Tag: Wester Hailes
Wester Hailes Fun Run 2015
The Wester Hailes Fun Run took place earlier on a cold overcast morning which did not deter the many participants who lined up at the start.
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Canal View Primary School – recording their own ‘Band Aid’ song!
Canal View is a Positive Action school based in Wester Hailes, and they have been working on an opportunity for their pupils to show off their many varied talents and raise their ambitions now and for...
Work is about to begin on the underpass to Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre
A couple of years after it first opened a state of the art health centre, the council has announced that the underpass to the Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre will finally be developed to...
Lifeguard course on offer in Wester Hailes
Can you swim 50m in less than a minute?
Are you looking for a qualification which may lead to a new job?
Then Wester Hailes Education Centre have a course which might help you
Reenactment of WWI football match
In Football Remembers week, Wester Hailes Education Centre reenacted a little of the football match which everyone knows about from the First World War.
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Private William Tapp wrote in his diary "It doesn't seem right...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Moonhop - The Raverendum: live music, whisky, dancing and rare vinyl, featuring Moonhop DJs Whisky Stephen (& the FOUND team), live set from FOUND (Lomond Campbell and River of Slime) and poetry from Neu Reekie's Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson....
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
Well we all know what's on in Scotland this week....but there's plenty available to take your mind off it....
MONDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2014
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930): a film saga of German boys...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 4TH AUGUST 2014
GENERATION: Curator's Tour. Senior Curator Lucy Askew leads an introductory tour of the GENERATION exhibition at Modern Art One, introducing key artists and themes. This part of the exhibition includes spectacular...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
We all know what starts this week: on Friday both the Fringe and the Just Festival open their numerous doors. The Edinburgh Reporter will cover many events at both festivals - so What's On...
Strictly Cycling for Bike Week
Come and try something new with a bike via a Strictly Cycling taster session for Bike Week!
Meet at 2pm at the Bridge8Hub, just off the Union Canal in the west of Edinburgh on Friday...
What’s on in Edinburgh this week?
Monday 12 May 2014 - Out of the Blue is 20!
Louise Bourgeois' Sunday Salons: Artist Julie Roberts shares her experience of attending one of Louise Bourgeois' notorious Sunday Salons in New York. The Studio,...
Edinburgh Zoo invites 96 children to become Zoo explorers
This Easter Edinburgh Zoo’s Discovery and Learning department is working in partnership with Edinburgh City Council to provide a unique day out for children from Edinburgh’s Drylaw, Wester Hailes, Sighthill, Craigmillar and Leith communities.
The...
Canal College landscaping at The Calders
The Canal College celebrated the start of a major new project last week out on the Union Canal near Wester Hailes.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Rt Hon Donald Wilson, and Edinburgh Canal Champion, Councillor...
Children’s drama in Wester Hailes
A magical and musical theatre production, celebrating the wonder of worms by Glasgow based Children’s Theatre Company Eco Drama, is winding its way to WHALE Arts in Edinburgh on Friday 21 March 2014 after...
Wester Hailes wins big on Big Lottery Fund
Prospect Housing based in Wester Hailes have won an award of £115,830 from the Big Lottery Fund in an announcement made today.
Prospect Community Housing will now be able to run their Switched On Wester Hailes project offering welfare...
Clydesdale Bank recognises community spirit in Edinburgh
Some twenty four community groups across Scotland, including three in Edinburgh, have been selected to share a funding boost of £175,000 to make a real difference in their local areas.
Clydesdale Bank’s Spirit of the...
Theft on canal towpath
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a theft in the Wester Hailes area of the city.
The incident happened between 8.45am and 9am on the Union Canal towpath on Monday 12 August 2013.
A...
Fire in Murrayburn
There are reports this evening of a fire in Murrayburn which may involve the Dove Centre at Hailesland which until recently was home...
Wester Hailes man missing since Thursday
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for help in tracing a man who has gone missing in the Capital.
Anthony McGinty (28), from Dumbeg Park in Wester Hailes, was last seen at the Lidl supermarket in...
Elderly woman subjected to assault and robbery
Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses after an elderly woman was assaulted and robbed in Edinburgh.
The 81-year-old was walking in Wester Hailes Road towards the Wester Hailes Plaza at around 7pm yesterday...
Wester Hailes now has a digital totem pole
Earlier today Edinburgh's Lord Provost, The Rt Hon Donald Wilson, declared the brand new totem pole at Wester Hailes well and truly open for business. But what exactly is it there to do? Well,...
Wester Hailes underpass given the green light
Local Wester Hailes MSP Gordon Macdonald has welcomed the Council's decision today to agree to the revised upgrade scheme for the railway underpass linking the new Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre and the Westside...
Westerhaven cancer support centre opened by local MSP
GORDON MACDONALD MSP OPENS NEW CANCER SUPPORT CENTRE
Gordon Macdonald MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands recently opened the Westerhaven Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre. This centre is a joint venture between the Wester Hailes Health...
WHALE Arts Centre help community
WHALE Arts Centre in Wester Hailes will be holding a Planning Aid for Scotland (PAS) event at the end of the month to help locals understand how they can be more involved with the community.
The...
Happy Easter – it’s the police!
Lothian and Borders Police are issuing an Easter message urging warrant offenders to come forward.
Members of the public in the West of Edinburgh will receive a greeting card from the Force urging them to...
First steps to the new Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre
Nicola Sturgeon MSP, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, cuts the first turf for the start of building a new Healthy Living Centre at Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.
Pictured with Ms...
Health hub planned for Wester Hailes
Plans for a new state-of-the-art health hub in Edinburgh have taken a major step forward.
Planning permission for the Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre, a joint project between NHS Lothian and the City of Edinburgh...
Guest Article by Dr Ian McKee MSP – the alcohol debate
by Dr Ian McKee MSP
Scotland’s relationship with alcohol is a topic that has dominated this session of parliament. For many, it’s a controversial issue that sharply divides public opinion. In my view, the alcohol...
Assault on 16 year old girl
Police in Edinburgh are investigating an assault on a 16-year-old female in the Wester Hailes area of the Capital on Thursday night.
The victim had got off a bus at the top of...
Assault and Robbery in Wester Hailes
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following an assault and robbery that happened in the Wester Hailes area of the Capital.
The incident happened around 11.30am on Monday August 16 in the...
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