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The Broughton Project Group (BPG) has announced plans for a green Family Halloween event on 31 October.

Henderson Global Investors last month announced a public pre-application consultation event to air plans for the King James Hotel's removal and rebuild at Picardy Place (Ref.

Stepping into the Union Gallery this month is a bit like entering the heart of a volcano.

The normally peaceful airy whites of the space have been transformed into a forge of igneous reds and golds, brimstone blacks, raven-eye blues and pummice greys.

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.