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BECOME A LOCAL COMMUNITY COUNCILLOR

As mentioned in Issue 346 (published today), community councils across Edinburgh will be appointing members early in the New Year. Below are…
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ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

No. 41 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#Acts 9:3–8…
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ISSUE 346 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the November Spurtle are already appearing in Broughton like Black Friday zombies lurching across town in search…
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WARRISTON CEMETERY

Quiet moments in a noisy world.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#Friends of Warriston Cemetery…
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BLENHEIM PLACE – LOCAL VIEWS PREVAIL

Councillors have refused planning consent for the proposal  by CSG Projects Ltd to build a 5-bedroom family home on Blenheim Place (24/01889/FUL…
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BROUGHTON CAT MISSING

Attractive creature. Handsome reward.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#lostpet
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US ELECTION

Feeling tense?Keep your hair on.Corner of Forth Street and Union Street.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#fakefollicles…
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INVERLEITH TERRACE

Decline and fall. No. 40 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news…
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IN AT THE SHARPE END

Local author Rosslyn MacPhail’s biography of her great great grandfather Captain John Orr (1789–1879) was published in October and will be launched…
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EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE EXPLAINS

Edinburgh World Heritage is keen to correct widespread misconceptions surrounding its efforts to consult on and shape reform of its governance…
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