICS REVEAL EDINBURGH'S SAFEST DRIVERS

Statistics produced by the Scottish Government suggest two unlikely groups as Edinburgh's safest drivers.Between 2005 and 2009 the safest way of…
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LAZAROWICZ TO HOST FAIRTRADE DISCUSSION

Edinburgh North and Leith MP Mark Lazarowicz is to host a free, public meeting to discuss Fairtrade on 5 March.He is inviting experts, practitioners…
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STICKERED CITY

Broughton's proliferating stickers are at their thickest where Broughton Street meets York Place.Just about every vertical pole and lamppost is…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 14.2.11

An indefatigable sandwich shop proprietor at 3 Elm Row has reapplied to change the premises' use to a hot food takeaway, just 4 months after his last…
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