Month: December 2017

The year in pictures: March

Compare and contrast: same newspaper, different takes on May – Sturgeon meeting

Scotland win and keep World Cup qualification hopes alive

Westminster atrocity

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Bye, bye Europe … Mrs May signs UK’s resignation letter

ELREC holds charity cycling event

UK Budget time again

Arcadeum’s Collector project hits the big screen

Community Health Project hosts ‘upside-down hustings’

Anniversary celebrations – where it all began

BBs are raising funds

Fair Trade Festival

Having a laugh: Theresa and chums chortle during budget address

LifeCare’s Tea Dance group launches in Stockbridge

Growing support for North Edinburgh Arts garden!

Granton street party

Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden hold their second AGM

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Craigroyston’s adult students produce newsletter

Edinburgh Award for Ken Buchanan

Participatory Budgeting event for city’s youth groups

Craigroyston Primary raising funds

Taking the safety message out on the road

The year in pictures: February

City council budget consultation

Walking Football at Ainslie Park

Getting arty at the Scott Monument

Dozens of pilot whales stranded on New Zealand shoreline

Black Sabbath final farewell – Ozzy signs off in Birmingham

La La Land is the big winner at Oscars

North Korean leader’s big brother is murdered

Dream comeback in SuperBowl final

20 mph rollout continues – to mixed opinions

Trump state visit to UK not universally popular!

 

 

UK medics race to Bangladesh to tackle deadly diphtheria outbreak

More than 40 British doctors, nurses and firefighters from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team (EMT) are making their way to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to save thousands of lives at risk from a rapid and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Continue reading UK medics race to Bangladesh to tackle deadly diphtheria outbreak

“Staggering”: £100 million a year to plug welfare gap

More than £100 million is spent each year to help relieve the worst impact of UK Government welfare cuts and support those on low incomes, the Scottish Government has said. This includes mitigating the bedroom tax for over 70,000 people, saving them an average of £650 a year, and providing £33 million support through the Scottish Welfare Fund, which has helped over 265,000 households since 2013, providing goods such as nappies and food. Continue reading “Staggering”: £100 million a year to plug welfare gap

The big December freeze set to spur over 420,000 Scots to book a holiday this week

    • Spain tops the list for holiday makers in Scotland in 2018, but the USA is a close second with one in seven Scots looking to go stateside for their 2018 ‘vacay’
    • The younger generation are set to enjoy trips around Europe next year with Spain and Italy top of the holiday wish list
    • Almost half (43 per cent) of holidaymakers see ATOL protection as a ‘holiday essential’. The Civil Aviation Authority is committed to educating consumers on the importance of the scheme across this busy booking period

New research by ATOL, the holiday protection scheme, has found that over 420,000 Scots are set to book their holiday this week, as December’s snowy weather accelerates the holiday booking period. Continue reading The big December freeze set to spur over 420,000 Scots to book a holiday this week

Don’t ditch it, shift it – Take unsuitable gifts to Barnardo’s Scotland*

It happens to most of us at Christmas. You put on your best delighted face as you unwrap a giant sized Christmas jumper, your third copy of the latest must-have recipe book or the leather-look leggings you know you will never, ever wear. Continue reading Don’t ditch it, shift it – Take unsuitable gifts to Barnardo’s Scotland*