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Green skills challenge to be addressed at event this month
Sustainabuild takes place this month, an event addressing the challenge of closing the green skills gap in Scotland’s built environment.
At the first Assembly event in Glasgow on 30 January those taking part will explore...
At The City Art Centre – new exhibitions programme for 2025
A new suite of exhibitions has been announced for the City Art Centre on Market Street where the curators champion Scottish visual arts and crafts.
Out of Chaos: Post-War Scottish Art 1945-200017 May -...
Flooding problems at newly laid Melville Crescent to be fixed “as soon as possible”
Just before Christmas residents living at the West End were rejoicing at the new layout created at Melville Crescent which opened to the public.
At New Year however it was another story with flooding...
New show at the RSA from Saturday
The first major art show of the year, featuring 300 paintings by some of Scotland’s top artists, will be unveiled in the RSA on Princes Street, Edinburgh, on Saturday.
The 144th Open Annual Exhibition of...
Scott Lawrie Gallery – visual sunshine from Oceania
The first exhibition of the year at Scott Lawrie Gallery will feature works from the southern hemisphere.
All artists are showing in Scotland for the first time, and come from Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook...
Full Fringe ahead at Summerhall
Now that the threat of legal action has been withdrawn the charity which will run the Fringe events at Summerhall has announced an extensive programme for this year.
Artists who were owed money from 2024...
LifeCare’s Chatty Café celebrates its first birthday
LifeCare invites the local community to celebrate one year of Chatty Café.
Are you looking to get out and about and meet new people? Then we hope you will join us 11am-1pm on Monday 13...
City woman’s debut novel success
The debut novel by an Edinburgh businesswoman is attracting interest from around the world.
“What if..?” celebrates modern womanhood and is the culmination of a project started by Claire Burns more than 20 years ago...
Tattoo making huge donation to St Columba’s
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has chosen St Columba’s Hospice Care to receive a special one-off charity donation of up to £162,000 in celebration of its 75th Anniversary in 2025.
This donation will be raised...
Letter from Scotland
The Church of Scotland is going through a 21st century reformation as it comes to terms with the general decline of formal “religion” throughout Europe.
For the first time ever, the Scottish census has...
British Business Awards to take place in Edinburgh
NatWest Group and Josh Littlejohn MBE, founder of Social Bite, are unveiling a new national business awards event and the first one will be held in Edinburgh.
The British Business Awards, being organised in...
Lord Pentland appointed as Lord President
HM the King has appointed the Rt Hon Lord Pentland as Scotland’s new Lord President. The announcement was made by First Minister John Swinney on Thursday as he welcomed the appointment.
Lord Pentland will take...
Edinburgh Zoo will become home to lynx captured in the Highlands
Experts from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) have successfully captured two Lynx which had been illegally released into the Highlands.
Working alongside Police Scotland, staff from the wildlife conservation charity humanely trapped the...
Councillors expected to approve tourist tax this month
After several years of discussion and consultation, the final draft of Edinburgh’s proposed tourist tax has been published. It will be considered by councillors at special meetings this month when it is expected to...
Volleyball Scots excel at Five Nations event
Scotland’s women’s and men’s volleyball teams excelled at the inaugural Five Nations tournament in Kettering, England, bringing back gold and silver medals, respectively.
In the combined competition the Scots took silver.
With Gibraltar pulling out the...
Parliament urged to take action on climate change this year
It was all ‘lights, camera, climate action’ at Holyrood as MSPs returned to business for the new year.
Climate campaigners urge politicians to take action on climate change.
The campaigners say that The Scottish Government’s delivery...
Summerhall – winding up withdrawn before Christmas
After months of legal process and uncertainty the court action against Summerhall Management Ltd has been brought to a close.
On Wednesday Robert McDowell Director, Summerhall Management Ltd said: “I can confirm that the...
The best party you will never go to…
The Co-op recently published a study which said 70% of us want a celebration of life when we die. That change in our attitude to death has happened over the almost 20 years that...
Review – Bat Out Of Hell ⭐️⭐️
The last time Bat Out Of Hell roared into Edinburgh, the ‘award-winning hit musical’ with book, music and lyrics by the late Jim Steinman was rightly hailed a ‘five star’ spectacular.
Three years later,...
Edinburgh care homes to host advice events
As part of a nationwide initiative, three care homes in Edinburgh are inviting local people to their free dementia advice events.
This January, Care UK’s Cairdean House, Lauder Lodge, and Murrayside are inviting members of...
Fergus McCreadie and corto.alto join SNJO’s stellar cast at Usher Hall
Mercury Prize nominees Fergus McCreadie and corto.alto join a stellar cast of musician-composers in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s Nu-Age Sounds ll – Planet World at the Usher Hall on 31 January.
Following the resounding...
Turner’s Edinburgh on show in the city
With its dark storm clouds and sheets of rain pounding the city of Edinburgh, it could almost have been painted today.
A landscape painting of the capital by the artist JMW Turner has gone on...
The Scottish Barony Register
The Scottish Barony Register is run by retired solicitor, Alastair Shepherd, and the body has issued their 2024 Annual Report.
This important list was established some twenty years ago, when feudal law was largely...
Angus stars in Edinburgh table tennis Open
Angus Halliday, 14, from the Murrayfield club, was a star local performer when the Edinburgh Table Tennis Open took place at Bathgate Academy over the weekend.
Not only did Angus lift the Band 2 singles...
Shelter sale success
The Shelter charity shop made more than £22,000 in just over two days at the start of its 22nd annual January sale of designer brands and rare collectibles.
The Stockbridge shop made more than £17,300...
Ballet at The Playhouse
The Varna International Ballet and Orchestra return to the UK after their debut tour in 2023.
The company will visit 20 venues around the UK with classics Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet, and will be performing...
Teenager invited to Duke of Edinburgh’s celebration
Teenager Rosa Ross was invited to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award This is Youth celebration at Buckingham Palace, in recognition for her resilience during cancer treatment.
She was named Boundary Breaker of the Year...
Tills in Portobello on the market
Tills & Company, the second-hand bookshop and café in Portobello is on the market for sale.
The business on Portobello High Street was refurbished in 2023, changing the former Salvation Army premises into a...
Call for an end to “quango culture”
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says Scotland can end the culture of wasting public money and using quangos to cover up governmental failure.
Speaking before making a New Year speech, Mr Sarwar said that Scotland...
Inspirational ironman Alan rounds off year in style
“Never let the old man in.”
These words will continue to inspire Edinburgh’s Alan Bremner as he reflects on a third place in his age-group (65-69 years) at the World Ironman Championships in Hawaii.
Initially Alan...
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