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LOCALS' STORY COLLECTION LAUNCHED TODAY

P6–P7 pupils from Broughton Primary School have been writing a book with help from local author Mary Turner Thomson, writes our special correspondent…
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1st DECEMBER

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DUNDAS STREET JOYS, SOME EDIBLE, PLUS ENTERTAINING ALTERNATIVES

Callooh! Callay! The Christmas season has been ushered in for another year by an X-Factor person crooning about driving in a tenuous bid to make us…
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LAZAROWICZ CALLS FOR RENEWED FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Today is World AIDS Day, and Mark Lazarowicz, MP is calling on the UK government to help bridge a shortfall in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and…
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BROUGHTON RALLIES FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

Mansfield Place-based Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading charity for people living with HIV and Hepatitis C. This year it's using World AIDS Day (…
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DRUMMOND FOOTBALLERS SEEK SPONSOR

Are you a Broughton business seeking a fabulous new marketing opportunity? Do you wish to associate your company name, product or service with…
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ISSUE 201 – OUT SOON!

Spurtle Issue 201 will be printed today, ready for distribution through wind, rain and blizzard during the first week of December.Within it you'll…
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WHISKY KISS GO EAST – FAREWELL TO MADCAP SHANGHAI

Whisky Kiss are a Broughton-based, souped-up ceilidh band (with DJs and dancers to give the cutting-edge show a 21st-century edge), writes bassist…
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LIQUOR LICENCE DIVIDES LOCAL OPINION

My local store – Bellevue Newsagents on the corner of Bellevue Road and Annandale Street – was granted a drinks licence yesterday, writes Broughton…
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WHISKY KISS GO EAST – SHANGHAI LEAVES BASSIST BREATHLESS

Whisky Kiss are quite possibly the spawniest ceilidh band that has ever whistled, piped and fiddled through a Gay Gordons or Strip the Willow [at…
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