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DRUMMOND MATHEMATICIANS TOP AGAIN

Drummond students have achieved a second consecutive victory in the Enterprising Maths in the Lothians competition. Benjamin Sterratt (S4,…
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FRESH START ON RODNEY STREET

For many years, this former Gentlemen’s Hairdresser on Rodney Street has been falling to pieces in front of our eyes. The paintwork is peeling…
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FUNNY PECULIAR AND FUNNY HA-HA

Who doesn’t like harmonica music? Especially when it’s played by a spherical rat, walking on two legs, to a collection of antlike creatures…
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CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND-UP

The Drummond Tennis Club’s 2016 Championships last month will largely be remembered for the taming of the Master! Hughie Masters – back after a…
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ISSUE 256 – OUT FROM TOMORROW!

The October Spurtle is written, printed, folded, counted, sorted into bundles and now ready for distribution across a news-ravenous Broughton and…
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BUTTER, PLEASE, NOT FLANNEL

CITY LAUNCHES MAJOR CONSULTATION Anyone who lives, works or studies in Edinburgh is invited to take part in a major Council-organised…
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RAPTUROUS REDPATH

Colours Gallery’s latest exhibition of fine paintings was assembled by Mr Glenn Ross in the virtual afterglow of the great fireworks display which…
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ROGUE BUSINESSES FAIL BIN TESTS

... AND THEY’RE THE MAJORITY Council officials have expressed shock after their crack Waste Compliance team discovered what everyone else in…
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BURST TRUNK CAUSES JUMBO PROBLEM

A burst on a trunk water main is responsible for the low water pressure and unsastisfactory ablutions across many parts of Edinburgh this morning,…
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BIG PUSH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

City of Edinburgh Council aims to create at least 16,000 affordable and low-cost homes by investing £2 billion over ten years.This is the most eye-…
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