Government appointments
Kirsty McNeill the new MP for Midlothian is now Under-Secretary of State for Scotland working alongside Edinburgh South MP, Ian Murray, who is the Secretary of State for Scotland.
In addition the Carbon Trust is now looking for a new CEO as Chris Stark, FRSE, former chief executive of the Climate Change Committee and former Director of Energy and Climate Change in the Scottish Government from 2016 to 2018, has been appointed by Ed Miliband to head the new Mission Control for Clean Power.
This is intended to “turbo charge the UK to clean power” by 2030. Mission Control will bring together a top team of industry experts and officials to “troubleshoot, negotiate and clear the way for energy projects”.
Man arrested after crash on Stenhouse Road
A man was arrested following a crash involving the driver of a car and a pedestrian on Stenhouse Road near the Shell Garage at 7.30 last night.
A police spokesperson said: “Stenhouse Road is closed between Stenhouse Drive and Stenhouse Cottages following a crash around 7.30pm on Tuesday, July 9 involving a car and a pedestrian.
“Road users are advised to avoid the area.
“A man, the driver, has been arrested and enquires are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”
Graffiti in the West End
Activities have carried out a graffiti attack on the Barclays office in Melville Crescent by throwing or spraying red paint at the Georgian building. Workmen were on site to clean the paint off – which they told us would take two days with the wastewater being siphoned off separately.
Negroni anyone?
A new kind of coffee bar is opening near the University next month formed from two Edinburgh companies – Electric Spirit Co and also Origin Coffee.
Electric Spirit Co. was founded in 2014 by distiller James Porteous in Leith, Edinburgh: first operating from the former James Dunbar lemonade factory, and now from a shared distiller on Coburg Street, overlooking the Water of Leith.
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