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PAY YOUR MONEY AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE

Readers will remember how, a few years back, a tearful Jamie Oliver struggled to re-educate the palates of British schoolchildren.The celebrity chef'…
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BIN CRISIS: FROM BAD TO VERSE

Today is National Poetry Day. To celebrate, we present this topical response to various shortcomings in refuse collection and the limited roll-out of…
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ALL IS NOT LOVELY IN THE GARDEN

Patience is wearing thin around Hopetoun Crescent Garden, where residents continue to allege anti-social behaviour by a few visitors and some users…
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ONE ROTTEN APPLE ...

Much has been made lately of piffling problems affecting Apple Maps – the computer giant's new cartographic system issued as standard on its latest…
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RUMBLING NEW TOWN GRUMBLES

New Town residents want City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) officials to take traffic problems more seriously.Albany Street, Abercrombie Place and Heriot…
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ISSUE 211 – COMING SOON!

October's Spurtle is ripening on the metaphorical horse chestnut tree of news and will drop soon onto an expectant north-central Edinburgh.Issue 211…
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STILL NO DECISION FOR POWDERHALL AND HOPETOUN PARKERS

A long-standing parking dispute between Powderhall and Hopetoun residents, developers and the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) does not appear much…
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BROUGHTON STREET CLOSED THIS WEEKEND – NEW LIGHTS INSTALLED

Temporary traffic lights will be installed at the Albany/Broughton Street junction this weekend, resulting in Broughton Street's closure from 8am on…
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DRUMMOND PUPILS' APPETITE FOR LEARNING

The Hungry for Justice conference we participated in earlier this month at Aberdeen University was really interesting for the S5 and S6 students who…
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TALKING THE WALK – COMMUNITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES IMPROVEMENTS

Leith Central Community Council  (LCCC) met on Monday 24 September. Stormy night: warm welcome, Leith Walk on the agenda. Ella Taylor-Smith…
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