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mikaeelBoy’s body found- Fair Trade Awards – Edinburgh South FC – Photographs – Jupiter Artland

This morning the city is faced with the grim news that the search for three year-old Mikaeel Kular has ended overnight.

ACC Malcolm Graham of Police Scotland announced at a press conference convened just after midnight that a young boy’s body had been recovered from a house in Kirkcaldy. You can read more here and watch the BBC coverage of the press conference here.

The Scotsman said the policeman, a former CID boss and former Commander of the police in Edinburgh, was ‘visibly shaken’.

ITV claim that the boy’s mother has been detained and The Daily Record asserts that the house in Fife is owned by Mikaeel’s aunt.

Hundreds of people had been involved in the search in North Edinburgh over the last two days.

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You have till next Friday to vote for your favourite Fair Trade community, school, achievement or newcomer in the Lord Provost’s Fair Trade awards.

You can access the survey here and there are prizes on offer for those taking part.

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Looking for a way to entertain your children born in 2004, 2005 or 2006? Edinburgh South FC are holding an open evening to recruit some players for their coaching sessions.

“On Wednesday 29th January @ 6.30pm we have a parents night for all kids born in 2004,2005 & 2006. The venue is the Clubhouse at Inch Park. The first hour will mainly focus on the kids currently in teams & how a new player pathway will allow players to play peer-peer in the correct league from March this year. The second hour will focus mainly on the new players moving into teams from the 2005 & 2006 age group. Some 2006 players will start in Soccer 4 teams. All parents/guardians from those year groups should attend as the club sets out the agenda for the year ahead. The same evening we will also start the process of club registrations for the 7s teams for players not already registered.”

More information on their Facebook page.

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Our photo shown here is from Edinburgh, but maybe you would like to guess where? No prizes for guessing, just local kudos…..

While we are talking about photos, our cat storyboard on EdinburghReportage is still the out and out winner with photos of your cats in all sorts of poses! We have one for dogs – would you perhaps like to pawse for a moment, take a photo of your dog and add it to the Dogs storyboard? We know you love all your pets dearly, so if there is another storyboard you would like to see then feel free to suggest it!

Add a photo of your wee pooch here.

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Jupiter Artland has a competition for schools to get involved with later this year and they are looking for locals to get involved. They explain more on their website:-

“Jupiter Artland has been invited to host ARTiculation Scotland next year by the Roche Court Educational Trust, an innovative arts education charity based at the New Art Centre sculpture park and gallery in Wiltshire. The Articulation Prize is an annual initiative designed to promote the appreciation and discussion of art. S5 and lower sixth students are invited to deliver ten-minute presentations to an audience of arts professionals and their student peers about a work of art, artefact or architecture of their choice.”

They are running an evening when teachers can find out more on 23 April 2014.