Police are searching for a group of youths following a serious collision in Groathill Road North this morning. An out of control Mercedes ploughed through a fence and into a stationery caravan in a garden in the busy street just after 8am and witnesses report seeing young people fleeing the scene. Police have enlisted the support of the aerial support to search for the culprits. Continue reading Police helicopter joins hunt for Groathill youths
Edinburgh may be poppy-less in the future if more volunteers aren’t found in the run up to the Scottish Poppy Appeal. Charity Poppyscotland has issued an urgent appeal for area organisers in the capital. Continue reading PoppyScotland issues urgent call for Edinburgh volunteers
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart marked the start of work on a new affordable housing development in the capital when he visit Shrubhill yesterday. Mr Stewart joined representatives from the City of Edinburgh Council and property developers Places for People, during his visit to the development which will provide 236 much needed affordable homes in the north of the city. Continue reading Hundreds of affordable homes set for Shrubhill
Guarantees over the future of Scotland’s mountain weather forecasts were sought by Green MSP Andy Wightman at Holyrood yesterday.
Reports emerged over the weekend suggesting that SportScotland is to end funding of the Mountain Weather Information Service, and In spite of repeatedly asking the Minister for Public Health and Sport if SportScotland had told the Mountain Weather Information Service at a meeting on July 2016 that its funding would end, Ms Campbell was unable to provide an answer.
Andy Wightman MSP, the Scottish Greens’ housing & land reform spokesperson, said: “I’m glad that the minister shares my view that the forecast service is an essential service for climber and walker safety in Scotland and that conversations with the government and its agencies are ongoing. However, the public will be looking for more transparency over what the current funding set up is and how that has been communicated to the MWIS. I’ll continue to seek updates from the minister to guarantee the long-term future of mountain weather-forecasting.
“This is a service that has provided trusted detailed forecasting for mountain users for 13 years and SportScotland has funded it since 2007. It’s a service that is trusted and relied upon by hundreds of thousands of users of Scotland’s mountains every year and safety and enjoyment of those who use our mountains is dependent upon accurate reliable, and above all trusted sources of weather forecasts.”
