George ‘Doddie’ Weir has been preparing to receive the esteemed Edinburgh Award 2018. Continue reading Rugby giant Doddie gets set for Edinburgh Award
Author: davepickering
Edinburgh reporter and photographer
Stop press! Nursing graduate David is out to make an impression
A FORMER printer has gone back to his old place of learning to begin a career in nursing at the age of 50. Continue reading Stop press! Nursing graduate David is out to make an impression
Citywide advertising board ban in force tomorrow
A citywide ban on all temporary on-street advertising structures, such as advertising boards (known as ‘A’ boards), will come into force tomorrow.
Continue reading Citywide advertising board ban in force tomorrow
Scotland’s wildlife needs your help!
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!
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