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NO MORE FAKING, BY GEORGE – PLANNING NEWS

The Category A-listed George Hotel at 15–25 George Street has applied for permission to change its exterior at No. 21 (Ref. 14/04755/FUL). On…
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YARD SEEKS 5KM CHRISTMAS RUNNERS

The Yard seeks sponsored runners to take part in a Christmas Charity Festival in the Royal Botanic Garden and Inverleith Park next weekend.The two-…
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DESERT SHIPS ON DUNDAS STREET

Spurtle is delighted to kick off December with three notable absentees. Freya Levy's wise men seem to have taken the hump and slipped from view…
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BELLEVUE PLACE GETS UPTWINKLED

Local resident Christina Thomson was busily putting the finishing touches to her latest creation at the corner of Bellevue and Bellevue Place this…
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COSTS, CORNFLAKES AND CANONMILLS

Who doesn’t love Brides Magazine? This correspondent was reading it avidly at breakfast this morning until it suddenly became apparent that the…
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DOWNWARD SPIRAL

Albert Einstein was once asked by an admirer whether he had stood on the shoulders of Sir Isaac Newton in reaching such dizzying scientific heights.…
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ISSUE 236 – OUT SOON!

The December/January issue of your free independent stirrer is almost here. Advance copies have already been seen by some members of the team, and…
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WILL LOVE PREVAIL AT ST MARY'S?

An LGBT Service to mark the First Sunday in Advent will be held at Broughton St Mary's Parish Church this weekend, writes the Rev. Graham McGeoch.The…
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TROUBLED BANK TRIES BASKING IN REFLECTED GLORY

Barely a week goes past without the high heid yins at Royal Bank of Scotland being engulfed in some new financial scandal. If it’s not…
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POLICE SCOTLAND, SMARTWATER AND GUSHING PRAISE

Police Scotland's relentless plugging of SmartWater Technology Ltd's chemical marker product continues.Locals at community council meetings have…
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