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GO WITH THE GLOW

There is some really excellent work on display at the Gallery on the Corner just now. During the Spurtle paper-round on Monday, this foot-…
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LATEST MOVES ON SLIPPERY SLOPE – PLANNING UPDATE

Local residents have alerted the Council to what they claim is unauthorised work using a JCB on land adjacent to 62 Broughton Road (the area known…
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POLITICS ON A PLATE

What do you buy the politically engaged diner in your life who has everything?The answer is now obvious: a £600 set of six dinner plates featuring…
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LEITH INDYREF DEBATE – THE UNPREDICTABLE ART OF PERSUASION

There was a mixture of laughter, passion, precise debating and occasionally a small measure of something like sorrow or wistfulness in Monday's…
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DRUMMOND'S KENYA TRIP – DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE WAY FORWARD

For the July issue of the Spurtle, we had hoped to have lots of exciting photographs and information about Drummond CHS’s visit to their partner…
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REED WIN PAVES WAY TO WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Following disappointment at just missing out on the Commonwealth Games, local hammer thrower Kimberley Reed has bounced back with selection for…
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SUSTRANS FLOATS IDEAS FOR NEW PICARDY PLACE

Sustainable transport charity Sustrans has produced an ideas document containing radical proposals for Picardy Place, York Place and Leith Street.…
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEEK VOLUNTEERS FOR BOTANIC COTTAGE SITE DIG

An archaeological dig on the site of the former Botanic Garden and Cottage on Haddington Place (1763–1821) will take place next month, and…
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ISSUE 231 – OUT SOON!

The latest Spurtle is nearly ready and will be beautifying Broughton with local news, views and opinion from Tuesday onwards.Issue 231 contains July-…
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DRUMMOND PUPILS TAP FINANCIAL EXPERTISE

Financial literacy and entrepreneurship were the subjects of a recent seminar for Drummond CHS pupils in years S3–S6.  Plumbing Pensions (UK)…
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