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SCOTLAND YARD – ONWARD AND UPWARD

Curious locals have been asking what the building work at Scotland Yard Adventure Centre – visible from King George V Park – is all about.The Yard's…
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PINSKY STILL MISSING

The hunt is still on for Pinsky, the young, black-and-white Bellevue Rd cat who went missing on 21 April (see 'Breaking news', 27.4.10).Pinsky's…
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CHEAP BEDS FOR YORK PLACE?

Planning permission has been sought to change offices at 34–8 York Place into a hotel.The Cameron Guest House Group (CGHG) initially proposed…
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CEC SEEKS IT VIRGINS

A drop-in session for 'older' computer novices will run at the Central Library Learning Centre, from 10am–12.30pm on Saturday 22nd May. No previous…
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SIGNED, SEALED, AND DECIPHERED

City of Edinburgh Council's election team staff began checking an estimated 55,000 postal votes this morning in advance of the count proper.To help…
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SUNDAY DRIVERS FACE DELAYS AND DIVERSIONS

The 6th BUPA Great Edinburgh Run will take place over 10km on Sunday 2 May.As well as driving an estimated 10,000 amateur athletes into the arms of…
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ISSUE 182 ARRIVING SOON

Issue 182 is printed and ready for distribution. Between now and Saturday you'll find it appearing in all the usual pubs, clubs, shops and galleries…
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CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN

David Carfrae of Canonmills says he is an admirer of Thomas Hardy's poem about the RMS Titanic.He suggests the Iceberg was a bigot.We're not sure…
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MYSTERIOUS MACINTYRE TRACED

With the help of readers, Spurtle has now traced the low-profile Independent Edinburgh North and Leith candidate Cameron MacIntyre to an address in…
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HAVE YOU SEEN MACINTYRE?

Cameron MacIntyre is a male, Independent candidate for the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency in the Westminster General Election 2010. He did…
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