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DRUMMOND STUDENTS' DOWNHILL STRUGGLE

Drummond students have just returned from a ski and snowboarding trip to Austria, writes staff member Gillian Hemmings. They rated the holiday above…
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DIRTY NEW TOWN

Whilst all in favour of urban improvement, clean and cheerful living spaces, we nevertheless enjoy many of Edinburgh's obscure and colourfully tatty…
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RRRETURN OF THE WANDERER

Meg – the deaf, local cat with a purr like a motorbike – has been found safe and noisy and is now back in her Brandon Terrace home.It turns out that…
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ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY

Can there be such a thing as too much hospitality?That is the question posed by a Mansfield Place Spurtle reader, who wishes to remain anonymous.…
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MYSTERY MUTT MUST STOP DIGGING

Strange, isn't it, how there is nothing like the mirthless, wasp-chewing tone of Authority for reducing the rest of us to smirks?Take, for example,…
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MISSING MOG HAS PURR LIKE A MOTORBIKE

Have you seen this cat?She's very old, very loving, and has been missing from her home on Brandon Street since 8pm on 2 February.Being more of an…
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ROCHEID PATH – WHICH WAY FORWARD?

The Friends of the Rocheid Path are a group of users and nearby residents who are determined to see this popular route between Canonmills and…
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NEW ST JAMES QUARTER OPEN BY 2016 ... MAYBE – PLANNING UPDATE (13.2.12)

The schedule for Henderson Global Investors' (HGI) redevelopment of the St James Centre has become marginally clearer in the small print of a…
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BRUSH WITH THE FLAW

We have much to be grateful for, living in an age of efficient, labour-saving technology – as Bellevue residents can well attest.On Saturday…
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RED VELVET CAKE

Everyone knows that Valentine’s day is coming up and as much as I was tempted to make very cute, heart-themed cupcakes, I decided on something with a…
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