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SOMETHING FISHY IN BELLEVUE

Spotted yesterday on Bellevue Place: a chrome-effect car badge combining the ancient Alpha or icthus symbol of Christianity with feet and the surname…
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SNOG IN THE PARK – PART 5

Brace yourselves Broughton! This Sunday morning our quiet and respectable corner of town will be visited by Scotland’s biggest limo.…
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LOCAL VENUE TO BRING FRINGE BENEFITS

Leith on the Fringe (LOTF) have launched a bold, new extension to the Edinburgh summer festival season. Organisers plan to tempt tourists, culture…
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EDINBURGH CENTRAL COUNCIL WARD BY-ELECTION

The crucial Council by-election for Edinburgh Central will be held on 18 August.Candidates have between 12 July and 27 July to register officially,…
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SNOG IN THE PARK – PART 4

One day to go until T in the Park opens and, right on cue, the heavens open, writes Iain MacPhail. Whisky Kiss have booked Scotland’s biggest limo,…
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YORK PLACE COLLISION – POLICE SEEK WITNESSES

Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was critically injured in a collision with a black taxi traveling east on York…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 4.7.11

The dogged efforts of Mr Osman Simsek (Breaking news, 11.10.10; 4.2.11) to change the use of his shop premises at 3 Elm Row to a hot food takeaway…
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BROUGHTON GOING TO POT?

‘Jaundiced of Claremont’ – a Broughton resident with many and varied strong opinions – recently remarked to the Spurtle that the sure sign of a…
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SNOG IN THE PARK – PART 3

Iain MacPhail continues with tales of the road, in the build-up to T in the Park this coming weekend. Warning: this blog contains images of a…
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KENYANS LEARN, TEACH AND LAUGH WITH DRUMMOND COMMUNITY

Jambo, Jambo! Or hello and welcome in Kiswahili!This was the greeting that Drummond Community High School gave our friends from Muthambi Girls and…
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