Skip to main content

Breaking news

ISSUE 218 OUT NOW!

Spurtle's latest print edition hits the streets today, brimful of news reported both from across Broughton and the bottom up.  We bring you…
Read More
RISING COSTS BRING BACK FLOOD OF MEMORIES

Phase 1 of floodworks along the Water of Leith (from Bonnington to Stockbridge) is due to finish in August this year. After mediation between the…
Read More
BROUGHTON ROAD TESCO – SIGNS AND WONDERS

Tesco's application to erect 82 illuminated and non-illuminated fascia, canopy and flag signs on and around its 7, Broughton Rd supermarket has been…
Read More
NEW TOWN WASTE PLANS STILL IN THE AIR

A Council press release issued this lunchtime trumpeted how the long-awaited new system of communal bins and gull-proof bags will be introduced in…
Read More
ST ANDREW SQUARE RE-OPENS-ISH

A Council press release this morning hailed the completion of  all track and road works around St Andrew Square, and the area's return to public…
Read More
GALLERY SEEKS NEW TALENT

The Gallery on the Corner – a brilliant creative hub at the junction of Northumberland and Dundas Streets – seeks two creative trainees from among…
Read More
LOCALS STAND UP TO SLANTENDICULAR PARKING PLAN

Council plans to change parking on the south side of Albany Street from end-on to angled have been temporarily shelved, following objections from…
Read More
EATING UP WITH THE JONESES

Anyone who has ever recoiled at the thought of eating lunch outdoors with their neighbours should perhaps think again.What if there were no bunting…
Read More
YOU'VE NEVER HAD IT SO FOOD!

The List's prestigious Edinburgh and Glasgow Eating & Drinking Guide for 2013/14 was published yesterday, and over 60 local establishments…
Read More
ROAD TO NOWHERE

So what do you reckon?Is it or is it not OK to park outside this door on North Clyde Street Lane?It's a sorry, down-at-heel little cul-de-sac,…
Read More