Westminster gets down to business

Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015

Edinburgh Dungeon are recruiting 

Learn how to sew!

Forth Bridge to be considered for World Heritage Status

The State Opening of Parliament will take place tomorrow. The House is expected to meet at 11.25am for the Queen’s Speech after which the real business of the new parliament begins.

You can read more about it by clicking here.

Some of our Edinburgh MPs took their oath or affirmed in the House of Commons last week

You can see two of their number Joanne Cherry QC and Michelle Thomson here at 11.43 onwards.

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Two events taking place in Scotland’s capital this summer are to benefit from funding granted through the second round of events funding awards for the Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015.

The Royal Highland Show (18-21 June) has received £7,000 and the Edinburgh Food Festival (29 July -2 August) has been awarded £8,000.

With a potential audience of almost 200,000 people, the Royal Highland Show’s funding award will support the development of ‘Food to Go’ maps to promote the availability of quality local food and drink available this year at the Ingliston event.

The Edinburgh Food Festival, which takes place at George Square Gardens, will be featuring a food area, street food vendors and a market place in the Spiegeltent as well as a daily programme of entertainment and theatre with live cooking demonstrations and debates.

The enticing menu of food and drink events taking place across the entire country during the Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015 includes a series supported through a dedicated food and drink events fund, from which the latest awards – to support events from June to December – were announced last week by Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing.

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Edinburgh Dungeon are recruiting for people to come along and help them with their entertainment. Deadline is 1 June 2015.

Come and join the performance team at the Edinburgh Dungeon, one of Scotland’s top tourist’s attractions.
We are currently recruiting for our busy summer 2015 season. As Edinburgh becomes the hub of creative energy during the summer months, we too open our doors to all those visiting and locals who want to see some top notch theatre.

More information here.

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We already know that the Forth Bridge is a fabulous iconic structure. Now people all across the globe may become even more aware of that as the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets next month to discuss adding it to the list.

Read more here.

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