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CAUGHT SHORT

Ill-advised abbreviation in Tesco Broughton Road.
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TIME AND MOTION

Making moments into memories. For sale in a shop called, appropriately enough, Go Outdoors…
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CALTON HILL

High plains drifter.
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POLICE APPEAL FOR NEXT OF KIN

Police in Scotland have issued the following press release. We reproduce it unedited and in full. ***** Police Scotland is appealing for…
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ISSUE 319 – OUT SOON!

As you read this, advance copies of the July Spurtle are already popping up in odd spots across Broughton like lost tourists walking in circles on…
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REIMAGINING COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

As highlighted in April's Spurtle, there is widespread public disillusion with how some Council officials and elected representatives seek and…
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ISSUE 308 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the June Spurtle have already spread across the barony like fresh hail through a spring T-shirt. Gird your…
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LOCAL GOVT ELECTION RESULTS, 2O22

The results for Spurtleshire below are drawn directly from the Council's website. At this stage, we offer no analysis, other than to note that…
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ATTEMPTED MURDER ON BALFOUR PLACE

Police Scotland issued a press release this morning. We reproduce it below unedited and in full. ******* POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION Detectives…
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ISSUE 317 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the May Spurtle are already spreading across the barony like half-frozen political canvassers ducking into shops…
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