An item of "Breaking News". Will appear on the Breaking News page and the front page.
Spurtle's latest print edition hits the streets today, brimful of news reported both from across Broughton and the bottom up.
We bring you bluntness, boundaries, Bruce, blisters, bishops, bombers, bins, buses, bird brains, bright ideas, and potential Guinness World Record-breaking babies' bahoochies.
Phase 1 of floodworks along the Water of Leith (from Bonnington to Stockbridge) is due to finish in August this year. After mediation between the Council and contractors Lagan, a final outturn cost for this has been set at £29.132 million.
The estimated outturn cost of Phase 1 at the time of the construction contract's award was £22.683m. Lagan blames unexpected ground conditions, piling problems, and poor weather for the increase.
Tesco's application to erect 82 illuminated and non-illuminated fascia, canopy and flag signs on and around its 7, Broughton Rd supermarket has been consented (Ref. 13/00540/ADV; Breaking news, 5.3.13).
A Council press release issued this lunchtime trumpeted how the long-awaited new system of communal bins and gull-proof bags will be introduced in the New Town and West End in June and July this year.
A Council press release this morning hailed the completion of all track and road works around St Andrew Square, and the area's return to public use.
This afternoon Spurtle braved wind and hail to photograph the rejoicing crowds, only to find workmen drilling new holes in the road outside Harvey Nick's and forcing cars to stop and turn back in the direction from which they had come.
The Gallery on the Corner – a brilliant creative hub at the junction of Northumberland and Dundas Streets – seeks two creative trainees from among people in Scotland with Autism Spectrum Condition. Anyone in the process of such a diagnosis can also apply.
Council plans to change parking on the south side of Albany Street from end-on to angled have been temporarily shelved, following objections from residents and intervention by the New Town and Broughton Community Council (NTBCC).
Current parking arrangements here are a temporary solution during tramwork-related diversions through the area. As tramworks are completed, the original end-on parking scheme on the south side had been expected to resume.
Anyone who has ever recoiled at the thought of eating lunch outdoors with their neighbours should perhaps think again.
What if there were no bunting involved? No horrible invocation of wartime spirit or mandatory congas? What, in fact, if the idea were to raise money for a thoroughly good cause whilst briefly celebrating the strength and value of friendship?
The List's prestigious Edinburgh and Glasgow Eating & Drinking Guide for 2013/14 was published yesterday, and over 60 local establishments made the cut, confirming Broughton as one of the city's premier tasty destinations.
Even more impressive, 8 Broughton establishments made it to the very top Edinburgh Hit Lists, being picked out by independent judges as among the best in their category.
So what do you reckon?
Is it or is it not OK to park outside this door on North Clyde Street Lane?
It's a sorry, down-at-heel little cul-de-sac, sandwiched between Queen Street and the bus station. Property Squirrel advertises a 0-bedroom property for rent, at £300 per calendar month: 'a great place to park your car whilst you explore the city'.
A yellow Porsche with a customised number plate and a disabled sticker was outside Kenneth Kim the hairdresser's there this afternoon. Nothing else. Nobody. Nought.