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Drummond High School sixth-formers have been learning about important social issues and competing to win charity funding for related good causes, writes David Sterratt.
On the final Wednesday of last term, five teams of S6 pupils competed on behalf of local charities to win a £3,000 prize put up by the Wood Foundation.
The deadline has passed. The entries are in.
The submissions have all been printed out, assembled in anonymised ranks and minutely assessed for locational and factual accuracy. And the clear winner is ...
But first the answers.
WEEK 1
1. Teal but no teal.
Today is Twelfth Night, the last day of Christmas and the excuse you have been looking for since 6 November to discard all the festive decorations in your house.
In many strands of Christianity, the day marks the beginning of epiphany, recalling the three wise men's journey to see the baby Jesus.
This has given rise to various customs such as the baking of a circular cake, known in Spain as the Roscónn de Rey for its resemblance to a king’s ring. At 50cm diameter, it must be a very large king they have in mind.
Iain MacPhail's response on the George Street experiment will indeed have come as something of a surprise and relief to many of us, writes local resident Caroline Roussot.
At this time of year everyone is putting together their top things for 2014. I’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and share my worst irritations of the year past.
You may not publicly agree with me, but deep down you’ll know I'm right. If I’d had the time, energy or inclination I could have provided a list of 50 or more: trams, the East Scotland Street Lane house/office/garage fiasco, and the silencing of St Stephen’s were a few of the many things that missed out on inclusion.
But for now, here, in reverse order, are my top three.
BEST WISHES
FROM ALL AT
THE SPURTLE.
An' thyat
– to paraphrase Forrest Gump –
is awall we hyave to sigh abyat thyat.
Normal service will resume on 2 January.
For no very good reason, Spurtle has been running a spot-the-location quiz.
Each Wednesday this month we've published five square photographs featuring Broughton viewed from misleading angles or from straightforward angles but unhelpfully cropped afterwards. We use the term 'Broughton' in the elastic sense of flexible Spurtleshire.
Police Scotland issued a press release this afternoon which we reproduce unedited and in full below.
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault in Edinburgh's city centre.
The incident happened around 6pm yesterday (Tuesday) in Princes Street.
A 25-year-old woman was begging at the Wellington statue in the east end when a male approached from the direction of the St James Centre and attacked her.
Iain MacPhail, City of Edinburgh Council’s City Centre Programme Manager, contacted us yesterday with a response to our recent article on the ‘George Street experiment’ and the flood of reader replies it has generated since.
We reproduce his article in full, picking out a few key phrases in bold italics. Major points emerging include:
A planning application to convert 7–8 Baxter’s Place from a social club to five residential apartments has been withdrawn. (Ref. 14/03707/LBC; Breaking news, 23.9.14).