Month: June 2018

Growing Up with Books: open up a world of imagination

From the never-ending adventures of Peter Pan to shipwrecked tales from Robinson Crusoe, Growing Up with Books will chart a magical journey through centuries of children’s books.

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Hair is the news: It’s a great hair day at JFK!

HAIR BY JFK RECEIVE CLIENT EXPERIENCE AWARD FOR 2018

It’s a great news day for Edinburgh salon, Hair by JFK, who have received the exciting news that they have received a Client Experience Award for 2018 from salon software provider, Phorest due to their consistent fantastic client reviews. Continue reading Hair is the news: It’s a great hair day at JFK!

Fish and chips celebrated on Royal Mint 10p coins

  • Get your hands on a ‘fish and chips’ design 10 pence piece from The Royal Mint in celebration of one of Britain’s favourite dishes
  • 26 new 10 pence piece designs have been unveiled as part of The Great British Coin Hunt, celebrating what makes Britain great

Yesterday (1 June marked National Fish and Chips Day, and to celebrate this Great British dish, The Royal Mint has partnered with a selection* of fish and chip shops across Great Britain and Northern Ireland to release a limited number of special ‘fish and chip’ design 10p coins into tills from this weekend.

Created as part of The Great British Coin Hunt, the ‘Fish and Chips’ 10p coin celebrates one of the many things that makes Britain great. It was voted as the most quintessentially British dish according to the public (52%), beating a Sunday Roast (23%) and Cream Tea (7.4%).

To get your hands on one of these special 10p coins, visitors must simply make a cash purchase in one of a number of selected fish and chip shops across the UK and Northern Ireland. Alternatively, the coins are available to purchase from The Royal Mint in a range of finishes, from uncirculated to silver proof.

Additional coins launched as part of The Great British Coin Hunt include cricket and the Loch Ness monster (below). The 26 coins map out the A-Z of what makes Britain great – from the Angel of the North to a Zebra Crossing.

Accompanying the physical Great British Coin Hunt collection, The Royal Mint has introduced the Great British Coin Hunt app, allowing coin hunters to create a digital collection of the coins they find in their change.

Users can download the app for free from the App Store or Google Play, to scan the coin with their camera, unlocking exclusive content and placing their coin into a digital folder. They can also link the app to their social media to share the treasures they find in their pockets and wallets.

A heat-map within the app shows where different coins are being found around the country and users can even use the app to have a go at designing their own coin.

The entire collection has been rolling out into circulation across the country and will be available at selected Post Offices. A collectors’ folder, and silver proof and uncirculated versions of the 10p coins are available to purchase from The Royal Mint website.

For more information visit www.royalmint/coinhunt

* Fish and chip shops where the special 10p coins can be found from this weekend

Fish and Chips@Weston Grove Unit 1 Weston Grove, Upton Chester Cheshire CH21QL
Frydays of Kendal 6 New Road Kendal Cumbria LA9 4AY
Fylde Fish Bar 117 Fylde Road, Marshside Southport Merseyside PR9 9XP
Golden Carp Chippy Unit 8 Matchborough Centre Redditch Worcestershire B98 0EP
Harlees Corfe 159 Wareham Road Corfe Mullen Dorset BH21 3LB
Harlees Verwood 94 Manor Road, Verwood Dorset BH31 6EB
Harlees Poole Quay Harbourside, Poole Quay Poole Dorset BH15 1HJ
Harlees Amesbury 3 Bence Court, Archers Way, Amesbury, Wiltshire SP4 7FR
Harlees The Parade Swanage 1 The Parade, Swanage Dorset Dorset BH19 1DA
Harlees Salisbury 10 Butcher Row Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 1EP
Harlees Herston 355 High Street, Swanage Dorset BH19 2NP
Penaluna’s Famous Fish & Chips 35a/36 High Street, Hirwaun , RCT Hirwaun Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 8SW
Quayside Restaurant & Fish Bar West Quay, Gourdon Gourdon Aberdeenshire DD10 0NN
Silverfin Traditional Fish and Chips Unit 8b Greenbank Service Station, Warrenpoint Road Newry County Armagh BT4 2PF
The Esk Cafe 4 English Street Longtown Cumbria CA6 5SD
The Fish Factory 51-53 Brighton Road Worthing Sussex BN11 3EE
The Fish Works 3 The Promenade Largs Ayrshire KA30 8BG

Hidden Gems walks return next week

We are pleased to be running out popular Hidden Walks again this summer (writes Pilton Community Health Project’s Physical Activity development worker Lianne Pipskj). Each Thursday from 7 June- 9 August there will be a volunteer-led, themed walk exploring different parts of North Edinburgh (see programme below).

A guest volunteer will be there each week to give people information (historical and environmental) about certain points on the walks.

First up next week is Lauriston Castle …

Costume for Stage and Screen students bring Edwardian style to Festival Theatre

Exquisite tailoring and elegant Edwardian silhouettes will be taking over Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre as Edinburgh College Costume students display their work in a new exhibition opening next week. Continue reading Costume for Stage and Screen students bring Edwardian style to Festival Theatre

Winners of the 2018 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service announced

A record 250 voluntary groups from across the UK will today receive a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for their work in their communities. Among them are the volunteers from the Scottish Seabird Centre at North Berwick and two Edinburgh organisations: Ageing Well volunteers (above) and LINKnet Mentoring, who provide advice and guidance to BME people. Continue reading Winners of the 2018 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service announced

Scottish Rugby announces plans for new stadium in grounds of BT Murrayfield

Scottish Rugby has announced it has applied for planning permission to install a new playing venue in the grounds of BT Murrayfield, which will have a capacity of up to 7,800. The development is intended to be the new home of Edinburgh Rugby and would be located on a section of land currently used as training pitches.

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Wightman challenges First Minister on ‘Tourist Tax’

Scotland’s capital is being denied “normal European city” status due to Scottish Government inaction on visitor levies, according to Scottish Greens local government spokesperson Andy Wightman MSP.

The Lothian MSP used yesterday’s First Minister’s Questions session to urge the Scottish Government to bring forward legislation to give local councils powers that municipalities in other European countries take for granted.

New research compiled by Edinburgh City Council, debated in the city chambers yesterday, says that a Visitor Levy would not deter tourists and could raise up to an extra £29million a year for local services.

Andy Wightman, Scottish Green MSP for Lothian, said: “Local government finances are stretched due to our capital city’s status as a tourism magnet but an obvious solution exists and that is to give Edinburgh and Scotland’s other cities and councils the power of a normal European city – the power to levy a visitor charge. A small contribution per person would generate significant funds to maintain and improve local services.

“Such taxes are commonplace in other European cities and countries, including Paris, Rome, Venice, Amsterdam and Berlin. It’s baffling that the Scottish Government continues to drag its feet on this issue, and I will continue to campaign for real local democracy in Scotland.”