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MID-SUMMER POPPY APPEAL

This 11-year-old local has been missing from the Gayfield Square/Leith Walk area for over a week now, and her unusual absence is causing alarm. …
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COMMITTEES AND CONVENERS CONFIRMED

Councillors today agreed a restructured system for committees. The number of committees has been reduced by two, 'ensuring a more balanced share…
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BANDSTAND PLANS ON VIEW

Design concepts for a new bandstand and visitor centre in Princes Street Gardens are now on display at the City Art Centre until 30 July. …
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PICNIC MEMORIES FROM PILRIG PARK

The 'Picnic in the Park' last Saturday was a great success. Friends of Pilrig Park, who organised the event, laid on hot weather and were…
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HIS DARK MATERIALS

 PUTTING SOME NAMES TO FACES As the façade of the new John Lewis ‘infill’ building on Leith Street nears completion, we thought it might be…
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IN VINO FALLACIA

 TASTING NOTES FOR THE LOGICALLY CHALLENGED Plurium interrogationum is the Latin term for a question containing a disguised or concealed…
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GARDENERS TAKE PRIDE

Well done, the Botanics! Staff here are already world leaders in exploring, conserving and explaining the world of plants for a better future.…
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AN INVITATION FROM THE MOSQUE

Muslims at Annandale Mosque invite Spurtle readers to join them as they break their fast during the month of Ramadan. The event – from 9.00pm on…
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SERIOUS SEXUAL ASSAULT

 POLICE SEEK WITNESSES Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a serious sexual assault in the north of the city. We…
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FRIENDS REUNITED

Good news to start the week! Cato the Bengal wanderer (pictured right, on the left or right) has returned safe and sound to his home in…
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