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DRUMMOND CELEBRATES YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS

David Sterratt, Chair of Drummond Community High School Parent Coucncil, writes: Both new and old head teachers were present at Drummond Community…
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NEW VIEWS ON CALTON HILL

For as long as most people can remember, this has been the view of the City Observatory on Calton Hill.A blank wall and the promise of something more…
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SCOTLAND'S PLACE IN NEW WORLD ORDER

On Wednesday 13 November 1940, the Scottish National Party’s secretary John M‘Cormick addressed a meeting of the party's Stirling branch in the…
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TAKE PRIDE TOMORROW

Pride Edinburgh returns to the streets of the capital tomorrow for the 21st time. With an inclusive message that ‘Love is love’, the event is…
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ISSUE 253 – OUT FROM TODAY!

In? Out? Shaken all about? Exhausted? Why not drag yourself from the house, pick up the latest issue of the Spurtle, and then drag yourself home…
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ONLINE PLANNING SYSTEM BROKEN

City of Edinburgh Council’s ‘Planning and Building Standards Portal’ has been unavailable since Friday, and there’s currently no firm indication of…
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SHRUBHILL – PLEASE MIND THE GAPS

Only a few months have passed since the new pavement in front of Ziggurat’s student accommodation in Shrubhill Place was opened to pedestrians,…
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EDINBURGH SAFARI (4)

Two weeks ago we launched the third of our Edinburgh safaris by inviting readers to search for dogs.  You can see the nine we found  at the…
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

CITY LANDMARK RETURNS IN MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT After an absence of four years, Forsyth’s Finial returned to the Edinburgh skyline in the small…
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THE PAST IS NOT A FOREIGN COUNTRY

Ahead of Edinburgh’s municipal elections in 1919, the Scotsman reported on a Broughton ward hustings attended by a large audience in the Free…
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