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FATAL ROAD COLLISION, FOOT OF THE WALK

Police Scotland issued the following press release today, which we reproduce unedited and in full. Police in Edinburgh are appealing for…
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ISSUE 288 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, copies of the latest September Spurtle are fanning out across the barony like millionaire MPs’ contingency funds towards offshore…
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EDNA MILLER (1931–2019)

  A CELEBRATION Edna Miller (Glen, née Haggart), was well known on Bellevue Road, working in her beautiful front garden or sitting…
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DELIGHTED BY PAINTED LADIES

While having coffee with a companion in a Drummond Place back garden earlier this week, I was surprised by a pale orange and black speckled butterfly…
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STYLE AND SUBSTANCE

This eye-catching combination of curves, chrome, and dents has been turning heads across Bellevue and beyond over recent days. At first glance,…
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ISSUE 287 – OUT SOON!

As you read this, copies of the August Spurtle are already bouncing out of the presses like waves over a flood prevention scheme.Page 1 babbles…
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GHAZALA PEENA FAROOQ (1940–2019)

Friday 26 July, 2019 was a day of great sadness for the Edinburgh-South Asian Community, writes Nahid Aslam. Mrs Ghazala Peena Farooq, a…
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ROUND AND ROUND IN CIRCLES ON BAXTER'S PLACE

Neighbours and other locals continue to monitor events at 7–8 Baxter’s Place very carefully.  In its latest applications on 18 June 2019 (Refs…
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LINE OF ARGUMENT

 EDINBURGH’S FLAWED TRAMWAY … AND HOW TO FIX IT Dave Holladay is a highly experienced transport and engineering professional with first-…
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TIME TO REMEMBER, TIME TO LOOK FORWARD

As locals prepare to sample a refurbished (and hopefully improved) Clark’s Bar, one experienced reader fondly remembers how the Dundas Street…
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