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PROBLEM HGVs RETURN TO BATLEYS

At 10am yesterday, a queue of lorries started to form in McDonald Place as they waited to gain entrance into Batleys cash and carry. The Batleys…
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JURASSIC PARKED

Spurtle was pleasantly surprised by this addition to the Bellevue Crescent streetscape earlier today. It offered a refreshing change to the…
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BROUGHTON PUPILS RUN FOR IT

Sixty-five local children will be running later this month to raise money for play equipment and picnic seating in the playground at Broughton…
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NEW LIFE IN OLD BOTANIC COTTAGE

Transformation of the Botanic Cottage will be complete later this month when members of the public are finally able to walk inside and look…
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DUNDAS STREET DIN DISPUTE

An increasingly noisy row has broken out on Dundas Street concerning early-morning disturbance or the lack of it. Archipelago Artisan Bakery at…
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HIGH TIME TO TRIM TOO-BIG LEITH?

NEIGHBOURHOOD PARTNERSHIP FACES CRITICISM Spurtle has nothing against Leith. We love it. We visit it daily and report aspects of it which…
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HOLYROOD ELECTION RESULTS

Local results for the Scottish Parliamentary elections are in. They show significant gains for the Scottish National Party, Conservatives and…
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ASSAULT ON NORTH BRIDGE

What follows is a Police Scotland press release issued yesterday afternoon. We reprint it in full and unedited. ***** Police in…
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TEMPORARY REPAIRS NOT A PATCH ON THE ORIGINAL

Locals were unimpressed today by unsightly repairs to 20 sq.m. of East London Street. Andrew Haddow, who contacted the Spurtle, said Council…
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SIMPLICITY WITH A SWISH

PRINTS BY ANNE RUSSELL – REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON  I’d like to start with a warning. Some of the photos of the exhibition on this page really…
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