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EQUAL START BEGINS WITH THE RIGHT KIT
Wednesday 24 June 2026 - 11:03
Leith Collective will open its free school-uniform exchange on Friday, 26 June in Ocean Terminal.  The idea is to make sure every pupil can…
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BELLEVUE
Wednesday 24 June 2026 - 10:41
Odd-looking fox. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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St ANDREW SQUARE
Tuesday 23 June 2026 - 09:57
Poor taste, perhaps, but you should see the size of the bees. #Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#summer…
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VIEW FROM PILRIG STREET
Sunday 21 June 2026 - 16:11
The astronomical mid-point (00:00 GMT, 19/20 June).  Looking north towards the Port of Leith.  #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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HOWE STREET ALTERNATIVES
Saturday 20 June 2026 - 15:00
Working out indoors; working out outside. [Image: David Jackson Young.]#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
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OVERBEARING GIANT
Friday 12 June 2026 - 00:01
… AND AN APPEAL TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTYSome 23 objections to Royal London’s revised proposals for 57 Henderson Row (26/01640/FUL) have been submitted…
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HANDS OFF THE NEW TOWN’S TREES!
Monday 8 June 2026 - 00:01
—Michael Upton—In the Spurtle on 29 May, Mike Worobec argued for two changes to the New Town’s communal gardens; first, an ‘expert-led’ programme of…
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THE PASSING YEARS
Sunday 7 June 2026 - 19:45
This afternoon in Dean Cemetery. Reflecting on time and the slow erasure of memory. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #local…
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WESTERN NEW TOWN
Thursday 4 June 2026 - 09:57
High Plains Drifter. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #wrenchslinger #scaffolderwithnoname…
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ISSUE 362 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!
Sunday 31 May 2026 - 13:16
As you read this, advance copies of the June Spurtle have already spilled out onto the barony’s streets like exuberant Arsenal fans celebrating a…
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