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BE PREPARED FOR THE GREAT INDOORS

Broughton Scouts want all their Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, and adults to enjoy this Easter with a Virtual Sleep Out. From now until Sunday 19…
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STRANGE CASE OF THE EMPTY SHOES

How to explain this, spotted two days ago at the end of Iona Street?  The news has grown increasingly weird over recent years, but this is…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 6

1847–48   DARING ROBBERY.  It is with regret, that we have to record another of those daring outrages which have of late been the…
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NEW LOOK FOR SPURTLE WEBSITE

Napier students upgrade online presence Feast your eyes! The Spurtle website has had a major upgrade, thanks to a student team from Edinburgh…
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LATEST PROPOSALS FOR OLD RBS SITE

ONLINE CONSULTATION STARTS TODAY The third public consultation on plans for the New Town North development between Dundas Street and King George V…
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REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

Spring comes to Greenside It's one of the gloomiest and most precipitous streets in Spurtleshire, but even this narrow descent to Greenside Row is…
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MCVEY PRAISES VOLUNTEERS

Council Leader Adam McVey today praised public and voluntary organisations in Edinburgh, and urged residents to be good neighbours.  He…
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PARTNERSHIP OFFERS HELP FOR JOB SEEKERS

The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region today launched a new job-matching service.  Job seekers, employees, and employers can…
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NEWS FROM THE MEWS 5

1844–46  ROBBERY AND RECOVERY OF PROPERTY.—Late on Friday night, a blacksmith, named Clark, from Elgin, allowed himself to be enticed into a…
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DIFFICULT DAYS FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY

COUNCIL ADAPTS TO CORONAVIRUS CRISIS City of Edinburgh Council is taking extraordinary measures in extraordinary times.   In order to steer the…
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