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LEITH WALK HUSTINGS – WHO SAID WHAT Thursday, 14 March 2019 Around 120 people filled the Thomas Morton Hall at Leith Theatre last night for an event billed as the Save Leith Walk (SLW) hustings. For a by-election on the brink of trams, budget cuts, and... Read more	TRAMS TO NEWHAVEN – LOCALS LAY DOWN TERMS Wednesday, 13 March 2019 Community Councils Together on Trams (CCTT) is a coalition of the four community councils most impacted by the proposed tramway extension route: New Town & Broughton CC, Leith Central CC,... Read more
NEW SCHEME FOR SLOPING SITE Tuesday, 12 March 2019 Architects LBA have put forward new plans for a development of six 1-bedroom apartments on a narrow sloping site between 13 Claremont Crescent and Broughton Road (Ref. 19/00451/FUL; Breaking news, 22... Read more	LEITH WALK BY-ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED Monday, 11 March 2019 Eleven candidates will contest the forthcoming Leith Walk (Ward 12) by-election on 11 April.They are, in alphabetical order:Steven Alexander, UK Independence Party (UKIP)Jack Caldwell, Scottish... Read more
TENEMENT HACKS: STAIR LIGHTING TIMESWITCHES Sunday, 3 March 2019 If you live in a tenement, you may well have been frustrated by power cuts affecting the time the stair lights come on and go off. The reason power cuts affect lighting timing is because the... Read more	ANNANDALE STREET CLOSED FOR SUSPICIOUS ITEM Friday, 1 March 2019 Police in Scotland issued a statement this evening regarding the incident in Annandale Street this afternoon.We reproduce it in full.A spokesperson said: 'Police in Edinburgh were called to Annandale... Read more
IT WAS FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA Friday, 1 March 2019 This is a full version of the article which was reproduced (in shortened form) in Issue 282. It comes from the Scotsman, 14 March 1919. AMERICAN HUT IN EDINBURGH.NEW LEAVE MECCA FOR UNITED... Read more	ISSUE 282 – OUT TOMORROW! Thursday, 28 February 2019 It’s nearly March, and copies of the latest Spurtle have already begun bouncing about the barony like spring hares on a garden trampoline. Issue 282 of your action-packed local stirrer begins... Read more
ENJOYING THE BROUGHTON STREET BUZZ Wednesday, 27 February 2019 In almost every part of the world, the dragonfly symbolises change, transformation, harmony, and good luck. In some cultures it represents summer and autumn, in others admiration, respect, power, and... Read more	CALL FOR ARTISTS Sunday, 24 February 2019 Many thanks to reader Mark Saunders, who has sent us this upbeat vision of future developments. It was conceived, perhaps, through topaz-coloured spectacles. *****Call for ArtistsCome all... Read more

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