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A pendant (pictured) of more sentimental than monetary value was lost locally on Sunday 29 August. It is silver, flat, about an inch long, and was knotted onto a black, cotton thong.

Its owner thinks it dropped off somewhere between Warriston Allotments and Albion Place – so, it may have been found in Warriston, St Mark's Park, Powderhall, Broughton Road, McDonald Road, Easter Road, Albion Road or Albion Place.

If you've found it, please contact Spurtle and we'll put you in touch.

Broughton History Society's programme of evening talks begins again next week on Monday 13 September.

Walter M. Stephen will talk on 'The Evolution of Evolution: Darwin and the Scots', in the Library of Drummond Community High School on Bellevue Place at 7:00pm. Admission costs £2 for non-members. New members (£8 per year) are always welcome.

For the full programme and further details, click here.

A concerned local has pinned a notice outside Rapido on Broughton Street, asking for help in finding their lost diary.

It went astray on 7 September, and is a distinctive petrol blue with a picture of a forest on the cover.

If you can help, contact the owner at: Mob. 07769 911151.

Vodafone and O2 seek planning permission for the relocation of 1 Vodafone antenna, installation of an additional 2 dual user antennas, and ancillary development at Broughton St Mary's Parish Church in Bellevue Crescent (Ref. 10/02485/FUL). More power to their steeple, say well-wishers, and hopefully increased rentals. Historic Scotland are being consulted. Similar plans are mooted for St Andrew's and St George's Church, George Street.

Free evening activities for young people will run on Thursday evenings (7:00–8.30pm) in King George V Park, starting tomorrow – Thursday 9 September. Activities run at similar times of the evening on Mondays in Inverleith Park.

Supervised, in a casual but reassuring way by members of the Inverleith Community Learning and Development Team, activities will include: football and other sports, games, arts, trips and challenges. Just turn up.

For further information, contact Callum McLeod: Tel. 332 6316.

This summer, eight S6 students and three staff from Drummond Community High School visited their partner schools in Kenya in a life-changing opportunity to help and learn from each other. Annie Scanlon, Drummond’s Librarian, looks back on some of the highlights.

Edinburgh's summer festivities ended in a blaze of glory on Sunday night.

Local resident Graeme Robertson captured these images from East Claremont Street, where neighbours gather twice annually to watch the spectacle in late summer and on Hogmanay.

The end of Festival fireworks faces an uncertain future now that the Bank of Scotland is pulling out and a new sponsor has yet to be found.

[Images © Graeme Robertson.]

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Full listings for the Cockburn Association's Doors Open Days on 25 and 26 September are now available online. Click here to view.

Nearby venues where you can look behind the scenes for free currently include:

Mark Lazarowicz, MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, has reacted swiftly to clarify his position on the forthcoming Redbraes telecom mast.

In Issue 186, published yesterday, we reported how Vodafone and O2 had conducted 'outline consultation' with Mr Lazarowicz, as well as Malcolm Chisholm MSP, local councillors and the community council.

Mr Lazarowicz contacted Spurtle later that day to say, ' Can I make it clear that this ['outline consultation] comprised sending me information about the plan – I certainly haven't given it approval or my agreement.'

A lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, Derek McGuire will be exhibiting in Broughton Street's Union Gallery later this month in what promises to be an atmospheric collection ideally suited to the shortening autumn days and changing light.

'Ella Novo Loco', named after the new place in which McGuire finds himself, will run from 10 September.

'His paintings are dark not only in terms of the palette, but also in the spookiness of their moods,' writes Alison Auldjo, Union's co-owner.