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SEASON'S TWEETINGS!

The Left-Handed Tea Drinker will return tomorrow with typically cheerful…
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PIP MAKES A MEAL OF MOUTH ORGAN

Congratulations to Pip Phillips who raised £224.57 yesterday afternoon by entertaining Broughton Street businesses with a mixed repertoire on the…
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FIVE SQUARE PHOTOS QUIZ – WEEK 4

For no very good reason, Spurtle is running a spot-the-location quiz. Each Wednesday between now and the end of the year, we'll publish five…
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MIXED VIEWS ON GEORGE STREET EXPERIMENT

It is now three months since partial pedestrianisation of George Street began as a year-long experiment. ‘Stakeholders’ met last week to discuss…
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CUMBERLANDERS TURN CORNER

Cumberland Street residents had the fleeting taste of a new sensation this month, writes Fred Street of the New Town Clean Streets Campaign.…
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CYCLIST ASSAULTED AND ROBBED

Police have issued the following press release appealing for witnesses after a 19-year-old man was assaulted and robbed of his pedal cycle and bag.…
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HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU

Is anybody else bothered by the lamp-post wraps springing up around Broughton over the last year? We’ve noticed their intermittent appearance on…
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LAST CHANCE TO SEE SUTTON GALLERY'S 'WINTER SHOW'

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON The Sutton Gallery’s Winter Show features a wide variety of styles by over a dozen artists. Despite its name, the…
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HOOTS, TOOTS – SAY NO TO SPROOTS

The following exchange has taken place every Christmas for as long as I can remember. PARENTAL: How many Brussels sprouts do you want for your…
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NOT SO SPRUCE NOW ...

This sorry-looking specimen on McDonald Road has a story to tell. But what is it? With a week still to go before Christmas, it speaks perhaps of…
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