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EXPERT PROBES LEGAL ANOMALY
Friday 1 April 2022 - 00:00
COULD FAG END OF FEUDALISM BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO AULD ALLIANCES? When the United Kingdom exited the European Union on 31 January 2020, many Scots…
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS – FULL LIST OF LOCAL CANDIDATES
Thursday 31 March 2022 - 14:16
Edinburgh Council has published the final list of candidates standing in the Local Government Elections on 5 May. For Spurtleshire, they are as…
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ISSUE 316 — OUT TOMORROW!
Thursday 31 March 2022 - 00:01
As you read this, advance copies of the April Spurtle are already drifting across Broughton like spring snowflakes on a northerly wind. Brace…
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TRAM RETURNS TO BROUGHTON
Sunday 27 March 2022 - 15:30
On Thursday last week, a tram reached York Place for the first time since 10 February – but just to test the newly reconfigured track. Accompanied…
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ODD BLOTCHES GIVE CONCERN
Tuesday 1 March 2022 - 00:00
Spot of bother for the St James Quarter Is the St James Quarter starting to rust? Rather surprisingly, the answer may be yes. At least parts of it…
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ISSUE 315 — OUT TOMORROW!
Monday 28 February 2022 - 10:28
As you read this, advance copies of the March Spurtle are already spreading in all directions across the barony like confused pedestrians trying to…
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OFFICIALS RECOMMEND REFUSAL FOR JOSEPH PEARCE SEATING
Thursday 24 February 2022 - 13:20
Officials have recommended that the application to install temporary seating outside the Category A-listed 23 Elm Row be refused (21/05858/FUL).…
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EDUCATION
Tuesday 15 February 2022 - 17:34
EDUCATION:—A delicate balancing act.
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BROUGHTON SUNSET
Monday 14 February 2022 - 17:30
BROUGHTON SUNSET:—Early again.
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ISSUE 314 – OUT TOMORROW!
Monday 31 January 2022 - 11:09
As you read this, advance copies of the February Spurtle are already fanning out across the barony like invitations to a Downing Street after-work…
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