Falling behind with post-festive finances needn’t be the ‘horror story’ that is often depicted by the media, according to the founder of an Edinburgh-based community bank, which is already dealing with a ‘steady stream’ of savings applications for next Christmas. Continue reading Plan now to avoid festive finance hangover, says Community Bank chief
How could Drylaw Parish Church be used? The church’s community survey will be closing very soon, so please spare five minutes to fill it in and share your ideas.
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Conservative health spokesperson Miles Briggs has called for a more structured diabetes education programme across the country and is urging the Scottish Government to take a lead. Continue reading Briggs calls for structured diabetes education
“No one should have to choose between going to the toilet or having a cup of tea, and this practice must come to an end”
Damning figures from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request have shown that a third of Scottish councils commissioned fifteen minute visits for the provision of personal care in 2016/17. Continue reading Do we really care? Charity exposes scandal of 15 minute visits
Has the council got it’s sums wrong?
Parents at Drummond Community High School and its feeder primary schools have united in opposition to the proposal to move the Gaelic Medium Education unit from James Gillespie’s High School to Drummond. Campaigners say the joint projected school rolls show that the school would be over capacity within four years and could not accommodate both Drummond and Gaelic pupils if the merger went ahead. Continue reading Drummond Community High School proposals “getting it wrong for every child”
In this most poignant of years, when the country will mark 100 years since the signing of the Armistice that heralded the end of the First World War, leading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland has adopted Lord Kitchener’s famous mantra – “Your country needs YOU!” – to launch a fundraising quest that is inspiring groups, schools, businesses, clubs and organisations around the country to take on the challenge of raising £1,918 (or more) in 2018. Continue reading PoppyScotland NEEDS YOU for ambitious fundraising challenge
The Royal Bank of Scotland “has listened and engaged with customers, communities and elected representatives from all parties” and will now keep ten branches open – at least until the end of the year. Continue reading Stay of execution for bank branches
A daring Edinburgh resident is set to undertake a gruelling trek from Hook of Holland to Istanbul covering more than 2,500 miles in order to raise money to support children and young people in hospital. Phil Crane, who embarks on the arduous expedition on his 69th birthday, is planning to walk through EIGHT countries in just seven months and follow in the footsteps of famous author Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor. Continue reading “You’re only as old as you feel”: Phil to tackle 2500 mile trek
Football world will never forget the original Busby Babes
The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958 when BEA Flight 609 crashed at 3:04pm on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany. A snowy, slushy day – just like today. Continue reading The day a team died: Munich remembered sixty years on
Projects to encourage greater representation of women in political roles at all levels of Scottish society are to be backed by a new £500,000 fund. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out the measures that will see grants provided for grassroots and local projects across the country to empower more women into politics. Continue reading FM announces action to improve women’s representation in politics
