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EDINBURGH TRAMS: BRAKING NEWS

An apparently alarming fact was stretched to breaking-point over 13 column inches in the Evening News last week ('Not Top of the Stops', 19 February…
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ROUND AND ROUND IN CIRCLES

They're back. Like Nazca Lines in the deserts of South Peru, crop circles in Borsetshire, or the embarrassing fungal infection you thought you'd got…
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St STEPHEN'S SECURED FOR COMMUNITY – BUT BY WHOM?

The community bid for St Stephen’s Church has failed ... but perhaps in a good way.Very late last night, the St Stephen’s Playfair Trust (SSPT)…
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FROM BLUE SNAIL TO PERIWINKLE ... AND ALWAYS WITH PASSION

Next month, Fred Berkmiller, chef-patron of L’Escargot Bleu on Broughton Street, will once again be at the heart of the Budding Chefs programme, now…
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SMALL-MINDED WORK ASKS BIG QUESTIONS

When an artwork appears in the newspapers, writes Rhys Fullerton, 'it's usually because it's about to sell for a large sum of money or because it's…
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DRIVEN UP THE WALLS

About a month ago I was in my flat, minding my own business, when suddenly I was distracted by a familiar sound on the street outside.  It was…
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TROUBLE IN THE TROUSER DEPARTMENT

What do you make of Artisan Roast’s latest A-board on Broughton Street? Spurtle has been taking soundings, and most of those women we’ve consulted…
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COMMUNITY BIDS FOR St STEPHEN'S

Those behind the proposed community buy-out of St Stephen's Church have taken the first big step. St Stephen's Playfair Trust lodged an offer of £505…
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SPURTLE – 20 YEARS' INDEPENDENT STIRRING

Twenty years ago this month, Spurtle's first edition hit the streets of Broughton.We're marking this community's engagement with the news, and its…
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PILRIG PARK NEEDLES REVEAL LONG-TERM NEGLECT

The discovery last weekend  of used hypodermic needles in a wooded section of Pilrig Park has shocked locals. Many parks close to city centres…
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