Skip to main content

Breaking news

ISSUE 187 OUT SOON!

It has been bleetering on the barony all day – a sure sign that the Spurtle is about to be distributed to pubs, clubs, shops, odd nooks, strange…
Read More
LOCAL SCHOOLS COULD USE SUNSHINE ON LEITH

Schools across North Edinburgh and Leith are being urged by Mark Lazarowicz, MP to try and win solar panels in a competition run by British Gas.There…
Read More
PLANNING UPDATE – 27.9.10

Not a lot of planning news to report this week in Broughton, although one application did catch the eye.Permission is sought to replace 64 windows at…
Read More
FAIRTRADE FUNDRAISERS SEEK YOUR CUSTOM

As reported in Breaking news earlier this month (6.9.10), Drummond Community High School are busily raising the £15,000 required for students and…
Read More
LEITH WALK – ENOUGH ALREADY!

Yet another Leith Walk sign has been erected affirming yet again the respect and affection in which Edinburgh-super-mare is held by its citizens.Lord…
Read More
LOCALS DON'T PANDER TO PRUDES

An advertisement in the Scotsman for Union Gallery's McGuire exhibition earlier this month (Breaking news 1.9.10) reduced hardened staff at the…
Read More
GREENER LEITH GRASPS BUDGET NETTLE

The Council's flawed consultation on budget priorities is currently unravelling across the city to widespread dissatisfaction and embarrassment.We…
Read More
ARE BISEXUALS NOT GAY ENOUGH?

'Is Lady Gaga greedy? Is Duncan James promiscuous? Is Katy Perry confused? Does bisexuality exist?'These and other questions will be addressed on…
Read More
THE FOG OF PR

Yesterday's Guardian added usefully to our planning coverage of 22 September (Breaking news).Contrary to explicit assertions made to Spurtle in 2008…
Read More
HIGHER MATHS – HELP IS AT HAND

Many of us remember from our own youth the times when Maths ceased to make sense and became instead an alarming jumble of random figures, odd-looking…
Read More