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IT'S THE END OF THE WHIRR AS WE DIDN'T KNOW IT

Please be patient. I've been investigating – perhaps a little too scrupulously – the 'Broughton Whirr'. You may or may not realise…
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ISSUE 254 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the August Spurtle are already percolating through the barony in advance of distribution tomorrow, like enormously well-…
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MARCH AGAINST HATE TOMORROW

In a show of solidarity against the Nazi symbols and racist graffiti which have begun appearing around Leith in recent weeks, a march is scheduled…
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW WARRISTON ROAD DEVELOPMENT

Very early proposals for new residential building on the B&Q site at 13 Warriston Road have been displayed today and will be again tomorrow.…
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FLATS PLAN RETURNS FOR McDONALD PLACE

When Albany Street Developments submitted a planning application for a new apartment block at 21 McDonald Place last March, locals were not impressed…
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CRACKDOWN ON BOOZE BOUGHT FOR YOUNGSTERS

Police in Edinburgh today launched an initiative in the Leith area to discourage adults from buying booze for under-18s. Those who get caught ‘…
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EDINBURGH SAFARI (6)

Thanks and well-dones to all who took part in our Edinburgh Safari (5) to discover 3D, artificial foxes around the city. Some of you more or…
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ADVERTS GALORE FOR DIGITAL GEORGE STREET?

As reported here on 3 June, when the Council commissioned Ironside Farrar’s report on future Design Principles for George Street, it was with a view…
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PAVEMENT PLISHPLASHQUES NOTHING NEW

Last month, we reported local concerns about the standard of paving on a section of Leith Walk outside Sainsburys (Breaking news, 29.6.16). …
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HEAVY LOCALISED SHOWERS

Mony a brattle, yirth din an wullfire, this muithy mornin, writes Peggy Farquharson, recalling meteorological excitements earlier today. If…
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