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EDINBURGH FRINGE ON BROUGHTON'S DOORSTEP

If you have sore feet, too little time, or are too exhausted even to read Ali G's Oot! when it appears here in August, why not choose your Fringe…
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HOPETOUN CRESCENT GARDEN KEEPS THE GREEN FLAG FLYING HERE ... BUT HOW?

Four parks in and around Broughton have won Green Flag awards in this year's competition run by Keep Britain Tidy (KBT).Inverleith and Victoria Parks…
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SOAPBOX 2: KAREN DORAN (LABOUR)

Labour candidate Karen Doran lifts the lid on the bees in her bonnet. I am delighted to have been selected to stand as the Labour Party candidate, in…
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SOAPBOX 1: JOHN CARSON (INDEPENDENT)

All candidates in the City Centre (Ward 11) by-election have been invited to outline the main strands of their campaigns. John Carson (Independent)…
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SPURTLE ANNOUNCES HUSTINGS – CITY CENTRE (WARD 11)

Spurtle will host a hustings on Tuesday 9 August from 7.15–9.15pm at Broughton St Mary's Parish Church in Bellevue Crescent.Although the Spurtle is a…
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GREEN GODDESS NO SIREN

Here, for reel enthusiasts, are photos of the Green Goddess sold today at Lyon & Turnbull for £5,000 (£3,000 more than expected).Apparently the…
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TO ER IS HUMAN ...

Dear Spurtle I was somewhat surprised to see that Royal Mail are currently operating a fleet of vans in Scotland which are sign-written in Welsh.…
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VIEWS TO A KILL

'Carrion' is a two-person exhibition fascinated by physical and psychological vulnerability. Coincidentally, both Sarah Green and Gregor Laird focus…
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RBS BUTTS OUT

You'd think there was enough of a stench hanging over the financial sector already without a national institution adding to it. But apparently not.…
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CHOCS AWAY ON BROUGHTON STREET

Coco Chocolate launched their new venture at 71 Broughton Street on 16 July. The great, the good and the greedy gathered to meet staff and try some…
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