Tag: Portobello
Licence for Portobello ferris wheel suspended
The ferris wheel which was put up in Portobello over the last few days will not be opening tonight or anytime soon as the council has suspended its licence.
Whether or not that also...
Tickets available for charity BBQ and vintage ball this Saturday at Bellfield
Magnificent men put both feet forward to save WWI flying machine
A “knees-up” has been organised to support a group of magnificent men and their flying machine.
The charity BBQ and vintage ball at Bellfield...
Taking the plunge at Portobello
Earlier today photographer Anna Deacon and journalist Vicky Allan were joined by over eighty swimmers to launch their book Taking the Plunge: The Healing Power of Wild Swimming for Mind Body and Soul, by taking...
Portobello Book Festival 2019
The Edinburgh International Book Festival may have packed its tents and said goodbye to the circus for another year, but the 11th Portobello Book Festival is still to come!
Offering a wide range of events...
Art Walk Porty 2019 – The Art Houses are open this weekend
Art Walk Porty begins on Saturday 7 September 2019.
This year the Art Houses are organised around three walks: East, Central and West Portobello. In total there are 38 locations participating with 53 artists.
There...
Family tribute to cyclist
The family of a cyclist who died in a collision with a lorry on Wednesday in Portobello have paid tribute to him.
Stuart Elliott, 40 was studying for a PhD at Edinburgh University, was...
Gathering at Portobello to mark Dog Theft Awareness Day
This year is the third Dog Theft Awareness Day on 14 March 2019, and to mark it dog lovers gathered on Portobello Beach last weekend.
Georgie and Ed Bell and their daughters owned two Border...
The 10th Portobello Book Festival is here!
The 10th Portobello Book Festival opened last night, with a packed out (and packed in) evening of entertainment in Portobello Library.
Introducing a programme of readings and music, author Louise Kelly spoke of the goodwill...
The 10th Portobello Book Festival is coming!
Ten years ago a group of Portobello residents decided to start a book festival.
Ambitious? Maybe.
They decided they wanted everything at that festival to be kept local – and free. This meant no-one would be...
Apply now for a You Decide! Community Grant
You have until 28 September to apply for a community grant from a pot of £22,637 available in Portobello/Craigmillar for local projects.
Apply for a chance to win a You Decide! Community Grant by the...
What’s on – go for a Tide Walk with William
William Thomson a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and author of The Book of Tides is leading a Tide Walk in Edinburgh on 3 August 2018.
The walk is designed for anyone who spends time...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is the Labour councillor for Portobello/Craigmillar. Here she scours her inbox for news about her ward :
As promised at our last Portobello/Craigmillar Neighbourhood Partnership Meeting, and reported in the latest Castlebrae...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Cllr Maureen Child
Labour Councillor Maureen Child represents Portobello/Craigmillar. Here she gives us a look into her email inbox with all the happenings in and around the area.
Dear All
The next Figgate Park Clean Up is on Sunday...
Cllr Maureen Child – Five things to do in Portobello this week
As usual Councillor Maureen Child keeps us up to date with news from her Ward of Portobello/Craigmillar.
From her email inbox she tells us about five things going on in the area this week:
Free Storytelling...
Baby seal rescued from Portobello Beach
A baby seal was discovered washed up on Portobello beach this morning by locals.
Jo Tennant who came across the seal took to social media to warn dogwalkers writing: “Seal pup on the beach at bottom of...
New minister at St Martin’s Church Portobello
Rev Bill Wishart, 51, who is a member of the West Lothian Magic Circle, has been ordained as a Church of Scotland minister and inducted into St Martin’s Church, Portobello.
He has been an elder...
Portobello Book Festival 2017: A Community Triumph
These days there are book festivals everywhere you look, from the dizzy heights of Hay-on-Wye to the cultured calm of Cheltenham. Last weekend, however, I went out to the seaside to visit a festival...
Lecture – William Speirs Bruce the forgotten Polar Explorer
A FREE lecture will be held in Portobello next week and the subject is former Portobello resident William Speirs Bruce, a scientist and polar explorer.
The Portobello Heritage Trust organising the lecture on Wednesday 18th...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is the Labour councillor in Portobello/Craigmillar. Here she rounds up her inbox for us.
Dear All
Our community buy-out Bellfield's Crowdfunder closed last week, and Portobello did manage to raise more than the...
Action Porty now own Bellfield Church
A community group in Edinburgh has become the first organisation in an urban area to benefit from community right to buy powers.
Action Porty has today taken ownership of the former Portobello Old Parish Church...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Edinburgh councillor Maureen Child represents the Portobello/Craigmillar Ward and here she writes for us her regular update on all the news in her part of Edinburgh :
Conservation Volunteers are running an event at Joppa...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child represents the Portobello/Craigmillar ward in the city. Here she blogs for us with all sorts of information from her inbox
Dear All
Our local Voluntary Sector Forum is meeting on Monday 28 August,...
Trolley dash for local Food bank at Aldi
Lisa Milligan from Portobello had a five minute dash around ALDI and brought back £638.99 worth of produce.
She then collected the same amount in vouchers for Portobello Basics Foodbank run by Edinburgh City Mission...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is one of the councillors for Portobello/Craigmillar ward and is standing for election next Thursday 4 May 2017.
She writes :
The next working day in the blossoming Community Orchard at Brunstane (opposite Brunstane...
Team Scotland Mark 1 Year to Gold Coast
Team Scotland celebrate 1 Year to Commonwealth Games with Volleyball Challenge
Today (Tuesday 4 April) marks one year to go until the next Commonwealth Games get underway in Gold Coast, Australia, where Team Scotland will...
Costa Edinburgh proves property magnet
Surging demand to live beside the sea has propelled one area of Edinburgh into a property hotspot.
The market in Portobello and Joppa has surged with house prices rising and selling times falling.
During the first 10...
Portobello’s historic cinema hosting premiere event in November
Film premieres to be held in Portobello’s historic cinema building
One of Portobello’s oldest cinemas is to sell tickets again for the first time in 100 years.
The old building, based on Portobello High Street, will...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is the councillor for Portobello/Craigmillar. She writes about all the news she has gathered from her Ward.
Dear All
It’s just 10 days to go until the new Portobello High School gets handed...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is the Labour councillor for Portobello/Craigmillar ward. She writes:
Dear All
Portobello Open Door's (POD’s) Village Show is on this Sunday 4 September from 2-5pm in Rosefield Park. As always there will be lots going...
Save the Portobello setts – we love them say locals
Some people in Portobello are very annoyed with the council who they say appear to have done a U-Turn on Brighton Place and have decided to tarmac over its historic cobbles.
The decision was made in...
