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HOW TO CONTROL RUNAWAY EDINBURGH?

 PUBLIC DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO MAJOR PROBLEMS Earlier this week, the Cockburn Association held the second of a potential five Soapbox…
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RBS SITE – NEW SCHEME HOVES INTO VIEW

The future of the 5.9-acre former Royal Bank of Scotland site between Dundas Street and King George V Park has become a little clearer.  …
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POPPY FACTORY'S PAST IN PRINT

The Lady Haig Poppy Factory seeks planning permission/listed building consent for a major programme of refurbishment and repair to the leaking roofs…
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HEALTH, SHELF, AND HAPPINESS

Who knows where this is? Clue: it’s a ground-floor commercial property at the core of Spurtleshire, with superabundant original shelving more…
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HOME, HELL, AND SHORT-TERM LETS … YOU COULD BE NEXT

Do you live on a common stair? Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about when it comes to holidaymakers coming to live amongst regular city…
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FATAL ROAD COLLISION, FOOT OF THE WALK

Police Scotland issued the following press release today, which we reproduce unedited and in full. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for…
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ISSUE 288 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the latest September Spurtle are fanning out across the barony like millionaire MPs’ contingency funds towards offshore…
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EDNA MILLER (1931–2019)

  A CELEBRATION Edna Miller (Glen, née Haggart), was well known on Bellevue Road, working in her beautiful front garden or sitting…
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DELIGHTED BY PAINTED LADIES

While having coffee with a companion in a Drummond Place back garden earlier this week, I was surprised by a pale orange and black speckled butterfly…
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STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

This eye-catching combination of curves, chrome, and dents has been turning heads across Bellevue and beyond over recent days. At first glance,…
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