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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?

 NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN St ANDREW SQUARE GARDEN  It all began so promisingly.  Uninterrupted grass returfed across St Andrew…
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DODGY ELECTION BAR CHARTS

With yet another election comes the potential for more barcharts to make maths teachers weep.  Throughout this campaign, Spurtle will highlight…
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NOT DARK AND DREARY ENOUGH

The rather charming quote currently featured on Curiouser and Curiouser’s Broughton Street A-board is taken from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret…
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COWARDLY ATTEMPTED ROBBERY

What follows is a press release from Police Scotland. We reproduce it unedited and in full. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses…
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ELECTION RESULTS IN BRIEF

Council-supplied results in detail are available in the pdfs at the foot of this page. Council-supplied results for outlying parts of Edinburgh…
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GET UP, GET OUT AND GO VOTE!

You have until 10.00pm tonight to cast your vote in the City of Edinburgh Council election.You don’t need your poll card to vote, but it will speed…
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BLIND FAITH IN THE GLASITE

 BRIGHT FUTURE IN VIEW? A new tenant could soon move into the Glasite Meeting House.  The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust – owners…
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SUTTON TRUST SUCCESS FOR DRUMMOND STUDENTS

Katherine Dempsie and Peter Wright, both in S5 at Drummond CHS, have been successful in their application to The Sutton Trust’s prestigious summer US…
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MUSIC SCHOOL BACKERS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT

Those wanting a music future for the old Royal High School launched a new initiative this morning in the battle for hearts and minds and ears.St Mary…
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ISSUE 262 – OUT SOON!

No sooner does one May leave Scotland than in comes another – this time bringing with it a new Spurtle.Issue 262 carries word of welcome support for…
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