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RSVP TO EWH ASAP

Perhaps anticipating hordes of ravenous Broughtonians arriving en masse and scoffing all the food and light refreshments, leaving half-chewed sausage…
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COUNCIL REPORTS ON BUDGET CONSULTATION

City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) yesterday published a report on its recent 'budget information and engagement exercise' [www.edinburgh.gov.uk/budget…
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GREEN SEES RED OVER REDUCED POSTAL SERVICE

Maggie Chapman, Green councillor for the Leith Walk ward, has added her voice to calls for retention of postal services at Brunswick Road (Breaking…
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SNOW: NEW TOOL FOR TEETH-CHATTERING CLASSES

Snow is reported in upland areas across Scotland including the Nevis Range, Glen Coe, Glenshee, Cairngorm and the Lecht. Wintry showers are also…
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TOO LITTLE TOO LATE OR TOO MUCH TOO EARLY?

Proof that there is no issue so serious that a simple typo in its reporting cannot reduce otherwise responsible adults to puerile sniggering is…
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CEC PLANS WATER OF LEITH FLOOD DEFENCES

City of Edinburgh's Council (CEC) designs for some local flood defences have been entered into the Planning system by their agent Arup Scotland.Of…
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PEGGY DESMOND – SPURTLE ON THE TRAIL

Tommy Kemp, a former Broughton Court resident now in the Netherlands, has contacted Spurtle with an offer of help (Letters, 3.11.10).In Issue 185,…
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ROYAL MAIL STANDS ITS GROUND ON CLOSURES

Last month we reported John Hein's campaign to retain late-posting and franked mail services on Brunswick Road (Breaking news 26.10.10).Leith Walk…
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TRACKS OF COLOUR AT THE UNION GALLERY

Trevor Jones is a 40-year-old Canadian artist who graduated two years ago from Edinburgh University's MA in Fine Art Programme. 'He has,' says Union…
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RIGHT MESSAGE, WRONG PLACE?

In addition to Multrees Walk and the Balmoral Hotel, this stencilled slogan has recently appeared on Barony Street's Glasite Meeting House.The latter…
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