Month: February 2018

Scandal-hit Oxfam called in for crisis talks

International Development minister Penny Mordaunt has summoned Oxfam bosses to a showdown meeting today to answer serious allegations against charity staff while working for Oxfam in Haiti. Ms Mordaunt said the charity “has failed in it’s moral leadership” and Oxfam’s funding could be terminated if it cannot satisfactorily explain the way it handled claims of serious sexual misconduct against it’s aid workers. Continue reading Scandal-hit Oxfam called in for crisis talks

Letters: The people can bring about change for good

Dear Editor

Over and over again we are told of the rich getting richer, with fantastic salaries and pay-offs and vast profit making cope with rising prices while the rest of us try to cope with rising prices, particularly of food, with wages held below inflation, it is getting more and more difficult just to ‘manage’. Continue reading Letters: The people can bring about change for good

Pennywell All Care Centre: what’s in that shiny new building?

Pennywell All Care Centre (formerly North West Partnership Centre) opened to the public on 18th December and will be officially opened later this month. The new Centre will provide a range of health and social care services, including new GP accommodation (Muirhouse Medical Group has opened a new branch surgery to complement their Muirhouse Avenue practice), podiatry and child health services. Continue reading Pennywell All Care Centre: what’s in that shiny new building?

Visitor video illuminates Paxton House’s history thanks to Edinburgh College students

Edinburgh College film students are helping the Borders’ Paxton House give visitors fresh insight into the richly historic mansion through a new guided tour video. Continue reading Visitor video illuminates Paxton House’s history thanks to Edinburgh College students