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Thursday, 1 July 2010

The Edinburgh Association of Community Councils held its ninth AGM on 21 June, and Spurtle acquired the draft minutes on the last day of the month (see...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Big-hearted pupils from Drummond Community High School have been working with two local care homes to bring happiness and companionship to elderly residents, writes Susan Lambert, a principal...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

City of Edinburgh Council communication officers are keen to raise awareness of recycling opportunities across the capital, and have contacted Spurtle with the results of a recent survey.

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Wednesday, 30 June 2010

In Issue 184 we reported Andrew Dickie's spectacular new addition to the list of late late-presented Christmas trees.

Here it is in all its splendour, as snapped at the scene on West...

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

In Issue 184 we reported the rose garden at the corner of Bellevue Place, officially owned by the Council, unofficially maintained and repaired at her own expense by local resident Christina...

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Issue 184 will be printed this evening, ready for distribution on 1 July through such Broughton outlets as  pubs, clubs, learned societies, beauticians, bookshops, schools, newsagents, cafés...

Friday, 25 June 2010

Here at the Spurtle we relish all communications from readers, the more criminally intended the better.

This evening, an unsolicited offer came from a perfect stranger which so perfectly...

Friday, 25 June 2010

Glenogle Baths will reopen to the public on Friday 2 July after a 20-month refurbishment, reports David Mackie.  All the new facilities will be free on that day.

The unique...

Thursday, 24 June 2010

It's the oldest trick in the book – a practical joke so ancient we thought it could survive these days only within the pages of the Beano.

Not so. Juvenile patrons outside the...

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

An article in today's Evening News has provoked a furious response from Richard Jeffrey, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Trams. He denies the suggestion in the first two paragraphs of '...

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