Five things you need to know today
Citadel Youth Centre Leith
Council funding was slashed earlier this year for many charitable bodies including the Citadel Youth Centre where the funding was cut from £125,000 to £50,000. Staff and volunteers are running in the Edinburgh Half Marathon this weekend to raise funds. Dig deep and support this really worthwhile cause (particularly as the weather forecast looks like rain). Donate here.
General Election
Remember that you need voter ID when voting in the UK General Election on 4 July – not just to register you actually have to have the ID with you.
And remember that our coverage of the General Election is here.
David Wilkie
Olympic swimmer David Wilkie, MBE, died on Wednesday, aged 70. He was a role model for young people in Edinburgh in the 1970s – first of all winning the bronze Commonwealth medal in 1970 in Edinburgh at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, followed by the silver Olympic media in Munich and the Olympic gold medal in Montreal in 1976 both for the 200 metre breaststroke, and holding British, Commonwealth, World and Olympic swimming titles simultaneously.
As a boarder at Daniel Stewart’s College he trained at Warrender Baths Club, and, in the council owned swimming pool, he trained to become Scotland’s greatest swimmer. There is a lovely video here showing him reflecting on his career sitting in the Royal Commonwealth Pool
Who knows where the next David Wilkie will come from?
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