A design dubbed “The Hobbit House” has won the competition to create a new outdoor concert arena to replace the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. American firm wHY beat off stiff competition from 125 teams from 22 countries to design the £25m project. Continue reading And wHY not? US ‘Hobbit House’ to replace Ross Bandstand
Day: August 1, 2017
Letters: Don’t let greed destroy our precious public services
Dear Editor
Every day all over the UK people get prepared to go to work; it is a necessity to earn an income to sustain themselves and those who depend on them. Whether they work as part of a team or as an individual, production or management, they all work. The only exception to this, in the main, are people or organisations who have money to invest to make more money out of those who do work.
People need many essential services to carry on with their lives. At home: electricity, gas, water and sewerage. To get to their place of work they need passenger transport : bus, tram, rail, etc. – yet most of these services are privately owned, a veritable goldmine for those who are able to invest.
All of the services mentioned above relate to just work, but work is not all in life: they have a direct effect on our ability to have social and leisure time, visiting family and friends, taking part in sport, shopping or enjoying the countryside:, in fact, living.
All of these services must be operated for the benefit of all.
How can it be right that the extraction of millions and millions of pounds from those services are taken by investors? It is greedy and immoral and cannot be justified in any way.
A. Delahoy
Silverknowes Gardens
Community Works: Port of Leith launches new employability service
Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has set up a new employability service, Community Works, which will support people over the age of 16 living in Leith and North Edinburgh who are looking for work or seeking to develop their careers. Continue reading Community Works: Port of Leith launches new employability service
August garden plant of the month: Gentian
Scottish SPCA appeals for volunteers: Help animals in need
The Scottish SPCA is appealing to animal lovers in Edinburgh to help animals in their care by donating prizes for their Scottish Animal Week open day raffle!
Scotland’s animal welfare charity is hosting open days at their centres throughout Scotland on 10 September to encourage the public to come along to meet the animals who are in their care.
Centre Manager Diane Aitchison is appealing for kind hearted locals to donate.
Diane said, “We’re looking forward to the open day and we’re hoping it’ll encourage people to rehome an animal! We’ll be running different events on the day and would really appreciate any donations for the raffle. The money raised on the day will help the abused, abandoned and injured animals who are in the care of the centre.
“As an animal welfare charity we receive no government or lottery funding so we rely entirely on the support of the public.”
Donations can be handed into the centre in Balerno which is located on Mansfield Road.
For more information on Scottish SPCA fundraising events please email fundraising@scottishspca.org or call fundraising on 03000 999 999 (option 4).
‘There’s been a murder’: Famous Scots from the Past exhibition
A new National Records of Scotland exhibition will provide an insight into the fascinating lives of four of Scotland’s most renowned historical figures over the next month. Continue reading ‘There’s been a murder’: Famous Scots from the Past exhibition