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ISSUE 185 ARRIVING SHORTLY

Spurtle's August issue (185) was completed yesterday and will be printed todayWe're carrying: the latest news on New Town containerisation, and some…
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FROM RUSSIA WITH HANDCUFFS ...

Funds worth £2.5 million are available to Scottish youth projects over the next 2 years thanks to a rumbled malefactor.The sum represents the first…
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BATTLE OF THE BINS: NEW TOWN PREPARES

Influential New Town interests – including those representing Drummond Place, Northumberland Street and Great King Street – met in City Chambers on…
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BLACK AND WHITE AT OUT OF THE BLUE

'The Land and the Sea' is a free exhibition at Out of the Blue, featuring black-and-white photographs by Alastair Cook. His subject is the coast,…
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NORTHUMBERLAND STREET AMNESIAC – CAN YOU HELP?

Police seek help identifying a young Edinburgher of Asian or Middle East appearance discovered lying on Northumberland Street  on 21 July around…
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COUNCIL ALLOTS GROWING SPACES

Back in March we reported online how the Council's Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Commitee were consulting on the extension of allotments…
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COLD SPAM

This morning, Spurtle received a charming item of unsolicited email which we reproduce below.Why we were targeted is unclear. Perhaps it was just one…
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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Many Broughton residents have long been intrigued about the interior of the former 'Gentlemen's Club' at 51–3 East Claremont Street. Many others know…
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MARGARET 'PEGGY' DESMOND – TELL US MORE

Can any readers tell us more about Margaret 'Peggy' Desmond, an actress, local celebrity, and resident of the former Broughton Court on East London…
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MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP IN WATER OF LEITH

When Spurtle reader Ian Mountford passed through St Mark's Park first thing this morning, he soon realised something was wrong. The Antony Gormley…
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