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LEITH FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
Wednesday 18 May 2011 - 10:01
Leith Festival – the annual community-arts celebration of Leith’s heritage, current diversity and future – will run from 10–19 June. The online Box…
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SHORT CUT, BAD IDEA, PAINFUL CONSEQUENCE
Tuesday 17 May 2011 - 12:48
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service report using cutting equipment to free a 14-year-old boy this morning.His leg had been impaled behind the…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 16.5.11
Tuesday 17 May 2011 - 10:39
The Shezan Tandoori Restaurant seeks permission to alter its shopfront on the corner site at 24–5 Union Place (Ref. 11/01412/FUL). Plans include…
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BROUGHTON STREET – FIRST POST-TESCO CLOSURE
Tuesday 17 May 2011 - 07:57
R.S. McColl at the top of Broughton Street will cease trading on 29 May.Staff – who hope to be relocated within the company network – cite the…
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LOCALS WARNED ON DODGY TWENTIES
Friday 13 May 2011 - 10:07
All that glisters is not gold. Neither, it seems, is all that crumples necessarily Clydesdale.Lothian and Borders Police yesterday warned businesses…
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PICTURES TO TELL A THOUSAND LECTURE NOTES
Thursday 12 May 2011 - 13:47
Readers will remember the careful archaeological study, recording and dismantlement of Botanic Cottage on Haddington Place around two years ago (…
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GUFFS AND PONGS INCLUDE THE SPURTLE
Thursday 12 May 2011 - 12:05
An extraordinary, 4-page gallimaufry – we believe by one Ian Lutton – has come into our hands.The Flooers o' Leith Diary 2011, spanning 22 March–27…
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SPRING APPEARANCE FOR WINTER GUEST
Wednesday 11 May 2011 - 13:39
Spurtle is delighted to announce the opening of the 2011 Late Presented Christmas Tree Competition.This splendid example was snapped for us on 27…
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STILLED LIVES WITHIN PERPETUAL MOTION
Saturday 7 May 2011 - 18:08
Janet Melrose – whose exhibition 'Still Life' shows in the Union Gallery this month – was trained at Edinburgh College of Art, and now lives in…
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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS – LOTHIAN LIST RESULTS
Friday 6 May 2011 - 22:38
The following candidates are returned.Scottish Labour: Sarah Boyack, Kezia Dugdale and Neil Findlay.Scottish Conservatives: David McLetchie and Gavin…
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