Tag: The Edinburgh Reporter
COUNTDOWN TO THE LAUNCH OF THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL
Sunday 21st April 2013 marks a year from the launch of the John Muir Trail – and a huge amount of work has already been completed.
Fittingly the new long distance route, which passes through...
Charity Bike Ride for Hibs Legend Dan McMichael
Lifelong Hibs fan Hugh Cockburn will take part in a charity bike ride from London to Edinburgh next month to raise funds for the St Patrick’s Branch of the Hibs’ Supporters Club’s campaign to...
SCOREScotland has a runner in the London Marathon this weekend
An Edinburgh grassroots organisation, SCOREscotland - Strengthening Communities for Race Equality Scotland - will have representation at the London Marathon 2013. The charity is delighted that Peter Brading, a trainee lawyer at Tods Murray LLP,...
Holyrood committee to look at community transport
Getting out and about in the local community
How easy is it to get out and about in Edinburgh if you are elderly and / or disabled and find it difficult to access public transport?...
Queensferry Lifeboat tow motor boat to Port Edgar
Queensferry RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew were called out in the early hours of Thursday 18 April to assist a 33ft motor vessel which had suffered a mechanical breakdown and was drifting to the west...
VIDEO – Hoy comes home to Edinburgh to bow out of competitive sport
Sir Chris Hoy came to Edinburgh today to announce his retirement from competitive cycling. He called a press conference at Murrayfield Stadium where he may be spending more of his time in months to...
Sir Chris Hoy announces his retirement
Sir Chris Hoy's announcement today that he was retiring from professional cycling was not really news to anyone at today's press conference, which was a light-hearted affair, despite the fact that it is an...
Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts raise money for new workshop and gallery
Edinburgh Contemporary Crafts has raised £8,000 towards the £20,000 needed to refurbish Scotland’s first multi-disciplinary craft workshop, gallery and shop.
The total raised so far is a combination of public donations, business sponsorship and support...
Giant Chess Arrives in the Meadows
The appearance of a Giant Chess set on the Meadows in Edinburgh this summer should enable children to enjoy the ancient game in the fresh air, while also promoting essential life skills, according to...
Edinburgh employment lawyer to give evident to Holyrood on women in the legal profession...
Ahead of giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee as part of its Women and Work Inquiry, Joyce Cullen, Convener of the Law Society of Scotland's Employment Law Committee has today commented...
Shortlist for Walter Scott Prize announced today
The shortlist for the fourth £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction is announced today by the judging panel. The six novels, with settings ranging from Tudor and Restoration England to the slums of...
Five things you need to know today
Sir Chris Hoy - Pandas - Petitions Committee - World Heritage Day event - More tennis stars coming to Edinburgh this summer
The Edinburgh Reporter will be jostling for position along with most other media...
Tradfest begins next week in Edinburgh – Here’s the list!
Tradfest is on from 24 April to 6 May at various venues around town. There will be music, singing, storytelling and dance as well as crafts, folk drama and celebrations for May Day. The...
Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with Gillan film
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is proud to announce NOT ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING starring Karen Gillan and Stanley Weber (alongside Amy Manson, Iain de Caestecker, Kate Dickie, Freya Mavor, Gary Lewis and Henry Ian...
VIDEO – Paolozzi Prize for Art
Four young people in Edinburgh were celebrated for their artistic achievements at a ceremony at the National Gallery of Scotland last night when the Paolozzi Prize for Art was awarded.
The overall winner of this...
Councillor Rose – Funeral of Baroness Thatcher
by Conservative Group Leader, Councillor Cameron Rose who travelled to London to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher who died last week.
Thoughts on the funeral of Margaret Thatcher
As the coffin was...
Competition – Win tickets to ECA Fashion Show
The Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show will showcase the latest designs from some of the UK’s brightest students studying fashion, performance costume, and textiles.
Collections in this year’s fashion students will feature a diverse...
New look bus launched for World Heritage Day
Edinburgh Bus Tours has unveiled the new-look Edinburgh World Heritage Official Tour: A City of Contrasts to coincide with World Heritage Day, 18 April. The five-star bus tour guarantees to showcase more of Edinburgh than any other...
Peploes sold in Edinburgh today make almost £1m
Five paintings by the world renowned Scottish colourist Samuel Peploe made just short of £1,000,000 at Bonhams Scottish Art sale in Edinburgh today.
‘Still Life, Roses and Chinese Blue’, made £349, 250, ‘Blue & White...
Five things you need to know today
Keep Edinburgh Beautiful - Stolen Mountain Bike - Foster Carers wanted - Dove Transport - Tonight at the Filmhouse
The Council want some help in entering Edinburgh for the city's bid in the Britain in...
Foster carer drop in event at Waverley Court
DROP IN SESSION TO RECRUIT FOSTER CARERS
The latest drive by the City of Edinburgh Council to find new recruits to become foster carers is taking place tomorrow evening (Thursday 18 April) in the Capital.
A...
Marie Curie Hospice reopened in Edinburgh
The Marie Curie Cancer Care Edinburgh Hospice at Fairmilehead has been closed for six months for a makeover. Today it was officially reopened by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Alex Neil, MSP who marked...
NHS 24 now available on mobile
Health Information on the move!
Since it was launched in 2010, NHS inform has grown and is now firmly established as Scotland's national provider of quality assured health information.
As more people choose to search the...
Council needs your help to make Edinburgh Beautiful
The City of Edinburgh Council is calling on local green groups to back Edinburgh’s 2013 Britain in Bloom bid by helping to spruce up their local neighbourhood.
It's Your Neighbourhood, run by Keep Scotland Beautiful,...
Five things you need to know today
Campaign against Violence Day - Works on McDonald Road - Pandas - Paolozzi Prize - A plea from the Moderator
Police in Edinburgh were taking part in the National Campaign against Violence day last Friday...
VIDEO – Appeal by the Moderator for the return of ‘significant’ Church jewellery
It was at the beginning of this month that police in Edinburgh first put out an appeal for help in finding jewellery owned by the Church of Scotland which had gone missing, along with...
Taoist Tai Chi Centre opening 19 April
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Great Britain has told The Edinburgh Reporter that it is delighted to announce the Grand Opening of the new Taoist Tai Chi Centre in Edinburgh, close to Meadowbank,...
Youth Scotland in Edinburgh helped launch film premiere
The youth group which meets on Victoria Terrace called 6VT was an instrumental part of the launch of a new film on Saturday night. The All Stars actors visited the Edinburgh youth club to...
Government to look at rules for allotments
Plans to simplify and overhaul Scotland’s allotment rules were announced today by The Scottish Government.
Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has launched a consultation to consider the shape of future allotment legislation.
Among the questions being...
The Edinburgh Reporter’s Weekly Sports Round-up
Normally the Edinburgh Reporter’s Weekly Sports Round-up starts with rugby, but not this week as we send out congratulations to Pat Fenlon and his players for reaching the William Hill Scottish Cup Final after...
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