Olympic athlete and animal lover Andrew Butchart got the second annual Scottish SPCA Pound for Paws event off to a flying start by taking to the track against one of his four-legged competitors this week. Continue reading Olympic athlete launches Scottish SPCA’s Pound for Paws event
Dr Rosy Carrick’s Tardis-like Police Box time machine materialised on Leamington Terrace, near Bruntsfield Links yesterday. Slightly off course (the show’s at Zoo Charteris) but that’s the way of these things! Continue reading The Fringe’s very own time-travelling doctor
Super Marrowman, Micah Stanbridge, from Edinburgh will cycle from the West to East Coast of America to raise money for Anthony Nolan, the charity that saved his mother’s life. Micah, 35, will cycle over 4,000 miles across America, in a bid to raise over £15,000 for Anthony Nolan, after the charity found a lifesaving stem cell donor for his mum in 2006. Continue reading Edinburgh’s Super Marrowman to embark on lifesaving trans-American cycle
JOB TODAY, the UK’s number one mobile hiring app, is championing the female workforce of Edinburgh by working with critically acclaimed British photographer, Lewis Khan, for an upcoming exhibition called ‘Saturday Girls’ in London. Continue reading Edinburgh’s female workforce to be featured in London exhibition
A man found in possession of explosive items and extreme right-wing paraphernalia at a flat in Meadowbank has been jailed for twelve years. Continue reading Edinburgh extremist jailed for twelve years
There has been a drastic reduction in specialist breastfeeding support in Lothian since December 2017 which has considerably disadvantaged new mothers in Lothian, according to Tory health spokesman Miles Briggs. Continue reading Lothian mums call for better access to specialist breast feeding support
Fed Up hearing politicians on Brexit?
Then come along to Festival Square at 1.30pm on Saturday and hear what speakers from worlds as diverse as entertainment, medical science and education have to say on the question of whether, in a democracy, the people should be allowed the right to decide whether they have changed their mind.
The Peoples Vote campaign, working with the European Movement in Scotland are staging a rally in support of a Vote on the Deal with speeches from
There’s even a rumour about a chlorinated chicken and hormonally supercharged cow making an appearance. But not a politician in sight!
So if you fancy something different on Saturday afternoon why not go along to Festival Square and wave a flag or a placard? Or simply listen to some fantastic speakers say why we simply can’t leave this to the politicians.
SIGNIFICANT expansion to an Edinburgh hotel that puts profits back into advancing surgical standards worldwide has been completed in time for the festival season. Continue reading Charitable Old Town building crowned Edinburgh’s largest independent hotel
The Caribbean’s smoothest saxophonist comes to Edinburgh this summer bringing a taste of carnival across the pond from Barbados. Tappin will once again take guests on a musical journey of the Caribbean islands, playing the smoothest in Jazz and reggae, thrilling the crowds at multiple venues across the country. Continue reading Barbados’ star saxophonist Arturo Tappin brings carnival fever to Fringe
National optician Vision Express is urging Edinburgh residents to take better care of their eye health, after a visit to the city revealed:
Continue reading Edinburgh residents short-sighted about eye health
