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CRIME SPREE ALARMS BELLEVUE
Monday 24 October 2011 - 16:01
Locals have contacted the Spurtle to publicise an alarming spike in break-ins across the Bellevue area. Cars, vans and houses have been targeted by 3…
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PAWS FOR THOUGHT
Monday 24 October 2011 - 00:00
David Ross found himself at roughly the south-west corner of Drummond Place this weekend when he noticed these canine pawprints embedded in long-…
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ROCHEID PATH TO RECOVERY
Monday 24 October 2011 - 00:00
A new group – Friends of the Rocheid Path – has formed to make sure the popular beauty-spot and pedestrian/cycle route between Arboretum Avenue and…
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FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR SEA-DOG CENTENARIANS
Friday 21 October 2011 - 19:06
Congratulations to Broughton's Royal Navy and Royal Marine Club, 100 years old today!A gathering this evening at the Heriot Hill House headquarters…
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STARTING SCHOOL IN BROUGHTON – PARENTS INVITED TO DECIDE
Friday 21 October 2011 - 18:02
It may be hard to believe, but if your child will be 4 years old by 29 February next year, then he or she could begin primary school in August 2012.…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 17.10.11
Tuesday 18 October 2011 - 12:40
 Cambuslang-based Greggs of Scotland seeks permission to fit out an existing unit as a retail bakery at 27 Broughton Street (the former R.S.…
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TINTS, PRINTS AND HINTS
Monday 17 October 2011 - 10:42
A series of lectures on Art History will run for the next 3 months at Edinburgh Printmakers on Union Street. Artist and academic Norman Shaw will…
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AUTUMN COLOURS LIFT THE HEART
Friday 14 October 2011 - 15:59
The Onslaught of Autumn exhibition at Union Gallery is misleadingly named. No gorey stags drip from the rafters, no skeletal forms litter the floor.…
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SPICED APPLE CAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL STREUSEL TOPPING
Thursday 13 October 2011 - 11:08
'The nights are fair drawing in,' as my grandmother would say, and it’s definitely time to break out the winter spices for some hearty bakes. Our…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 10.10.11
Tuesday 11 October 2011 - 14:26
A Mr and Mrs Fursman seek permission for a new 2-storey development at the back of 54 Albany Street (Ref. 11/03145/FUL).The stone-built property –…
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