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LEITH WALK AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

For the last two days, Spurtle has been covering a grubby outburst of racial discrimination aimed at English-born Keith Hales on Leith Walk (Breaking…
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NEW TRANSPORT BODY AND THAT QUEASY FEELING

City of Edinburgh Council today announced plans to integrate the capital's transport system under a new organisation called Transport for Edinburgh (…
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SUB-STANDARD BEHAVIOUR – BUNTING STIRS RACISM ON LEITH WALK

Community activist Keith Hales put up some St George's Cross bunting outside his business on Leith Walk this morning. The gesture was ahead of Leith…
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PLANNING BOMBSHELL FOR LOCAL RESTAURANT

Pomegranate Restaurant's retrospective planning application for changes to its B-listed  premises at 1 Antigua Street has been 'refused' with a…
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FRINGE FIRST FROM BROUGHTON CENTRAL

When Spurtle repeated a publicist's local angle on a visiting performer last week (Breaking news, 2.8.13), we did so with a healthy dollop of…
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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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