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LAMB MEATBALLS WITH PENNE

Lamb is my favourite red meat, hands down. Roast has to be lamb, curry has to be lamb, and the pie has always got to be shepherd’s, never cottage.…
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TOPPLING GORMLEYS TO RISE AGAIN ... SOMETIME

Antony Gormley statues removed from the Water of Leith last year (Breaking news, 5.11.12) may at long last be returned to the river, according to an…
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GLASER FUNDRAISER FOR WAVERLEY CARE

Paul Michael Glaser – best known to the British public as 1970s tight-jeans, fluffy-jumpered and slightly adenoidal US Detective Starsky – is coming…
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BEAVERBANK PLACE – PLANS LODGED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Beaverbank Place LLP (BP) seeks consent to replace warehouses and empty land at 29–30 Beaverbank Place with 41 flats in two blocks of 5 and 4 storeys…
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BELLEVUE ROAD BIKE THEFT – CAN YOU HELP?

The weekend before last, on Saturday night or Sunday morning (7–8 September), a new bike was stolen from the common stair at 83 Bellevue Road…
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STITCH IN TIME TO SAVE LIME: NEW CAMPAIGN GUIDANCE

Efforts by local residents to protect a substantial old lime tree on Northumberland Street North West Lane (Breaking news, 8.9.13) are gathering pace…
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CAMERAMBULATION 3

Spurtle regulars, irregulars, friends and relations have been out and about across Broughton today. Here are some of the things they saw. Pictured…
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EDINBURGH ARTISTS SHINE IN COLOURS

Colours Gallery this month continues its celebratory exhibition of Edinburgh-born or educated artists, writes John Ross Maclean. Unfortunately, those…
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FRATER, FLOWERS, AND BEAUTIFULLY SUSTAINABLE SPACES

John Frater is an innovative plantsman, landscape and garden designer, and the man behind the popular Council-owned traffic island at the foot of…
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LAZAROWICZ PURSUES SUPERFAST PROMISE

Mark Lazarowicz MP has secured a promise of ministerial help to improve superfast broadband connectivity in parts of the capital. Lazarowicz,…
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