Tag: Edinburgh local news

If you are old enough to remember glass lemonade bottles, then you will recall that taking these back to the shop resulted in a few pennies being refunded. Now that we are a recycling...

Morningside Youth Pipe Band (MYPB) only started playing together in November last year, but we found them in great form at Boroughmuir High School last Friday, where there was a bake sale to raise...

Scottish academics will travel to Malawi to celebrate an important milestone with Malawian graduates who have influenced international health.Experts from the Institute of International Health and Development (IIHD), based at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh,...

A group of young people from Drylaw have been taking part in an Art project over the past two months, transforming a tunnel on the cycle path in Granton from a dull dark place...

A youth worker from the North of the city will paddle fifty-seven miles in less than twenty four hours as part of a fundraising campaign for a new building. Mark Foster who is the...

The City of Edinburgh Council decided last week to take a stance on council tenants who are in arrears of rent. Their stance is one of cooperation and avoidance rather than legal enforcement, where...

 NSPCC Scotland is challenging people across Edinburgh and the Lothians to test their nerve next month with a charity abseil from the iconic Forth Rail Bridge.The 165 ft abseil will take place on Sunday...

Technophonia by Oliver Searle shortlisted for Royal Philharmonic Society AwardThe City of Edinburgh Music School in conjunction with Drake Music Scotland has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for their performance at...

 Scottish Rugby Union and Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Chris Cusiter (right) and Mark Robertson (left, former Edinburgh Rugby winger) are photographed with the HSBC Rugby Sevens World Cup, which is currently touring Scotland.Chris is pictured...

Eleanor Cunningham of The Edinburgh Larder tells you what's good to eat at this time of year, and has a suggestion for you...Scotland has an abundance of delicious local produce and there are many...

A former taxi driver who murdered his victim in an Edinburgh park has been jailed.At the High Court in Glasgow today, Stephen Nolan was given a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years...

A unique but unsettling glimpse into what the lives of blind people were like in Victorian and Edwardian Edinburgh is to be made public.The Royal National Institute of Blind People (Edinburgh and Lothians) has formally transferred...

 It will not surprise you to know that the libraries are where it is all happening this evening to celebrate World Book Night. WBN is a celebration of books and reading when books are...

DATE CONFIRMED FOR LIBERTON AND GILMERTON BY-ELECTIONA by-election will be held in the Liberton and Gilmerton ward on Thursday 20 June 2013 following the death of Councillor Tom Buchanan.The counting of votes will be...

Hibs legend Pat Stanton officially unveiled almost 1000 personalised dark green granite stones placed at the entrance of the Easter Road East Stand before the SPL match against Aberdeen.The development had been designed to...

 Health Wellbeing and Housing Committee -  Oxgangs Library - Magic Festival is launched -  City centre consultation - Assembly Rooms shortlisted for awardsThe council's Health, Wellbeing and Housing Committee meets this morning and will hear...

 This year's Magic Fest was launched yesterday at Lauriston Castle by Magic Fest director and magician Kevin McMahon. The theme for 2013 is WonderlandFrom 28 June - 5 July 2013, audiences are invited to...

 The latest update from the zoo is much more upbeat than previous releases over the last week or so. It is reproduced for you below. First however here is a little video footage from...

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing has announced the appointment of the new Chair to Lothian NHS Board - Mr Brian Houston. Mr Houston, a qualified accountant, brings to the board experience from both...

Care Provider Launches New Complaints Procedure Scotland's leading provider of housing, care and community services for older people has introduced a new complaints procedure. Designed to be more easily understandable and more accessible to the public,...

Local MSP backs campaign against older isolation at Age Scotland Nicolson Street shop  Alison Johnstone, Lothian Green MSP, visited Age Scotland’s shop on Edinburgh’s Nicolson Street at lunchtime today to give her backing to the...

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to confirm the return of the Student Critics Jury. Now in its second year, the initiative supports the future of film criticism and this year will bring...

Following the announcement last year that the current director, Jonathan Mills, would retire from his position after the 2013 Festival, the search was underway to find his replacement.Today the Festival Council announced the appointment...

 Please can we have a Bike Hire Scheme in Edinburgh? - Sounds of Edinburgh - Panda pregnant? - Talk this evening at the Royal Society of Edinburgh - World Book NightNews that Glasgow is...

For the second week running, rugby has been knocked off the top spot in the Weekly Roundup, but we couldn’t ignore the retirement of possibly the greatest ever Edinburgh sportsman, Sir Chris Hoy MBE.Elsewhere,...

The Out of the Blue Drill Hall’s quarterly Arts Market took place over the weekend. The Dalmeny  Street venue's Arts Market hosted over 50 artists who were on hand to sell their work to...

 Beekeeping with a purpose - Helping the National Trust for Scotland - At the Portrait Gallery today - Stockbridge Market - Council get award for office developmentToday's Scotland on Sunday reports that Edinburgh restaurant owner,...

  Pandas - Taoist Tai Chi Centre - Fireworks Display - Suspicious death - Tonight at the Queen's Hall The Edinburgh Reporter went out to see what the pandas were up to this morning. Yang Guang was...

There was an impressive opening ceremony at the new Tai Chi centre on Marionville Road yesterday. Formerly used as a car garage, the premises are now refurbished and cleaned  with a lot of elbow...

 Now even more big names are confirmed for the largest tennis tournament to be played in Edinburgh for a long time. Brodies LLP have confirmed the sponsorship of the event which will have stars...