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ISSUE 216 – OUT SOON!

The March issue of the Spurtle is poised in the jaws of a printing machine. It will shortly be chomped, swallowed, digested and ... um ... brought…
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DOWNSIDES OF TOO MANY PEOPLE

Local resident Bill Giles has responded to our article on access to the private garden in Drummond Place (Issue 215, ‘Grass to stay greener’). We…
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INACCURATE 'NEWS' UNDER FIRE OVER PILRIG COVERAGE

Those pressing for a new Pilrig Conservation Area are less than impressed by Edinburgh Evening News coverage of the subject yesterday.The article's '…
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LOTS OF BARGAIN PRICES AT PRINTMAKERS' FUNDRAISER

Edinburgh Printmakers on Union Street will hold a fundraising spring auction on 5 March, 6–9pm.Some 141 lots will go under the hammer, comprising a…
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FRIENDS AND COUNCIL TO TACKLE PILRIG PARK PROBLEMS

A new Friends of Pilrig Park group will work with the Council to draft an improvement plan for this popular but run-down local resource.At last night…
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WHAT THEY FOUND AND HOW THEY'RE CROWING ABOUT IT

In recent weeks, a number of supermarket chains and other food suppliers/manufacturers have learned that some of their supposed processed beef…
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GREEN LIGHT FOR MOULDERING BAXTER'S PLACE

Planning consent looks set to be granted for a 239-bed, 4-star hotel at 1–5 Baxter's Place (Ref. 12/04064/FUL; Breaking news, 28.11.12). …
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FRENCH FANCIES' FEBRUARY FLIT

It is a dark, February day for Broughton's lovers of macaroons.Bérangère and Thomas Bruno – the husband-and-wife team behind London Street's The…
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NOTES OF AN OPTIMIST ...

Walking through the Botanics yesterday, writes reader John MacDonald,  I noticed that while some plants are still cowering from the frost…
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DRUMMOND WELCOMES THE WORLD!

One of the things most people in Broughton like best about living or working here is its diversity. How appropriate, then, that one of this area's…
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