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SHIPWRECK ON AUSTRALIAN COAST

LOCAL MAN'S LAST HOURS RECALLED A long wander about Rosebank Cemetery yesterday, and an unexpected glimpse of tempest and terror on the far side…
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ALAN MELVILLE IN HIS OWN WORDS

All candidates invited to our hustings next week have also been invited to provide a short written introduction to themselves. Second…
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DRUMMOND SHUT FOR SAFETY CHECKS

Drummond Community High School will not reopen when the Summer Term starts on Monday. It is one of 17 capital state schools that will remain…
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LESLEY HINDS IN HER OWN WORDS

All candidates invited to our hustings next week have also been invited to provide a short written introduction to themselves. First to…
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WE'RE HOLDING A HUSTINGS

… AND YOU'RE INVITED Spurtle will host hustings for the Scottish Parliamentary election from 7.30pm–9.00pm on 14 April in Broughton St Mary’s…
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COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

Tidying up is hard to do. Who hasn’t suffered a pang at binning some photo of a former love, at binning that once reliable but now no longer…
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THE LONG GOODBYE

Partly out of interest in other people’s excavations, and partly spurred by Vonny Moyes’s recent article on the bitter-sweet pleasures of Brutalism (…
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HOLYROOD CANDIDATES CONFIRMED

The deadline for candidates in the Scottish Parliamentary Election to submit their nomination forms was on Friday last week. Voters in…
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THE TRUTH IS UP THERE

We initially intended to post this piece on Friday, but given the date and the oddity of the subject matter, we soon thought better of it. In…
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VIBRANT LIFE IN VIVID COLOUR

The new Community Cinema in the middle of Broughton continues this coming Friday with two screenings. One is aimed at children and…
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