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14 FEBRUARY ... LEST YE FORGET

How anyone could forget it's St Valentine's Day is beyond the Spurtle, with references to the year's greatest romantic heffalump-trap displayed in…
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POST OFFICE PLANS TO QUIT St JAMES CENTRE – YOUR VIEWS SOUGHT

The Post Office seeks your views on its plans to move the St James Centre branch to Princes Mall on Waverley Bridge this August. The proposal comes…
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SELLING IT LIKE IT IS ... -ISH

Imagine my surprise the other day at passing a sign outside a Broughton Street corner shop which read ‘FREE CASH’.  Free cash? Were my eyes…
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LOGIE GREEN PLANS STILL CHANGING – LIDL BY LIDL

Revised, longer opening hours are proposed for the new Logie Green Lidl, only days after consent for it was granted.  On 3 February, developer…
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WORK STOPS AFTER NEAR-MISS AT BROUGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

News reached us last night of a serious incident at Broughton Primary School yesterday. During extensive refurbishment of the roof, a chisel was…
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ARTWORK CONSULTATION RUFFLES FEATHERS

If you thought you heard woodpeckers by the river in Warriston over the last few days, you were mistaken. That was the grinding of teeth.…
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CANDIA McWILLIAM ON PLACES, SPACES, AND THE PEOPLE IN-BETWEEN

Candia McWilliam spoke at last Thursday's meeting about St Stephen's Church (Breaking news, 7.2.14). A Broughton resident, she is also a notable…
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READER, HE SHOT HIM

Readers will recall our articles in Issue 189, pp. 1, 3 and Breaking news, 2.12.10 concerning the origins of the mounted caribou…
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PAVEMENT VIEWS

It’s not what it looks like ...That is to say, Phoenix boss Gwyn Roberts, sporting a snazzy phoenix-themed hoodie, was not entering a stage magician’…
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THE CRACKEN AWAKES ... COMMUNITY BACKS St STEPHEN'S BID

Around 300 people attended last night’s meeting to discuss a community bid for St Stephen’s Church. In a show of hands, the group overwhelmingly…
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