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BIN THERE, DUMPED THAT

Dozens of unopened defrosted ready-meals and other dry foodstuffs dumped in Bellevue last week have left locals irritated, bemused and disgusted.…
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RBS EYRE TERRACE PLANS MERIT CLOSE ATTENTION – PLANNING UPDATE (8.4.14)

The Royal Bank of Scotland has submitted concurrent Planning applications for its site at 7, 11–13 Eyre Terrace. The first seeks to demolish two…
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St STEPHEN's – GRAND CHURCH BUYER?

An unconfirmed story circulating in Broughton suggests that the new owner of St Stephen’s Church is either the Edinburgh-based video game designer…
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HATTI, HOWE STREET AND SOME MYSTERY HAITCHES

Broughton-based artist Hatti Pattisson will be exhibiting new work at 25 Howe Street later this month (12–17 April). On show (and for sale) will be…
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PRANA SOUP AND THE SPICE OF LIFE

Prana is the Sanskrit word for ‘life force’, which cosmic energy seems to have inspired (and fuelled) Margaret Halliday’s three epic journeys around…
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EXCLUSIVE READERS OFFER AT THE MAGNUM

Happy days, Spurtle Readers! Recognising you as the sort of discerning customers any business would be proud to have more of, the Magnum Bar and…
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£5m AWARD MEANS PRINTMAKERS WILL FLIT UNION STREET

Edinburgh Printmakers have secured £5m from the Heritager Lottery Fund to redevelop Castle Mills in Fountainburdge as a world-class contemporary arts…
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IN-LAWS, PIRI PIRI AND THE PERILS OF PROCESS

When the in-laws came to visit recently, we planned to go out for a nice, relaxing, Sunday lunch. Little did I know what I was getting myself…
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HAMMERING, ALL OVER THIS LAND

Readers have been fascinated by the progress of 19-year-old local athlete and former Drummond CHS pupil Kimberley Reed. Here, her father Scott Reed…
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CAMERON GUEST HOUSE GROUP EYES GAYFIELD PLACE

Edinburgh businessman Kamran Akbar has applied for permission to change the use of 4B Gayfield Place (accessed via Gayfield Place Lane) from…
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