Five things you need to know today

Royal Infirmary Inspection – TERLive #askLBP tonight at 5.30 – Police appeal for help with unsolved murder case – Council Education meeting – Greenside  

The Royal Infirmary has been the subject of an unannounced inspection which find the hospital lacking when it comes to looking after older people. The Health Inspectorate, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, has suggested 23 areas for improvement. They said after the inspection:-“Some mealtimes seemed poorly organised. Patients who needed help with their meals waited for a long time before that help was provided. We had significant concerns about the provision of meals across several wards and how some patients were assisted to eat their meals. On a number of occasions, we had to intervene and ask staff to provide help for patients at mealtimes.”

You can read the whole report on the HIS website.

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The Edinburgh Reporter is running another live event this evening at 5.30 when we have, not one but two, police officers here from the west of the city to talk about road safety and a new initiative against violence.

We will be joined by Superintendent David Carradice and Chief Inspector Murray Dykes of Lothian and Borders Police. You can join in live under our TERLive section or on Twitter by using the hashtag #askLBP. You may also send us your questions to theedinburghreporter@gmail.com

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The family of an Edinburgh man who was murdered ten years ago have appealed for information to help police catch his killer. Billy Sibbald was last seen leaving his home address at Coillesdene House in Portobello around 8pm on Tuesday, October 8, 2002.

His body was discovered on Friday, January 10, 2003, lying in ground near to an embankment at the side of the A1, between Newcraighall Road and Whitehill Road.

It is believed that the 48-year-old father of three was murdered in the hours immediately following his disappearance, and his body dumped. He had suffered multiple stab wounds.

The Sibbald family has released the following statement on the tenth anniversary of Billy’s death:-“We have spent ten Christmases, birthdays and father’s days without knowing how or why the one person who should be here to celebrate with us died.

“We have and will always miss having a husband, dad and brother at these family occasions, and we hope someone, somewhere, has the compassion and humility to come forward to help the police and our family.”

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The Council’s Education, Children and Families Committee meets this morning and will discuss proposals for Castlebrae among many other things on the agenda. Read our article about Castlebrae here.

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Edinburgh City Libraries are putting out a plea for help with their archives about the area at the top of Leith Walk known as Greenside. Before it became home to the car boot sale and office buildings there were homes situated there. Did you live there? Then you may be able to help the City Libraries. On their website they said:-

“We’ve discovered within the Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, a fantastic collection of images of Greenside dating from the late 1950s before demolition work had begun. The photographs capture the dark and unsalubrious atmosphere of the narrow streets. They also however, show a different side of the neighbourhood. Many of the pictures are taken at Greenside Youth Club, possibly run by Greenside Parish Church, and show a strong community coming together to laugh and play and have fun.
We think the photographer was William Ewing Smith, but unfortunately we haven’t been able to trace him to get in contact. We’d love to hear from you, if you lived in the Greenside area of Edinburgh in the 1950s or maybe you went to the Greenside Youth Club? We’d love to hear your memories and we’d really like to hear from anyone who helped run the Youth Club or knew Mr Smith.
If you’ve any information you can share with us, please contact informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk“