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COME AND SING FOR WAVERLEY CARE

Broughton-based charity Waverley Care are raising funds by selling chances to perform in a 400-strong choir. Acclaimed Clasical composer John Rutter…
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LOCAL ENTHUSES AT DICTIONARY DISCOVERY

Scotland on Sunday (1 May) carried a fascinating article about the recent discovery in Oxford of James Boswell's lost work-in-progress: a dictionary…
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PLANNING UPDATE – 2.4.11

The Co-operative Group have been granted permission for a change of use at 8 McDonald Rd from public house to convenience store (Ref. 11/00435/FUL).…
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WELL MET BY MOONLIGHT

A quite astonishing image of the St Mark's Park Gormley by Spurtle Twitter correspondent @dOSsDaz appears today in Issue 194, very small and black-…
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What's in, what's out, what's up, down, flying around, looping the loop and defying the ground in Broughton and beyond

The more astute of you may have noticed that it is May already. We’re not sure how it happened either. Still, let us make the best of things by…
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ATTENTION TURNS TO SHADY LANE

An obscure Broughton byway has entered the limelight.Scotland Street Lane (East), connecting Bellevue Crescent and Scotland Street, has featured…
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ISSUE 194 – PUBLISHED 3 MAY

Spurtle's printed May edition will hit the sun-drenched streets and sundry shady interiors of Broughton tomorrow.We have gulls, puffins, pelicans and…
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THE GOOD TIMES' TOLL

Enlivened by sunny days and public bank holidays? Moved even a little by royal-wedding joy?Uplifted by hints of economic upturn and an unaccountable…
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DAFFY ABOUT POLITICAL ADVERTS

Political advertising seemed to flower overnight, prompting one anonymous reader to email us these Spring election thoughts first thing this morning.…
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TRAGIC CYCLIST NAMED

Police have named the cyclist killed yesterday in a collision at Broughton Point.He was 32-year-old Craig Newton from Musselburgh.
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