An item of "Breaking News". Will appear on the Breaking News page and the front page.
Edinburgh's cash-strapped Council is in a deep financial hole.
But, determined always to look on the bright side of life, they want your ideas about how to 'maintain, develop and improve services'.
To this end, Leith and City Centre Neighbourhood Partnerships have called a special joint meeting (lasting up to 1.5 hours) for 6.30pm at McDonald Road Library on 22 November. Senior managers will attend and, apparently, all present will be able to contribute.
Hungary is a small but beautiful Central European country which has a rich and diverse history, writes Broughton resident Bori Godley, but few realise it has links to Scotland stretching back centuries.
The street-artist responsible for recent cryptic works on McDonald Road and Wemyss Place has increased his or her oeuvre and extended her or his territory north-east with multiple copies of a grinning skull.
In Issue 200 we published reader Bob Rickard's appeal for information about the early presence in Broughton of the Drambuie Liqueur Co. ('When Broughton said "Slaínte"'). Now another reader has responded.
Regarding Bob Rickard's interest in Drambuie's bottling, writes Tom Bee, the premises shown in the photograph [above] were indeed Drambuie's 'plant'.
What may not have been taken into consideration is that, at that time, the lane pictured was named Albany Street Lane – later to be Dublin Street Lane.
In a delicious paradox, the Chequers Too sandwich bar at 16b Broughton Street and the Tesco Local on Picardy Place are likely to join in objecting to the proposed arrival of Greggs the Baker (Breaking news, 18.10.11).
This stunning contribution – part ammonite, part spine, part turbine – will feature in a new exhibition at Axolotl on Dundas Street.
'Forse Shore' by Michael Bullen appears as part of Katnes Folio, featuring paintings, craftwork, sculpture and photographs made in Caithness.
It runs from 8–30 November (Tues–Thurs, 11am–4pm; Fri–Sat, 11am–6pm).
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Real Foods on Broughton Street have been taken aback by Council enforcement notices demanding that they remove all signage from the front of their Category A-listed building.
The Planning Department alleges that unauthorised works have been carried out (without listed building consent) to the detriment of the premises at No. 37.
The clocks have changed, the squirrels are thinking of going into hibernation, and the 14th annual British Sausage Week has begun, all of which can only mean one thing – November is upon us.
You’re doubtless already celebrating the wide range of exciting sausages currently available in Britain by camping outside Crombie's (97 Broughton Street) every morning for your daily fix, but what other cultural delights await the residents of Spurtlopolis this month?
Spurtle's 200th issue hits the streets of Broughton and beyond today.
We have acres of news featuring items on bins, bloomers and Drambuie, primary school registration, endless piles of dog pooh, historical researches, new restaurants, a very fluffy cat – lost and found, and the forthcoming Christmas market.
And – because this is a special occasion – we bring you too a colour insert featuring representative front pages through the ages. (You can read the newly downloaded copies – dating back to February 1994 – in our Back issues section.)
A 1.5-litre Jaguar Mark IV paused outside the Mansfield Traquair Centre on wedding duty last Saturday, its fluid lines and polished depths breathtaking.
This particular example dates from 1948, and so was one of the last of 10,980 made between 1935 and 1949 (with a break in manufacture during the war years).
In its prime, it would have had a theoretical top speed of 70mph and was reportedly 'sweeter running' than a larger-engined 2.5-litre sibling produced about the same time.
This Jaguar is unlikely to exceed 40mph nowadays, but such constraints are irrelevant: