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Thursday, 29 July 2010

Funds worth £2.5 million are available to Scottish youth projects over the next 2 years thanks to a rumbled malefactor.

The sum represents the first tranche of some £6.5 million recovered...

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Influential New Town interests – including those representing Drummond Place, Northumberland Street and Great King Street – met in City Chambers on Tuesday 27 July to discuss their response to...

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

'The Land and the Sea' is a free exhibition at Out of the Blue, featuring black-and-white photographs by Alastair Cook. His subject is the coast, particularly the north coast...

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Police seek help identifying a young Edinburgher of Asian or Middle East appearance discovered lying on Northumberland Street  on 21 July around 11pm suffering from a head injury.

He...

Friday, 23 July 2010

Back in March we reported online how the Council's Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Commitee were consulting on the extension of allotments in the city.

Parts of King George V and...

Friday, 23 July 2010

This morning, Spurtle received a charming item of unsolicited email which we reproduce below.

Why we were targeted is unclear. Perhaps it was just one stirring specialist in search of...

Friday, 23 July 2010

Many Broughton residents have long been intrigued about the interior of the former 'Gentlemen's Club' at 51–3 East Claremont Street. Many others know exactly what it was like but for reasons of...

Friday, 23 July 2010

Can any readers tell us more about Margaret 'Peggy' Desmond, an actress, local celebrity, and resident of the former Broughton Court on East London Street (adjacent to St Mary's Primary School)?...

Thursday, 22 July 2010

When Spurtle reader Ian Mountford passed through St Mark's Park first thing this morning, he soon realised something was wrong. The Antony Gormley sculpture in the Water of Leith which he had...

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

We may all be going to economic hell in a financial handcart, but at least hard-pressed Edinburgh City Libraries are continuing to market some excellent services excellently.

Their latest...

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