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Nicola Sturgeon pictured at Quintinshill Train Crash Memorial Service at Rosebank Cemetery in 2015.

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DUBLIN STREET: BEWARE OF THE DOG

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A deep cavity opened up last week between No.5 Dublin Street and Dublin Street Lane North.

For the next 5 working days it will be the subject of emergency Council investigation works to determine the cause.

By Sunday, it was even larger (see foot of page) but had already been squared off and partially infilled. 

We have no idea how long it will take to replace the setts and resurface.

DARK DEEDS IN SPURTLESHIRE

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FLOUR, MURDER AND THE WATER OF LEITH

Pamphlets have been part of our culture for hundreds of years. The religious controversies of the early 16th century saw the first great age of pamphleteering. Our political culture has been shaped by pamphlets, from revolutionary tracts to the output of influential think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs. Today, these organisations regularly publish the words of ‘policy wonks’ in this form, even if most read them as PDFs rather than austere A5 booklets.

Need for joined-up ticketing

Dear Spurtle,

So the Council has a plan, that's a first, to cut car journeys by 30% and so increase public transport by 30%. A bold idea.

So why oh why are they constantly diverting bus routes and switching temporary bus stops, making each journey by bus an SAS or Krypton Factor exercise? Trying to get a bus across Edinburgh is like a Channel 4 game show, or on the BBC, Pointless.

The state of Queensland, bigger in area than Scotland, has a single travel card that gives cheap travel on buses, trains and trams. Edinburgh can't even do that. The country that perfected  the steam engine by Watt and the sassenach railways by Stephenson, just south of the Border.

Why can't we have a single travel card that works on buses, trams and the railway? 

Kevin Illingworth

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