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TIME IS RIGHT TO PROTECT PILRIG

Expect street parties and heritage-compliant bunting. City of Edinburgh's Planning Subcommittee yesterday voted to accept a new Pilrig Conservation…
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NATURE, GIFT HORSES, OFFERS TOO GOOD TO SWALLOW

It's the time of year when Edinburgh loves to welcome visitors. Christina Thomson recently found this swallowtail moth outside her backdoor on…
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TESCO REVAMP 'IS WORSE' FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS

Furore may be too strong a word for it, but a spat at least has broken out concerning the new exterior revamp at Tesco on Broughton Road. Bike…
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PLAYING WITH FIRE – GUILTY PLEASURES AT THE UNION GALLERY

When Kevin Low exhibited at the Union Gallery in April last year (Breaking news, 9.4.12), many of his imagined frauds, thespians and freaks…
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CANADIAN SCREEVER IS BUSY BEAVER

Admirers of typographic pavement embellishment were surprised and disappointed yesterday afternoon by events on Broughton Street. A man with a high-…
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BROUGHTON – BRACE FOR FRINGE RELEVANCE!

Spurtle receives theatrical press releases by the bucketload at this time of year. Most of them sound brilliant, few have any outstandingly…
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BROUGHTON IN BLOOM – THREE SITES FOR SORE EYES

Seeking hidden, overlooked or taken-for-granted gardens in and around Broughton is a happy pursuit, especially this shining summer, writes John Ross…
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW LOGIE GREEN ROAD PLANS – PUBLIC MEETING

Representatives of Jones Lang LaSalle unveiled revised plans for part of the development at 11 Logie Road at a public meeting on 25 July. Another…
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MODERNISED WASTE COLLECTION – END IN SIGHT FOR THE NEW TOWN

After years of consultation, dispute, trial-runs, false starts and unforeseen delays, a new mixed strategy for 'Modernising Waste Collection' in the…
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ISSUE 221 – OUT SOON!

It's almost August, the Festival is nearly upon us, and Spurtle’s Issue 221 is about to burst onto Broughton's boulevards in a 4-page format…
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