Continue reading Stop the Evictions, campaigners urge city council
With less than two weeks to go before the current round £1 coin goes out of circulation media royalty Jennie Bond is urging people in Edinburgh to donate their old pounds to help Barnardo’s Scotland change the lives of Scotland’s most vulnerable children. Continue reading Jennie Bond asks Edinburgh shoppers: hunt out your old pound coins for charity
Thousands of lives have been saved since the Department for Transport (DfT) introduced the maximum legal drink drive limit 50 years ago this weekend (7th October 1967). Continue reading Drink drive law turns 50
A new two-stage right turn junction to help keep cyclists safe is being introduced on one of the city’s major roads – the first such junction of its kind in Scotland. This is due to ‘go live’ at McDonald Road at the end of this month as part of ongoing public realm and active travel improvements to Leith Walk. Continue reading Two-stage junction to improve Leith road safety
The Scottish SPCA are looking for volunteers to take part in their national Halloween collection at Pets At Home Stores. Scotland’s animal welfare charity has permission to hold collections, stalls and fundraise in all Scottish Pets at Home stores from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 October. Continue reading Spooktacular volunteer opportunities with the Scottish SPCA
Specialist property adviser, Christie & Co have been instructed to sell 24 Royal Terrace, a boutique, luxury hotel in Edinburgh’s city centre. Continue reading Luxury city centre boutique hotel for sale
Police are seeking a man involved in three incidents over a ten minute period in Stockbridge on Friday morning. Two sexual assaults – including one on a woman pushing a child in a buggy – took place between 8.35 and 8.45 on North West Circus Place. Continue reading Police seek man following sexual assaults in Stockbridge
Balcony tickets for the 2017 Forth Awards have just been released for sale, giving listeners the chance to join in the annual celebration of community champions across Edinburgh and the east. Continue reading Forth Awards balcony tickets released
Edinburgh College — which added two Nissan e-NV200s to its expanding fleet in March — has been awarded the Green Fleet of the Year title at the BusinessCar Awards. Beating off stiff competition from four other nominees, Edinburgh College were crowned champions at a glittering ceremony at London’s Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel. Continue reading BusinessCar Green Fleet award for Edinburgh College
Having your head frozen for potential future resuscitation is a service that will be on offer to the public within 5-10 years, according to the UK’s stem cell bank …
Famously something Walt Disney did, having your head frozen when you die is thought to be a way of preserving enough of your personality, intellect and memories to be able to bring you fully back to life at some point in the future when technology is more advanced. Continue reading Head Freezing available ‘within a decade’
