Author: davepickering

Edinburgh reporter and photographer

NEN: Top posts of 2018

It’s been a busy old year for your North Edinburgh News blog. National (Brexit) and international (Donald Trump) stories may have been making the headlines around the globe, but here in North Edinburgh it was a story about yet another closed local pub that was the most-read post of the year! The news comes as The Telford Arms has announced that it’s to close at the end of this month for a major refurbishment – and will re-open in March as The Scottish Engineer. Continue reading NEN: Top posts of 2018

Lord of the Rings: Britain’s quirkiest roundabouts

A traditional Chinese building, a cinema, and an aircraft are just some of the unusual features found in the middle of Britain’s roundabouts. Now motoring experts from Leasecar.uk have scoured the length of the country to reveal five weird and wonderful traffic island centre pieces. Continue reading Lord of the Rings: Britain’s quirkiest roundabouts

World’s First Digital Women’s Circle to celebrate National Storytelling Week

Founders of Connected Sisters, the online and social media platform for women to share true life stories, will be telling their own personal stories during this year’s National Storytelling Week 26th January – 2nd February.​ Continue reading World’s First Digital Women’s Circle to celebrate National Storytelling Week

Locality funding opportunity for community groups

£20,000 has been allocated to the North West Locality for the promotion of local cultural and artistic events to take place in 2019. Continue reading Locality funding opportunity for community groups

Turn resolutions into reality in 2019

A New Year often heralds the promise of a new start, providing us with an opportunity to take a moment to sit back and take a fresh look at what we would like to achieve in the brand new year ahead.

It usually involves a resolution or two around self-improvement, a health choice, whether this is losing weight, getting fitter, or taking more time to ourselves – all great ambitions.

But it’s estimated that 36% of us give up on our resolutions within the first month, and after six months over 50% have given up. 

Continue reading Turn resolutions into reality in 2019