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SAME FIGURES, DIFFERENT PICTURE: ALBANY STREET SPEED

In Breaking news yesterday, we republished the Council's radar-generated statistics for traffic volumes and speeds along parts of the York Place…
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TROUBLE BREWING IN BARONY PLACE: NEIGHBOURS UNHAPPY AT HOUSE PLAN

Neighbours have reacted with anger and alarm at plans to build a two-storey dwelling at 4 Barony Place (Ref. 12/03470/FUL). Spurtle was contacted by…
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ALBANY AND NORTHUMBERLAND STREET TRAFFIC – NEW COUNCIL FIGURES

Chris Highcock – part of the Council's Tram Communications Team – has distributed updated data concerning traffic volume and speed on Albany Street.…
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CUTTING TO THE CHASE

In this anxious age we spend an inordinate amount of time tip-toeing around sensitive issues for fear of upsetting others.It therefore comes as a…
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PAY YOUR MONEY AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE

Readers will remember how, a few years back, a tearful Jamie Oliver struggled to re-educate the palates of British schoolchildren.The celebrity chef'…
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BIN CRISIS: FROM BAD TO VERSE

Today is National Poetry Day. To celebrate, we present this topical response to various shortcomings in refuse collection and the limited roll-out of…
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ALL IS NOT LOVELY IN THE GARDEN

Patience is wearing thin around Hopetoun Crescent Garden, where residents continue to allege anti-social behaviour by a few visitors and some users…
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ONE ROTTEN APPLE ...

Much has been made lately of piffling problems affecting Apple Maps – the computer giant's new cartographic system issued as standard on its latest…
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RUMBLING NEW TOWN GRUMBLES

New Town residents want City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) officials to take traffic problems more seriously.Albany Street, Abercrombie Place and Heriot…
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ISSUE 211 – COMING SOON!

October's Spurtle is ripening on the metaphorical horse chestnut tree of news and will drop soon onto an expectant north-central Edinburgh.Issue 211…
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