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ISSUE 239 – OUT SOON!

Imagine an enormous black and white Easter bunny lolloping out of its burrow and blinking nonchalantly in the bright sunlight of a new dawn.In some…
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QUACKING IN CONCRETE

Love a duck. Who doesn't? We do.And so were delighted to encounter this one in the window of Concrete Wardrobe on Broughton Street this afternoon.…
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RESIST THIS HORRIBLE GREAT LUMP

Brentford-based JCDecaux UK Limited have applied for permission to erect a freestanding steel and aluminium ‘Forum Display Structure’ on George…
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'DARK REGISTER' ALL LIT UP

Answers to Freedom of Information requests submitted by the Spurtle throw new light on why City of Edinburgh Council wanted the old Royal High School…
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GEORGE STREET ON HER MIND

Local resident Caroline Roussot attended the latest George Street stakeholders’ meeting on 17 March. It’s a quarterly coming together of those…
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BUZZERK IN BELLEVUE

It’s late: 9.30pm-late and we’re all in bed. With the Little Left-Handed Tea Drinker insisting on getting up at 5.00am every morning, we sleep when…
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SKY NEWS ON CALTON HILL

Hundreds gathered on Calton Hill this morning to witness Broughton's astronomical event of the decade.With only minutes to spare at 9.26am, clouds…
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NEW VIEWS AT THE SUTTON GALLERY

On display at The Sutton Gallery until tomorrow are works by new gallery artists Jenny Mason, Leo du Feu, Thomas Cameron and Aileen Grant. This mixed…
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COUNCIL ADMITS RECYCLING FOUL-UP

City of Edinburgh Council has now confirmed that the seven bins used in Bellevue's recycling trial have mistakenly and repeatedly been mixed…
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MIND-BOGGLING WOGGLING

Scout leaders Evelyn Torrance and Ian Stewart were pleasantly surprised yesterday evening. They thought the chairs and screen in Broughton…
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