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BUSES ABANDON PILRIG STREET

 PROBLEM PARKING FORCES DIVERSIONS Lothian Buses’ Service 11 was suspended along Pilrig Street on 9 August because parked vehicles…
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A VERY EDINBURGH CHIBBING

NEW FILM BACKS MUSIC SCHOOL PLAN A visually stunning new video has appeared online asserting the merits of moving St Mary’s Music School into a…
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RBS BACKS OFF FOR NOW

 OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION WITHDRAWN Yesterday, Royal Bank of Scotland unexpectedly withdrew its planning permission in principle…
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COUNCIL MOVES ON SHORT-TERM LETS

City of Edinburgh Council has taken stock of its existing powers, and set out a wish-list for new powers it wants from the Scottish Government, in a…
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'THE KING AND I' AND CROAN BEE

As mentioned in Issue 275, the subject of the 2017 film The King and I is kenspeckle local resident Graham Croan Bee. Croan Bee lives…
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ISSUE 276 – OUT SOON!

As you read this, the August printed edition of the Spurtle is thundering off the press like a flash flood down Dublin Street. Copies will be…
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CANON MILL LIVES TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

And now for some good news. The application to redevelop Canon Mill has stalled. As first reported here back in January, the Thistle…
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FAMILIAR FACES, BLACK AND WHITE

We like this striking collage of Broughton Street shopfronts, available as a greetings card from Concrete Wardrobe at No 50a.It is the work of…
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POLICE ASK FOR PUBLIC'S HELP

Separate incidents on the same day have led to Edinburgh Police appealing for witnesses. The first (Incident no. 3698) happened on Monday 23…
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SICK OF PLASTIC? BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER!

Were you disgusted by images of the plastic-filled ocean in Blue Planet? Monty Roy of the Leith Walk police box was, and he’s sickened too by…
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