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ISSUE 271 OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, thousands of specially designed snow-resistant Spurtles are already settling in drifts across Broughton and beyond.The March issue…
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TOO CLUTTERED, TOO BRIGHT, TOO DISTRACTING

McEwan Fraser Legal seeks retrospective permission for nine advertisements outside its HQ at 130 East Claremont Street (Ref. 18/00354/ADV). …
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NORTH BRIDGE REFURBISHMENT

 £22.3 million cost of project As exclusively reported here in August 2016, the North Bridge needs substantial refurbishment to keep it…
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WITH YOU IN A JIFFY

Onlookers outside the Balmoral Hotel today could be forgiven for thinking that Rocco Forte had introduced a new, SAS-inspired initiative to speed-up…
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ASSAULT ON BROUGHTON STREET

 POLICE SEEK HELP AND RELEASE IMAGE Police Scotland issued the following press notice today. We reproduce it unedited and in full.Police in…
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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

What began as a bad week for tree-lovers has continued with further sad news in Broughton today. Yesterday, work on the new Picardy Place…
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PICARDY PLACE – WHAT WENT WRONG AND HOW DO WE FIX IT?

 CAMPAIGNER PETER WILLIAMSON REFLECTS  On 25 January, the Council’s Transport & Environment Committee approved a revised design…
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LOCAL PARENTS SAY DRUMMOND IS WRONG PLACE FOR GAELIC

Opposition to the possible move of Gaelic Medium Education (GME) to Drummond Community High School has stiffened.Parent bodies at two primary feeder…
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ISSUE 270 OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, the February Spurtle has not only rattled through the presses but leapt off the floor and into the arms of our black-spandex-clad…
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CONSERVATIVES ON GAELIC EDUCATION

Earlier this month we published a piece by Cllr Mary Campbell on how the Scottish Greens view the future of Gaelic Medium Education in Edinburgh. Now…
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