Blood donors wanted, Western Harbour planning consultation, pavement in Morningside, Eat Out Edinburgh and a plea for help from Sunflower Scotland
Give blood at Leith Theatre
To book an appointment to give blood on Tuesday 4 March call Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service on 0345 9090999 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Or use an online donor account or email nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.scot
An appointment must be made 14 hours before the session begins – but in any event by 5pm today for giving blood tomorrow.
Drop in on Tuesday at The Heart of Newhaven
The event is open from 4pm to 8pm and is being held by APT Planning, FM Developments and 56three Architects who are looking to engage with the local community. The project they wish to discuss is the five sites at Western Harbour.
This is the second event relating to the proposed residential development and associated works on reclaimed land at Plots A2, 81, 82 and C, Western Harbour, Newhaven.
Friends of Western Harbour Ponds criticised the first event held last year when even the number of residential units was not specified on the display boards, but architects at the event confirmed there would be around 650 flats.
Proposals to extend pavement outside Waitrose in Morningside
Cllr Neil Ross says the council has produced first designs for extending the narrow pavement on the west side of Morningside Road opposite Waitrose.
He has confirmed that the roadway should still be wide enough to allow two buses to pass each other safely. A pedestrian crossing will be renewed and the bus stop outside the surgery will be extended by removing one parking space, which is designed to make it easier for buses to pick up and drop off passengers. The raises junctions with Falcon Avenue, Abbotsford Park and Steel’s Place may also be replaced. This work is not likely to happen until 2025/26.
Eat Out Edinburgh
The city centre business improvement district, Essential Edinburgh, has begun a month long programme of deals and discounts involving more than 50 top restaurants, bars and cafés.
Diners can now explore the special offers live online at www.eatoutedinburgh.com, with deals from some of Edinburgh’s best-loved venues from Princes Street and Charlotte Square to St James Quarter – all designed to showcase the city centre’s vibrant hospitality scene.
Sunflower Scotland – plea for help
The chair of Sunflower Scotland, the Ukrainian charity founded in Edinburgh has issued a plea for help. Oleg Dmitriev said: “We need good-quality rowing machines – we are supporting a rowing team of veterans who have lost their legs, and they exercise with prosthetic legs.
“Please let me know if you have one, and I know that only people with kind hearts donate something really good and valuable.
“This will really help someone hurt by the war, to recover from pain and misery.”
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