Craigroyston Community High is one of ten Scottish schools to receive an author residency from Scottish Book Trust. Poet and writer Claire Askew will work with the local school to inspire a lifelong love of reading and writing. Continue reading Read all about it: Claire’s coming to Craigie!
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty demonstration against benefits cap
New photography has been released providing a glimpse of what fans can expect from The Band, the brand new musica, which kicked of its UK tour earlier this month in Manchester. David Pugh, Dafydd Rogers and Take That’s UK Tour of Tim Firth’s The Band, with the music of Take That, got underway at the Manchester Opera House on Friday 8th September.
Advance box office for the tour has now topped a record-breaking £10million and is set to entertain audiences in Edinburgh, at the Playhouse in July 2018.
The Band charts the story of what it’s like to grow up with a boyband. For five 16 year-old friends in 1992, ‘the band’ is everything. 25 years on, we are reunited with the group of friends, now 40-something women, as they try once more to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.
The Band will be played by AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Curtis T Johns, Yazdan Qafouri and Sario Solomon, who, as Five To Five, won BBC’s Let It Shine.
The Band is on at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tuesday 10th until Saturday 14th July 2018.
Pictures: Matt Crockett
Saturday 30 September at Broughton High School
Transport minister announces another £1.4 million for green public transport initiatives
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf (above) announced the details of this latest round of funding for public bus services during a visit to Lothian Buses Annandale depot this week. It was an opportunity for the Minister to see Lothian’s new all-electric vehicles which take to the roads this weekend. Continue reading Lothian to introduce first all-electric buses to Edinburgh
New red-surfaced cycle lanes are to be installed at a number of key points along the tram route in the city centre. The measures, the first in a three-phase project to help all road users keep themselves and each other safe when negotiating the tram tracks, are aimed at demonstrating the optimum angle for crossing the tracks and reminding motorists to give cyclists extra space, particularly near tramlines. Continue reading Seeing red: new cycle lanes to make crossing tram tracks safer
Alcohol-related sexual harrassment has become a normalised part of a night out, a new Drinkaware/YouGov survey has revealed. Almost three quarters (71%) of 18-24 year old men and women who drink in bars, clubs or pubs surveyed said that they had seen sexual harassment on a night out. Continue reading Almost three quarters of young Scots have witnessed sexual harassment while out drinking
Six volunteers from Anglian Water Business have spent a day out along the historic Union Canal in Edinburgh helping Scottish Waterways Trust care for their local waterway. Continue reading Anglian Water volunteers help look after local canal
A commitment has been made in the East of Scotland to strengthen the public services and support available to the Armed Forces and Veterans community, and to raise awareness of the Armed Forces Covenant. Continue reading Partnership boost to veterans support
Scottish Gas is working with Alzheimer Scotland and the Alzheimer’s Society to encourage families, friends and carers of customers living with dementia across Scotland to contact their energy company if they are concerned about the energy account of their loved ones this winter. Continue reading Scottish Gas ready to help customers living with dementia this winter
