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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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CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT – PROPOSED NEW BIN SITES FOR EASTERN NEW TOWN

A draft Traffic Regulation Order relating to revised proposals for siting communal wheelie-bins in the eastern New Town has been issued. Relevant…
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SUPERMARKET GETS UNDER THE SKIN

Late one night, recently, I decided to search online for the opening hours of the Tesco store on Broughton Road. Before I could find the…
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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AT McDONALD ROAD LIBRARY

Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking specifically the 69th anniversary of the Soviets' liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a notorious Nazi…
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ITALIAN, WARM-REEKIN, RICH

What have the Italians done for Edinburgh? Well, for a start there's the magnificent Roman lioness at Cramond, the tremendous Paolozzi foot on…
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St STEPHEN'S CHURCH – COMMUNITY RALLIES TO DEFENCE

St Stephen’s Playfair Trust (SSPT) is a newly formed organisation committed to saving St Stephen’s Church as a significant venue for the community…
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BROUGHTON CRESCENT – LET THERE BE LIGHTS

The much anticipated new lamp posts for Belleveue Crescent are now being installed, to widespread acclaim, writes Ross Maclean. City of Edinburgh…
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HAGGIS, NEEPS AND WEE TATTIE SCONE CANAPES WITH RED-ONION MARMALADE

Not that I need the Bard's permission, but tucking into a plate of haggis in honour of his birthday on the 25th is as good an excuse as any.   I…
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COUNCIL CONSULTS ON PARK EVENTS

City of Edinburgh Council is reviewing its 2010 Edinburgh Parks Events Manifesto to check that the way it plans and manages events in parks is fit…
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