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BORED, BROWNED OFF, COLD? ALI G. SUGGESTS HEXCITING, HEALTHY, HOT AND HORRIFIC ALTERNATIVES
Sunday 2 October 2011 - 10:05
‘It’s going to snow this October,’ a friend said cheerily the other day. ‘I read it in the Metro.’ We can only imagine the repercussions for…
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LUMPS, BUMPS, HUMPS, SCOOPS AND HOLLOWS: THE CHANGING FACE OF ST MARK'S PARK
Saturday 1 October 2011 - 17:21
Have you noticed the increasingly uneven appearance of St Mark's Park? What was, a few years ago, a fairly flat surface with one or two notable humps…
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CONCRETE EVIDENCE
Friday 30 September 2011 - 15:32
To all those sceptical readers who piffled and pshawed at mention of a concrete ping-pong table earlier this month (Issue 198), we say study this…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 26.9.11
Friday 30 September 2011 - 10:48
It has been an up-and-down sort of week for Sojourn Hotels LLD – owners of the Osbourne Hotel – who received a mixed decision on their application to…
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ISSUE 199 – OUT SOON!
Friday 30 September 2011 - 09:56
If the October Spurtle were a tin of assorted Broughton-related chocolates, it would knock a tin of Quality Street Broughton-related chocolates into…
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NO SAINT, BUT STILL PRACTICALLY PERFECT
Thursday 29 September 2011 - 14:36
Readers of a certain vintage, with a taste for Italian design and English detective thrillers, will glow privately at the sight of this car.The Volvo…
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HOWE STREET SUPERMARKET PLAN DERAILED – FOR NOW
Wednesday 28 September 2011 - 11:58
In what some may regard as a sharp rap over the knuckles, developers hoping to change shop premises at 28 Howe Street into a Sainsbury's Local have…
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WELL-KENT BUT SELF-EFFACING BROUGHTON LANDMARK
Wednesday 28 September 2011 - 10:46
During last weekend's Doors Open Day, many locals will have reacquainted themselves with the modest charms of the Glasite Meeting House on Barony…
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WHAT'S GOING ON 'ERE, THEN?
Tuesday 27 September 2011 - 12:36
A police constable plods purposefully towards the camera on Dundas Street. So far so reassuring. But then the doubts set in.Why has he drawn his…
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NEW CANADIAN LINK DISCOVERED
Monday 26 September 2011 - 13:51
In Issue 189 and Breaking news (2.12.10) we investigated the origins of this area's corpseless head. Now another Canadian link has been discovered…
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