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EDINBURGH NORTH & LEITH RESULT

In the General Election, Edinburgh North & Leith constituency, 78,411 people were registered to vote. There was a 63% turnout (13.6% down on 2019…
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MORE ON PICARDY PLACE PLANTING

The comments thread below yesterday's piece on 'Picardy Place planting progress' has grown too long for the page where it started.While we await a…
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PICARDY PLACE PLANTING PROGRESS

Summer's arrived on Fantasy Island … and for the first time the place is not looking entirely bleak. Can't actually smell the flowers for the traffic…
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GENERAL ELECTION INFORMATION

Polling stations will open tomorrow (4 July) at 7am and close at 10pm. Remember to take with you a form of photographic identification.…
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HAMILTON PLACE

An indoor entanglement. No. 37 in an occasional photo-series celebrating Spurtleshire street-name signs.#Edinburgh#hyperlocal#news…
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MIDDLEFIELD STUDENT HOUSING PLAN

Leith Central Community Council alleges muddled details, murky daylight and ill effects on local communityLeith Central Community Council has joined…
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ISSUE 341 – OUT TOMORROW!

As you read this, advance copies of the July Spurtle are already scattering across the barony like political door-steppers fleeing an XL Bully who…
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HUSTINGS EXTRAS

On this page, we will publish responses from candidates who, for whatever reason, were unable to answer questions or have answers read out at the…
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GENERAL ELECTION HUSTINGS 2024

What the candidates said and how they fared On the evening of 24 June, over 212 people came to the Spurtle’s General Election Hustings in…
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ONE SLEEPING POLICEMAN TOO MANY?

These important bits and pieces were spotted hanging from the railings outside 49 East Claremont Street yesterday.If any reader knows the licence…
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