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SUPPORTED CARERS – BEING PART OF YOUNG PEOPLE'S JOURNEYS
BY BARNARDO'S GRANT GILROY Many people know about the concept of fostering and adoption – very few are aware of ‘Supported Carers’. Barnardo’s…
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BY BARNARDO'S GRANT GILROY Many people know about the concept of fostering and adoption – very few are aware of ‘Supported Carers’. Barnardo’s…
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TWO-SPEED COUNCIL TOO IN AWE OF BIG BUSINESS?
Contrast the swift response of Edinburgh Council's 'Noise Team' in silencing the chimes of St Stephen's Church – an issue which according to Spurtle'…
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Contrast the swift response of Edinburgh Council's 'Noise Team' in silencing the chimes of St Stephen's Church – an issue which according to Spurtle'…
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St STEPHEN'S BELL ... LONG TIME NO DONG
Attempts to solve the problem of the Stephen’s Church clock chime appear to have got nowhere.Locals have been divided between those who find the…
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Attempts to solve the problem of the Stephen’s Church clock chime appear to have got nowhere.Locals have been divided between those who find the…
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WIDE, BLUE, YONDER
The term ‘blue faced’, when it is not being used to describe a popular breed of longwool Leicester sheep, has an altogether more modern meaning with…
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The term ‘blue faced’, when it is not being used to describe a popular breed of longwool Leicester sheep, has an altogether more modern meaning with…
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MY LIFE IN PIECES
An unbuilt flat-pack chair sat gathering dust in our living room for several months. When built, it would transform our lives, or so I was told. In a…
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An unbuilt flat-pack chair sat gathering dust in our living room for several months. When built, it would transform our lives, or so I was told. In a…
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FALLACIES FALL ON FALLOW GROUND
A couple of weeks ago, writes David Jackson Young, Spurtle encouraged readers unhappy with the post-festive state of St Andrew Square to contact…
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A couple of weeks ago, writes David Jackson Young, Spurtle encouraged readers unhappy with the post-festive state of St Andrew Square to contact…
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ISSUE 237 – OUT SOON!
The gushing Hose of News has been turned off.The last article has been checked, corrected, rechecked and hand-burnished by craftspeople. No…
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The gushing Hose of News has been turned off.The last article has been checked, corrected, rechecked and hand-burnished by craftspeople. No…
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A BIN BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL LESS SWEET
I have spent much of the past few months observing people’s bin behaviour, writes Fred Street of the New Town Clean Streets Campaign.Not just…
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I have spent much of the past few months observing people’s bin behaviour, writes Fred Street of the New Town Clean Streets Campaign.Not just…
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BRIGHT FUTURE FOR DUNDAS STREET'S DOOR TO NOWHERE
This New Town door to nowhere has long intrigued passers-by. It seemed to have no purpose. No-one ever came, no-one ever left. Only the graffiti…
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This New Town door to nowhere has long intrigued passers-by. It seemed to have no purpose. No-one ever came, no-one ever left. Only the graffiti…
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BURNS OR BUST
A new work by Edinburgh figurative artist Deirdre Nicholls will go on show in Ayr next month.The bust will form part of an exhibition organised by…
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A new work by Edinburgh figurative artist Deirdre Nicholls will go on show in Ayr next month.The bust will form part of an exhibition organised by…
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