Holyrood’s Local Government and Communities Committee is set to explore the impact of a Bill which aims to reform non-domestic rates in Scotland. Continue reading Public views sought on non-domestic rates reform
Day: April 9, 2019
School work continues during Easter holidays!
Planned works ranging from repairs and maintenance to upgrades will be taking place at 35 schools and nurseries during the Easter holidays as part of a major £47m maintenance programme.
Continue reading School work continues during Easter holidays!
Edinburgh Science Festival: The Musical Brain
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Playlist for Life are the UK’s leading music and dementia charity and the University of Edinburgh’s Prevent Dementia project aims to identify the earliest signs of the disease. And together, they are exploring how the power of music can help those with dementia. This event, The Musical Brain, will be outlining the neuroscience behind the phenomenon, offering an engaging showcase of how this works in practice and explaining current research while giving advice on how everyone can protect their brain health. The talk will take place on Saturday 13th April at 1200 in the Auditorium at the National Museum of Scotland. Tickets are available online The Edinburgh Science Festival runs until 21st April
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Domestic abuser jailed
A man who assaulted a woman over an 11-year-period has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison.
John McAdam, aged 53, subjected the victim to a series of domestic assaults between 2006 and 2017 in the Midlothian and Scottish Borders area. Continue reading Domestic abuser jailed
Raising Children with Confidence course at Royston Wardieburn
New seven week course starts 30th April
Smashing egg-travaganza at Craiglockhart Tennis Centre
Edinburgh Leisure’s Craiglockhart Tennis Centre is hosting an egg-travaganza Festival of Tennis on Easter Sunday on 21st April from 2-4pm, with something for all the family.
Open to members and non-members, there will be an opportunity to get a taste of the programmes and courses on offer at Edinburgh’s flagship tennis facility, have the opportunity to pick up a racket and have some fun and potentially, witness a Guinness World Record being smashed.
Scotland’s leading racket experts and retailers, Gannon Sports, who have an outlet at Craiglockhart, will be attempting a record of the fastest stringing of a tennis racket. The team at Gannon Sports have been practising hard to shave off as much time off the 15-minute benchmark.
Craiglockhart Tennis Centre offers junior tennis classes from as young as 18 months, up to adults of all abilities. Craiglockhart Tennis Centre has six indoor courts and a further six outdoor clay courts (five with floodlights for evening play), and a cycling studio.
Its Leisure Centre also boasts a spacious gym with over 70 pieces of kit, fitness studios, squash courts and a multipurpose sports hall.
The outdoor tennis courts at Craiglockhart have seen many world-famous players grace their surface over the years from Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe in the 1970s to Andy Murray in the 90s.
For more information or to book a slot visit www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/festival-of-tennis .
Craiglockhart Leisure & Tennis Centre, 177 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1BZ Telephone 0131 443 0101
“Obscene”: Gas boss pockets 44% pay increase while workers worry over job cuts
In the wake of fresh job cuts in energy giant Centrica, GMB Scotland has branded Chief Executive Iain Conn’s 44 per cent pay increase as ‘obscene’. Continue reading “Obscene”: Gas boss pockets 44% pay increase while workers worry over job cuts