Day: April 25, 2017

Police launch Operation Close Pass

Campaign highlights space needed to pass cyclists safely 

Plain clothed police are taking to Edinburgh’s streets to highlight the space cyclists need for everyone to use our roads safely. Operation Close Pass will see drivers who pass an unmarked police cyclist too closely pulled over and given advice using a specially designed mat which shows how much space a person on a bicycle needs when overtaking them. Continue reading Police launch Operation Close Pass

‘Win, win’: specialist paramedics to deliver more care in the community

Extra funding for the Scottish Ambulance Service will help them up-skill paramedics, treat more patients in the community and reduce the numbers requiring hospital admission. A total of £6.3 million Scottish Government funding will support delivery of the Towards 2020: Taking Care to the Patient strategy – focusing on increasing the Service’s capacity for care at home or in the community. Continue reading ‘Win, win’: specialist paramedics to deliver more care in the community

New Tartan created to celebrate World Fair Trade

THE first-ever World Fair Trade tartan has been created to celebrate Scotland’s Fair Trade Nation status and will be presented to president WFTO Rudi Dalvai and the Minister for International Development, Alasdair Allan, on World Fair Trade Day on 13 May at the Fair Trade Fiesta at the Ross Band Stand. Continue reading New Tartan created to celebrate World Fair Trade

City schools urged to sign up for Scotland’s first nationwide online maths contest

Pupils from across the Lothians are being invited to showcase their numeracy skills and prove they are top of the class by joining the 265 classes in the region who have already signed up for Scotland’s first ever nationwide online school maths contest, launched today (Friday 21stApril) by Scottish education technology social enterprise Sumdog. Continue reading City schools urged to sign up for Scotland’s first nationwide online maths contest