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ISSUE 330 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the printed Spurtle are already spreading across Broughton like traffic cones on a Canonmills footway. July’s…
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CANONMILLS — WHAT A MESS!

Canonmills and neighbouring streets are an unsightly and trip-hazardous jummle. So says Napier Bathrooms’ Johnny Bacigalupo. This morning, he…
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SO FAR AND YET SO NEAR …

Narrow miss in Broughton this evening fuels demand for segregated Moon lanes.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news#out and about…
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TREE CHEERS FOR COMPROMISE

GEORGE STREET MAY GET GREENER Built-heritage hard nuts and bark-hugging philarborists have compromised over proposals to improve and beautify…
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ALBERT STREET

The glamour. No. 16 in an occasional photo series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news…
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POLICE RELEASE IMAGES

Police Scotland issued a press release yesterday which we reproduce below unedited and in full. ***** Police Scotland have released images of a man…
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BEERHIVE'S FIRST BREW

After 12 years in business, staff at The Beerhive are releasing their first beer, made in collaboration with the Closet Brewing Project. Edinburgh-…
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KEASIM SEEKS ROOFTOP RETURN TO WAVERLEY

Keasim Events Ltd wants planning permission for another pop-up Festival Village on the roof of Waverley Market this summer (23/02154/FUL). It would…
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SERIOUS ASSAULT IN St MARK'S PARK

Detectives appeal for witnesses Police Scotland issued a press release this morning (Thursday 15 June) which we reproduce below unedited and in full…
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EYRE PLACE PLANS REFUSED

A Reporter acting for Scottish Ministers has refused planning permission for a proposed development on the former Jewson’s site at 72–4 Eyre Place.…
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