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Do you want to get fit? Do you like Strictly Come Dancing? Do you crave a body like Bruce Forsyth’s but lack anyone to achieve it with?

Broughton hammer-throwing star Kimberley Reed has had a turbulent year on and off the athletics field.

Here, father Scott Reed describes the ups, downs, nears and fars which nevertheless saw her finishing the competitive season last month with high hopes of achieving a Commonwealth Games spot in 2014.

Will McEvoy is a talented artist whose work is currently showing at the My 24/7 exhibition in the Gallery on the Corner as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.

Spurtle really liked his quirky clock, behind whose transparent case one finds mirrored images of complicated workings and a rabbit (see close-up below).

The reason becomes clear in McEvoy's fascinating explanation:

Developers plan to knock down the former HM Revenue & Customs building at 44 York Place and build a hotel instead (Ref. 13/04000/PAN). 

Issue 223 of the Spurtle is written, laid out, printed and ready for distribution. Expect to see it across Broughton from tomorrow. It’s jam-packed with most things except jam.

The closer one looks at this wonderful bird, the more decoratively detailed it becomes. Even the reflections in its eyes repay attention.

The print – ‘A Wise Old Owl Sat in an Oak’ – is by Victoria M. Fifield and is perched in the window of Concrete Wardrobe on Broughton Street.

A 19-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed on Bonnington Road yesterday evening.

The incident happened at around 8pm as she walked along, talking on her mobile.

The announcement earlier this week that the Scottish Government will contribute £3.6m towards the upgrade of Leith Walk has been welcomed across north and central Edinburgh. The additional funds should make possible a more comprehensive improvements all the way up the thoroughfare and into Broughton (see greenerleith.org.uk/, 24.9.13).

Anyone seen Lilo?

She headed out from 14 Bellevue Street on Monday (22 September) and hasn't returned since. She likes being outside, but rarely travels far from her home patch – hence the sudden concern.

Lilo is a small tortoiseshell cat with distinctive white markings on her belly and feet. (She has a big white sock on her left hind leg). She also has a white patch on her neck, and a white nose.