Day: December 30, 2017

The year in pictures: September

Hurricane Irma devastates the Carribean

New gardening group at Granton Youth Centre

Strictly Come Dancing lineup announced

Cheese and wine at Starbank Park

Glowing Gold in September

Community Day in Granton

Inverleith Festival of Walking & Cycling

Davidsons Mains pipe band make a record

ParkLife AGM

Wardie Bay Beachwatch

Dearie me …

The MELA’S back after an enforced absence

Immigration Party at Porty

Aussie Big Band at Bristo Baptist Church

66 Yessers on the march again: Hope Over Fear event in Glasgow

USA and North Korea: more sabre-rattling

North Korea escalates nuclear threat

Traffic misery on Leith Street

Open Day at Fettes HQ

Queensferry Crossing opens

Bus driver miscalculates at Western General

Curry Night at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

Ryanair messes up big time over holiday rosters … and there’s even an apology!

Rohingyan families flee persecution in Myanmar

The year in pictures: August

Las Ramblas terror attack in Barcelona

Cash for Kids support for Pilton Youth & Children’s Project

Actor Robert Hardy dies

Hearts sack first team coach Ian Cathro

Yes, it’s Festival time again in Edinburgh

Botanics’ smelly plant makes annual reappearance

Twentieth anniversary of Princess Diana’s death

Community is outraged when a ten year old boy is mown down by a hit and run motorcyclist near Drylaw Police Station

Free football at West Pilton Park

North Korea and USA engage in another bout of sabre-rattling … but on a nuclear scale

Fortieth anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death

Edinburgh Mela’s back!

Racial tensions run high during white supremacist march, Charlotttesville

Dementia awareness event at The Botanics

Bruce Forsyth dies

Craig Levein lands Hearts job

Sierra Leone mudslide kills hundreds and leaves tens of thousands homeless

Mayweather stops Conor McGregor in tenth round of multi-million dollar ‘Fight of the Century’

Kezia Dugdale resigns as Scottish Labour leader

Trinity Community Gala

World of Football opens on Marine Drive

The year in pictures: July

A well-kent face opens new GP surgery at foot of Leith Walk

Community BBQ

Hidden Gems Walks make a welcome return

Sci-Fi Fun at West Piltun!

Charlie Gard’s parents give up their fight

Conservatives reach an expensive deal with DUP

Teddy Bear Picnic at Starbank Park

Spartans support CHAS

Social Bite waterfront housing plans take shape

Jumble and Bake sale at Royston Wardieburn

World Para Athletics Championships take place in London

Floral Clock marks The Scotsman’s centenary

Granton kids take their movies to Europe

First Minister visits Botanics

Playday in Muirhouse

Duvet Morning in Ferry Road Drive

Edinburgh Airport plans to expand

 

Message from the Skies set to light up Edinburgh

Lucy’s in the skies!

A talented Davidsons Mains pupil will see her words in lights when an imaginative new project launches next week. Edinburgh’s Hogmanay is to celebrate Edinburgh’s and Scotland’s rich literary heritage and its young people with the launch of the innovative and collaborative Message from the Skies. Continue reading Message from the Skies set to light up Edinburgh

Staying safe over Hogmanay

People should ’know who to turn to’ for health advice ahead of the New Year weekend. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith says it’s really important to know where to go for help over New Year, with seasonal illnesses such as flu and norovirus rising and further weather warnings for snow and ice that can lead to road accidents, slips and falls. Continue reading Staying safe over Hogmanay

New Year Honours for Edinburgh’s ‘extraordinary people’

A community pharmacist, the driving force behind Spartans Community Football Academy, a voluntary sector leader and the founders of SiMBA and Street Soccer are among the Edinburgh folk to receive New Year Honours announced yesterday. Continue reading New Year Honours for Edinburgh’s ‘extraordinary people’