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CHARITY VAN STOLEN IN LEITH – POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION
Police Scotland issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it unedited and in full. Officers in Edinburgh are appealing for…
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Police Scotland issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it unedited and in full. Officers in Edinburgh are appealing for…
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TEMPORARY HOME FOR BOXING LEGEND
Scottish boxing legend Ken Buchanan is to be commemorated with a new statue at the foot of Little King Street Sculptor Alan Herriot’s work depicting…
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Scottish boxing legend Ken Buchanan is to be commemorated with a new statue at the foot of Little King Street Sculptor Alan Herriot’s work depicting…
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EDINBURGH CLIMATE FESTIVAL NEXT WEEKEND
The sixth Edinburgh Climate Festival will take place next Saturday (14 August) from noon till 7pm in Leith Links East. It’s a free, family-friendly…
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The sixth Edinburgh Climate Festival will take place next Saturday (14 August) from noon till 7pm in Leith Links East. It’s a free, family-friendly…
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MANSFIELD PLACE HIT-AND-RUN
Police issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it unedited and in full. Police are appealing for information after a 58-year-…
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Police issued the following press release this morning. We reproduce it unedited and in full. Police are appealing for information after a 58-year-…
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TAKING IT TO THE RACK
HIGH HOPES FOR DRUMMOND BASKETBALL COURT Local basketball players are crowdfunding to upgrade the popular court in the grounds of…
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HIGH HOPES FOR DRUMMOND BASKETBALL COURT Local basketball players are crowdfunding to upgrade the popular court in the grounds of…
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THE CITY DUST
The following correspondence appeared in the pages of the Edinburgh Evening Courant in 1852 and 1856. Some details may have changed in…
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The following correspondence appeared in the pages of the Edinburgh Evening Courant in 1852 and 1856. Some details may have changed in…
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ISSUE 309 – OUT TOMORROW!
As you read this, advance copies of the August Spurtle are already brightening the barony like sunbeams on gull-proof sacks. We begin on Page 1, as…
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As you read this, advance copies of the August Spurtle are already brightening the barony like sunbeams on gull-proof sacks. We begin on Page 1, as…
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LOTHIAN BUSES SAYS IT'S STICKING TO PLAN
TRANSPORT GIANT WORKING TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION The condition of East London St seems to be deteriorating fast now that, post-lockdown, more…
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TRANSPORT GIANT WORKING TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION The condition of East London St seems to be deteriorating fast now that, post-lockdown, more…
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PRIVATE CARS – A PROBLEM SHARED
Spurtle has recently been contacted by Hiyacar. The ‘peer to peer’ car club operator has just introduced 15 vehicles to Edinburgh, five of them…
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Spurtle has recently been contacted by Hiyacar. The ‘peer to peer’ car club operator has just introduced 15 vehicles to Edinburgh, five of them…
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EDWARDIAN NEWS FROM THE MEWS, 29
1909 EDINBURGH AMATEUR DETECTIVE’S CHASE. CLEVER CAPTURE OF ALLEGED BURGLAR. THE clever capture of an alleged Edinburgh housebreaker by an…
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1909 EDINBURGH AMATEUR DETECTIVE’S CHASE. CLEVER CAPTURE OF ALLEGED BURGLAR. THE clever capture of an alleged Edinburgh housebreaker by an…
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