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ASSAULT ON BROUGHTON ROAD – POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 21/05/2025 - 22:46

Police Scotland issued a press release this evening which we publish below unedited and in full.

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Around 1.20pm on Tuesday, 20 May, 2025, a 76-year-old man was walking on Broughton Road near to Tesco when he was approached by a man and assaulted.

The man did not require hospital treatment.

The suspect is described as being between 60 and 75 years of age, around 5ft 10in in height, of slim build and bald. He was wearing light coloured clothing and has a distinctive crouched walk.

SCRATCHED GRAFFITI ONLY SUPERFICIAL

Dear Spurtle

I forwarded your report on a Bellevue bench's Italian connection (NEW IN BELLEVUE – AN ITALIAN HERO, 2 April 2025) to my contacts south of the Alps and they found the inscribed text "rather shallow" and unlikely to add to Edinburgh's eleganza.

However, referencing the great Immanuel Kant, they described the Council's thoughts behind their intervention as at least 'comforting.

Harald Tobermann

(Pilrig)

QUINTINSHILL REMEMBERED

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 19/05/2025 - 14:45

The Royal Scots Regimental Museum’s annual outreach exhibition opened at Out of the Blue this morning. Depute Lord Provost Cllr Lezley Cameron (right) helped launch the event.

ISSUE 350

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 12:00

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ISSUE 350 – OUT TOMORROW!

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 30/04/2025 - 16:46

As you read this, advance copies of the May Spurtle are already spreading across the barony like tree pollen chasing atopics out in the fresh air for the first time since February.