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CAMPAIGNERS FIGHT POST OFFICE PRIVATISATION

The Post Office plans to privatise its service at 40 Frederick Street on 15 April with the immediate loss of nine jobs.  Plans first emerged on…
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UNBELIEVABLE

This morning, the Spurtle received the following photo of a document, whose source could not vouchsafe its authenticity.  As a public service,…
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BROUGHTON MOURNS LOCAL MINISTER

 Obituary: Reverend Peter Macdonald  Many across Broughton and beyond have been saddened by the Reverend Peter Macdonald’s sudden death on…
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TASTY TREATS FROM MRS WILLIAMSON'S COOKBOOK

4. TO DRESS LAMB’S HEAD  With Storm Ciara howling about our ears and snow forecast for the start of the coming week, what better time than this…
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A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

 AND THIS ISN’T IT  It’s not clear exactly what the latest graffiti at Warriston Junction refers to. It could be Britain’s exit from the…
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UNEASY LIES THE HEAD

Too nerve-racking to watch the rugby this weekend?  Instead, you could do a lot worse than to visit the BP Portrait Award 2019 at the Scottish…
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TALL AND SKINNY PROPOSAL

Hackland + Dore Directors Pension seeks planning permission to knock down the single-storey office building of Hackland + Dore Architects at 16…
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BIG FOOT BACK ON BROUGHTON STREET

The ‘Paolozzis’ returned to Broughton Street this afternoon. The area known as ‘Big Foot Country’ has been without its Manuscript of Monte…
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UNCLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

As work on the redesign of Picardy Place continues, there has been considerable debate about how well the final scheme will eventually satisfy…
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ISSUE 292 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, early copies of the February Spurtle are already traipsing their way across the barony like lost tourists in search of something…
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