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Broomhouse Centre need a new CEO

Recycling centres open

75,000 New Year revellers fly to Edinburgh for party season.

Hogmanay influx to bring busiest ever New Year for Edinburgh Airport.

New figures have been welcomed by Gordon Dewar and Edinburgh City Council showing that Edinburgh Airport is set to have its greatest ever number of arriving passengers in the pre-Hogmanay period.

Read more here.

Why should families with babies, toddlers and young children miss out on the Hogmanay celebrations? At BLD, midday is the new midnight! So grab your tiny dancers, get kilted and booted or don your favourite Christmas jumper and join us for some Hogmanay dayclubbing!

The resident club DJ takes a celebratory look back over the music of 2015 and spins nostalgic pop floor-fillers from the days before parenthood struck, for all the generations to enjoy together.

Expect a Hogmanay twist with a short family ceilidh dance, Auld Lang Syne practise run (30th, before Torchlight Procession), celebrate ‘the bells’ with the Australians as we countdown to midnight in Queensland (31st), or come first footing with us (2nd). Includes facepainting, dress-up, bubbles, balloons, dancefloor games and giveaways, chill-out play area and festive crafts plus a licensed bar for parents.

20% off for those with an EH postcode. Prices from £10. Tickets online here or at the Box Office in St Andrew Square. (Do check with the organisers but it appears that there are no tickets till 2 January)

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The Broomhouse Centre is seeking a new Chief Executive to lead it towards a new building which should be twice the size of the existing one and in place by the end of 2018.

This is the job description:

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More information here on the website.

Just in case you have missed your usual rubbish collection day you may like to know that there are three recycling centres open in the city.

  • Bankhead Avenue, Sighthill, EH11 4EA
  • Fillyside Road, Seafield, EH7 6RD
  • Old Dalkeith Road, Craigmillar, EH16 4TB

All are open today from 8:00am till 19.30pm.

They have areas for rubbish of all kinds including landfill. The Community Recycling Centres will be closed on the 25 and 26 December and the 1 and 2 January 2016.

Christmas Tree Recycling

If you are getting a real Christmas tree this year, don’t forget you can recycle it by placing it on the kerbside on your scheduled brown bin day by 6 am. Please cut up your tree after removing the base and decorations then place it inside your brown bin.

You can also take Christmas trees to any of the Community Recycling Centres. The sites will be closed 25, 26 December and 1, 2 January.

Christmas Tree Recycling in Communal areas

If you live in a street with shared recycling and waste bins, we will still collect your Christmas trees for recycling. Please leave them on the pavement outside your property. Collections will take place on the following days

City Centre and Leith Wednesday 6 January, Monday 11 January,  Monday 18 January.

North  Wednesday 6 January, Tuesday 12 January, Tuesday 19 January.

East Wednesday 6 January, Wednesday 13 January, Wednesday 20 January.

South Thursday 7 January, Thursday 14 January, Thursday 21 January.

South West Friday 8 January, Friday 15 January, Friday 22 January.

West Saturday 9 January, Saturday 16 January, Saturday 23 January.

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