This Sunday The Scottish Storytelling Centre is hosting a competition for young budding magicians when they stage the War of the Wizards. This is part of the International Magic Festival which starts on Friday.
Lord McLuskey has issued his first report on the interaction between the UK Supreme Court and the High Court of Justiciary and the effect on the Scottish criminal justice system. You can read more here.
SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central, Marco Biagi, has warmly welcomed the awarding of over £1,940 of Big Lottery funding to Flora Stevenson Primary School and £1,800 to Broughton High School.
Welcoming the latest investment in Edinburgh projects, Marco Biagi said:- “I am delighted that Flora Stevenson and Broughton High have benefited from this funding. The Big Lottery Fund provides vital support to community and charity work across the city, and allows Edinburgh to play its part in the build up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. I’m sure this funding will be a significant boost to the schools who already do an immense amount of good work in the capital.”
The City of Edinburgh Council has a busy week ahead with a full council meeting on Thursday to debate the trams report, but it has also found time to comment on the decision by Hearts to retain a player who has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The council has called upon the football club to reconsider that decsision according to STV.
And there is an article on Greener Leith about cyclists and buses, highlighting the work by sound artist, Emma Quayle, who has produced an audio documentary on the subject, which offers some advice for cyclists.
