The Scottish SPCA is appealing to animal lovers in Edinburgh and the Lothians to donate vegetables and washing powder for the wildlife in their National Wildlife Centre in Fishcross. Continue reading Scotland’s wildlife needs your help!
Author: davepickering
Edinburgh reporter and photographer
fashionABLE launch tomorrow
Year of Youth 2018 #YOYP2018
THIS autumn, fashionABLE fashion show, is part of the very first Inclusive Fashion Week that will be launched on the 5th of November at St Margaret’s House, Drawing Room (3rd floor), Edinburgh, with the support of Upward Mobility and Models of Diversity. Continue reading fashionABLE launch tomorrow
FM: ‘UK Government must come clean on Brexit cost to NHS’.
The UK Government must come clean on the mounting costs of Brexit to the heath sector, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.
Continue reading FM: ‘UK Government must come clean on Brexit cost to NHS’.
heART anonymous art auction
Can you tell your Sturgeon from your Steven Brown? National charity Heart Research UK has launched an anonymous art fundraiser where YOU can bag a piece of original celebrity art. Continue reading heART anonymous art auction
Foxes: Greens highlight SNP hold up as Hunt season begins
Scottish Green MSP Alison Johnstone today highlighted the Scottish Government’s inactivity over a proper fox hunting ban, three years after the SNP group at Westminster voted against attempts to relax the ban in England and Wales. [1] Continue reading Foxes: Greens highlight SNP hold up as Hunt season begins
Fan Power!
- Fans at the Wales v Scotland match will burn enough energy to power an electric car from Glasgow to Fort William
- A rendition of Flower of Scotland will burn enough energy to power a TV for nearly half an hour
- Scottish Gas research looks at how many calories fans watching the rugby match would use and the equivalent energy output
Disabled motoring event returns in 2019
Following this summer’s warm welcome and successful turn out The Big Event, the UK’s largest display of cars, scooters and powered wheelchairs for disabled people, will return to the NEC in Birmingham on 28-29 June 2019. Continue reading Disabled motoring event returns in 2019
Royal Voluntary Service to expand iconic hospital trolley service nationwide
Call for volunteers in Edinburgh to take to the wards
Could you be the friendly face that makes all the difference to a hospital patient’s day? Continue reading Royal Voluntary Service to expand iconic hospital trolley service nationwide
Stuart Herd exhibition at The Torrance Gallery
1st to 17th November 2018
Monday to Friday 11am – 6pm Saturday 10.30am – 4pm 
www.torrancegallery.co.uk
Paintings are for sale on receipt of this email
The Torrance Gallery
36 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6JN
0131 556 6366
Deputy First Minister John Swinney is an Apprentice for the Day
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney became a Software Development Apprentice for the Day as he spent time hearing from two IT foundation apprentices at Edinburgh College yesterday. Continue reading Deputy First Minister John Swinney is an Apprentice for the Day