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A swathe of Twitter accounts acrosss Edinburgh was hacked or impersonated over the weekend, including ours: @thespurtle.Our Twitter followers…
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A swathe of Twitter accounts acrosss Edinburgh was hacked or impersonated over the weekend, including ours: @thespurtle.Our Twitter followers…
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SNP WIN CITY CENTRE BY-ELECTION
By-election results were announced today at 12.30pm.Alasdair Rankin (SNP): 1,368Iain McGill (Con): 1,264In the fifth and final round, 287 votes…
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By-election results were announced today at 12.30pm.Alasdair Rankin (SNP): 1,368Iain McGill (Con): 1,264In the fifth and final round, 287 votes…
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SCIENCE-LITE BY-ELECTION RESULTS PREDICTION
It's totally unscientific, we know.Lacking the resources, stamina, administrative skills and expertise to run accurate citywide exit polls across all…
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It's totally unscientific, we know.Lacking the resources, stamina, administrative skills and expertise to run accurate citywide exit polls across all…
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CANNY, PERFECTLY LEGAL AND VERY ANNOYING
A canny parker has been causing no end of inconvenience and irritation at York Place in recent days.The driver of the copper-coloured vehicle has…
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A canny parker has been causing no end of inconvenience and irritation at York Place in recent days.The driver of the copper-coloured vehicle has…
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WHO'S PRETTY PUSS, THEN?
Has anyone else spotted this rather sweet creature, cuddled up beside a ghostly stone ball, at the southern end of Broughton Street Lane?A quick…
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Has anyone else spotted this rather sweet creature, cuddled up beside a ghostly stone ball, at the southern end of Broughton Street Lane?A quick…
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HAPPY ENDING FOR SAGA OF CAT WITH KINKY TAIL
Poppy has been found! writes a relieved Spurtle reader.My wife picked her up early this morning. She [Poppy] had been hiding out in the Heriot Hill…
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Poppy has been found! writes a relieved Spurtle reader.My wife picked her up early this morning. She [Poppy] had been hiding out in the Heriot Hill…
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FIELD STAR KEEPS BREAKING RECORDS
Local field athlete Kimberley Reed's sporting career goes from strength to strength. Here, father Scott Reed summarises the latest trials,…
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Local field athlete Kimberley Reed's sporting career goes from strength to strength. Here, father Scott Reed summarises the latest trials,…
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SOMETHING FAMILIAR IN REMOTE IMAGE?
A frequent Twitter correspondent to the Spurtle, @dOSsDaz, has been racking his brains recently trying to remember what a local street artist's…
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A frequent Twitter correspondent to the Spurtle, @dOSsDaz, has been racking his brains recently trying to remember what a local street artist's…
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PLANNING UPDATE: 15.8.11
The Glasgow-based Iona Pub Partnership (which runs the 5-storey GHQ at 4 Picardy Place) seeks to erect a security fence on Broughton Street (Ref. 11/…
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The Glasgow-based Iona Pub Partnership (which runs the 5-storey GHQ at 4 Picardy Place) seeks to erect a security fence on Broughton Street (Ref. 11/…
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CITY CENTRE BY-ELECTION BUMF
There's no point in re-inventing the wheel: CEC media staff have issued a perfectly decent press release which we reproduce almost in full below…
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There's no point in re-inventing the wheel: CEC media staff have issued a perfectly decent press release which we reproduce almost in full below…
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