ISSUE 365 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!
Wednesday 30 September 2026 - 07:54
As you read this, advance copies of the October Spurtle have already begun dispersing across the barony like political pollen on a conference wind
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POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER SERIOUS ASSAULT ON RODNEY STREET
Sunday 27 September 2026 - 12:04
Police Scotland issued a press release yesterday which we produce below unedited and in full. ********** Police Scotland has released images of six…
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DOORS OPEN DAY 2026 – COMING SOON
Sunday 20 September 2026 - 00:00
On Saturday, 26 and Sunday, 27 September, The Cockburn Association will host the Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days weekend. Doors Open…
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BLENHEIM PLACE
Sunday 13 September 2026 - 18:36
Lovely to see Robert Pattinson taking a break, this lunchtime, from filming in Glasgow. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #Hollywood #glamour ********
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PEOPLE HEARING WITHOUT LISTENING
Wednesday 9 September 2026 - 14:25
Well, that’s another small tear in the fragile fabric of civilisation, writes David Young . In the increasingly garish world of so-called ‘high-…
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108 DAYS TO GO
Tuesday 8 September 2026 - 14:48
But at Tesco Broughton Road, it's already beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #shopping #Christmas *****
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NEW AFTER-SCHOOL CLUB FOR BROUGHTON
Monday 7 September 2026 - 14:29
The Spurtle received a press release from Broughton St Marys Parish Church today. We reproduce it below unedited and in full. This welcome news
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CLARA JOHNSON AND EDINBURGH'S SOCIAL EVIL
Tuesday 1 September 2026 - 07:22
The redoubtable Victorian brothel-keeper Katherine Johnson featured in Series 6 of the BBC's A History Through Time, which looked at the story of…
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THE END OF SUMMER
Tuesday 1 September 2026 - 00:01
Goodbye to all that. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #seasons
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