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LIGHT FINGERED LEFTIE

There's a strange phenomenon happening on the streets of Broughton. Pedestrians walk up to the traffic lights and they just stand…
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CEC PRESSES EAST SCOTLAND ST LANE ENFORCEMENT

In Issue 226 we reported that the owner of a 'garage' on East Scotland Street Lane had lost his appeal to Scottish Ministers against the Council's…
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HIGH HOPES FOR BRIGHT LIGHTS

Bruce Munro’s ‘Field of Light’ installation will be turned on at 5.00pm in St Andrew Square this evening. Some 9,000 or 9,500 swaying glass balls on…
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LOCKED-OUT SCOUTS WANT IN FROM THE COLD

Changes to Council property letting arrangements mean one of Broughton’s busiest and most vibrant youth groups is at risk of folding. Broughton's…
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OURSELS AS ITHERS SEE US

Readers may remember the psychedelic paper collages of Bellevue resident Ewan Taylor, reviewed here during their exhibition at McNaughtan’s over two…
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EAST CLAREMONT ST ROADWORKS TO END JAMS

Scottish Water is about to start work on East Claremont Street.  After over 100 years' service, a stone sewage pipe connecting property on the…
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ROOMS WITH A VIEW – REPORTER VISITS 154 McDONALD ROAD

Today saw the latest chapter in the story of Kingsford Developments' application to convert 154 McDonald Road – the former Broughton High School,…
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WHITESPACE HOSTS FILM NOIR

Catch it while you can! Christopher Fernandez's darkly humorous sequence of 20 photographs at Whitespace comprises a chase thriller, playfully…
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ISSUE 226 – OUT SOON!

The next print edition of the Spurtle has been written up, locked down and is now printing off ready for distribution at the start of next month.…
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END OF THE ROAD FOR DUBLIN STREET CORNER SHOP – PLANNING UPDATE (27.1.14)

Albany Street-based developer Kingsford Estates Ltd has applied for Planning consent to change the use of 76 Dublin Street from a newsagent to a…
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