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SHERLOCK'S COMING HOME

Now that trams are no longer in prospect for Leith Walk, work to restore the thoroughfare to normality – or even to improve it – could begin as early…
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NEW GROWTH SOON AT DRUMMOND

Staff at Drummond CHS staff have enlisted the help of volunteers in the first step to revive a multi-purpose vegetable garden at the back of the…
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LEARNING TO VIEW FILM

National Schools Film Week kicks off across Scotland tomorrow and will continue until 4 November.Run by the charity Film Education, it links free…
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GALLERY PREVIEWS – OCT/NOV 2011

The Union Gallery on Broughton Street will exhibit new abstract landscapes by one of its owners and founders, Alison Auldjo, from 11 November to 5…
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EDINBURGH MARKETS SEEKS TO HELP LOCAL GROUPS

As part of its remit as a social enterprise, Edinburgh Markets (EM) is offering 2 services to local voluntary organisations:a free stall at its…
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ESCARGOT-IN-CHIEF LEADS SCOTS FOODIES TO BRITANNY

Broughton Street's Escargot Bleu chef-patron Frederic Berkmiller has recently returned from a trip to Britanny, where he led a group of Scottish…
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BELLEVUE BURGLARIES – LATEST

The spate of Bellevue burglaries is serious enough, but not as extensive as reports by locals first suggested.Police have now confirmed that they are…
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CRIME SPREE ALARMS BELLEVUE

Locals have contacted the Spurtle to publicise an alarming spike in break-ins across the Bellevue area. Cars, vans and houses have been targeted by 3…
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PAWS FOR THOUGHT

David Ross found himself at roughly the south-west corner of Drummond Place this weekend when he noticed these canine pawprints embedded in long-…
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ROCHEID PATH TO RECOVERY

A new group – Friends of the Rocheid Path – has formed to make sure the popular beauty-spot and pedestrian/cycle route between Arboretum Avenue and…
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