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BROUGHTON ART IN ITS GLOWING HEART
Wednesday 24 August 2011 - 08:39
Barony Street-based Fee Dickson is a pub cook and an artist/illustrator, and this summer she is combining these complementary elements by showing her…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 23.8.11
Tuesday 23 August 2011 - 14:46
The Scotsman Publications Ltd and Barratt East Scotland propose building 130 residences with commercial space at 7–9 Newhaven Road, the site of the…
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YOUNG PEOPLE AT CENTRE OF LOCAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS
Tuesday 23 August 2011 - 11:03
The Friends of King George V Park have secured a £2,500 Council grant towards improvements to recreational facilities for teenagers.Work will begin…
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TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S A HUB
Monday 22 August 2011 - 10:18
Right in the heart of Broughton, but tucked away off Gayfield Square (on the lane leading down from the square itself to East London Street), is a…
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NO LAUGHING MATTER
Sunday 21 August 2011 - 20:24
A swathe of Twitter accounts acrosss Edinburgh was hacked or impersonated over the weekend, including ours: @thespurtle.Our Twitter followers…
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SNP WIN CITY CENTRE BY-ELECTION
Friday 19 August 2011 - 10:30
By-election results were announced today at 12.30pm.Alasdair Rankin (SNP): 1,368Iain McGill (Con): 1,264In the fifth and final round, 287 votes…
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SCIENCE-LITE BY-ELECTION RESULTS PREDICTION
Friday 19 August 2011 - 08:48
It's totally unscientific, we know.Lacking the resources, stamina, administrative skills and expertise to run accurate citywide exit polls across all…
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CANNY, PERFECTLY LEGAL AND VERY ANNOYING
Thursday 18 August 2011 - 18:12
A canny parker has been causing no end of inconvenience and irritation at York Place in recent days.The driver of the copper-coloured vehicle has…
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WHO'S PRETTY PUSS, THEN?
Thursday 18 August 2011 - 17:16
Has anyone else spotted this rather sweet creature, cuddled up beside a ghostly stone ball, at the southern end of Broughton Street Lane?A quick…
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HAPPY ENDING FOR SAGA OF CAT WITH KINKY TAIL
Wednesday 17 August 2011 - 13:56
Poppy has been found! writes a relieved Spurtle reader.My wife picked her up early this morning. She [Poppy] had been hiding out in the Heriot Hill…
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