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DOUCE EDINA DISORDERED – PART 1

The Daily Mail may view recent student disorder as a first sign of civilisation's imminent collapse south of the border, but the Spurtle is more…
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LEITH CENTRAL COMMUNITY COUNCIL

LCCC meets tonight at 7:30pm in McDonald Rd Library. Subjects for discussion will include the Pilmeny Youth Group, Leith Decides, and election…
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SPURTLE THANKS COUNCIL THROUGH GRITTED TEETH

When Councillor Charles Dundas forwarded us a list of grit-bin locations in the City Centre ward on 6 December (Breaking news 6.12.10), we assumed…
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COUNCIL UPDATE ON REFUSE COLLECTION

Edinburgh City Council has published an update on refuse collection during the wintry weather on its website:... To help households manage their…
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ANIMAL MAGIC

The Union Gallery's new exhibition – 'The Animals are Coming' – is an ecclectic assembly of works, unified chiefly by quality and the taste of…
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CULTURAL PEERS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER

Since October last year, Drummond Community High School has been running a Cultural Peer Project which both participants and independent observers…
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TRUE GRIT – WHERE IS IT?

City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) undertake to clear main routes of snow and ice, whilst – not unreasonably – expecting citizens themselves to make…
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BROUGHTON SNOW DISRUPTION – LATEST (2:00pm)

A decision on whether to open schools tomorrow will be made this evening around tea time. Most evening classes on school property appear to be…
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GRIT – CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ON THIN ICE

Charles Dundas has effectively kaiboshed conspiracy theorists who claim there are no grit bins in Edinburgh.The City Centre councillor this morning…
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LEADING FROM THE BACK

In Issue 189 we reported the aborted theft of lead from the roof of St Mary's Parish Church on Bellevue Crescent.Local resident Peter Verity has…
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