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MORE ROADWORKS START TOMORROW

Resurfacing of the carriageway between Pilrig Street and Broughton Primary School is scheduled to begin tomorrow. If all goes according to plan…
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GEORGE ST NATWEST TO HEAD WEST

Royal Bank of Scotland seeks planning consent for internal and external changes to its NatWest premises at 8 George Street (Ref. 19/04619/FUL). …
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CELBRITY SIGNATURES ON SALE FOR POPPY FUND

An autograph book, compiled between 1897 and 1933 and containing the signatures of roughly 300 historic celebrities, will be sold on 9 October to…
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HIGH TIMES RETURNING TO WAVERLEY MALL ROOF?

KEASIM Events Limited seeks temporary planning consent for the erection of a festival village on the roof of the Waverley Mall this winter (Refs 19/…
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St ANDREW SQUARE GARDENS – TREE HEALTH STILL A CONCERN

Essential Edinburgh, on behalf of the owners, has urgently sought and received the Council’s go-ahead for treeworks in St Andrew Square Gardens (19/…
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TASTY TREATS FROM Mrs WILLIAMSON’S COOKBOOK

1. ALBERT SOUP. Now that the colder weather is upon us, many readers are doubtless looking for simple, wholesome, and comforting meals the whole…
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EDINBURGH ON HIGH – BYGONE BROUGHTON STREET REVEALED

From time to time, the Spurtle receives unexpected letters from readers which raise the spirits and make us whoop for joy.So it was that, last…
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ISSUE 289 OUT SOON!

As you read this, advanced copies of October’s Spurtle are already knocking at doors in the barony like an AirBnB guest arriving 24 hours too early.…
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COMMUNITY MEETS TO MAKE PLACES

As the recent Save Leith Walk campaign showed to stunning effect, organised locals can make a difference. But rather than starting from scratch…
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HIGH TIMES IN THE HIGHLANDS

Broughton Scouts and Lothian Motor Coaches combined yesterday to whisk 50 local Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and adult leaders to their centenary camp in…
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