People should ’know who to turn to’ for health advice ahead of the New Year weekend. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith says it’s really important to know where to go for help over New Year, with seasonal illnesses such as flu and norovirus rising and further weather warnings for snow and ice that can lead to road accidents, slips and falls. Continue reading Staying safe over Hogmanay
A community pharmacist, the driving force behind Spartans Community Football Academy, a voluntary sector leader and the founders of SiMBA and Street Soccer are among the Edinburgh folk to receive New Year Honours announced yesterday. Continue reading New Year Honours for Edinburgh’s ‘extraordinary people’
Granton Community Garden Open Day
All About Me course comes to an end
Adam West, best known as TV’s caped crusader Batman, dies
One Love Manchester gig: a city unites against terrorism
Young Carers benefit gig
London Bridge terror attack
Trump turns his back on global pact
Theresa May wishes she hadn’t called that snap general election …
Amazing Harmonies at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre
Prince Edward visits new Fet-Lor
North Edinburgh Young People’s Forum Awards Night
Lifeline collapses
Short and sweet: UKIP leader Paul Nuttall calls it a day
St Columba’s Charity Disco
Grenfell Tower: an awful accident waiting to happen …
Power of Food Festival
PYCP’s AGM
Young Carers benefit gig
Minions are back – Despicable Me 3
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Hoardings project
Massacre in Manchester
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CAN holds People Powered Community event
Another terror attack – this time it’s New York
SAMH Redhall Walled Garden opens it’s gates
Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest
Saving a life at the community shop
Sgt Pepper is fifty!
Planting day at West Pilton Park
Enough’s enough: Prince Philip steps back from public duties
Gala at The Botanics
Special anniversary event for North Edinburgh Childcare
Drama in Leith
Stockbridge Colonies Yard Sale
An evening of European culture at North Edinburgh Arts
Goldenacre bowls
Singing out with the Timebank Temptations
Table Sale at Royston Wardieburn
Ukelele Day!
HOLYROOD ELECTIONS: SNP returned as biggest party … but no overall majority
COUNCIL ELECTIONS: SNP takes Edinburgh with the Conservatives close behind
Picnic at Starbank Park
Moors murderer Ian Brady dies
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Local women fight back against benefit reforms
MYDG’s circus skills project exhibition at North Edinburgh Arts
Pilton Community Health Project launches latest recipe book
Fair Trade Fiesta
Fifty years since Celtic won the European Cup
A Very Clever Cat ccomes to North Edinburgh Arts
Corbyn’s cunning plan …
Fire at the old Royal Victoria Hospital building in Craigleith
Woman cyclist killed at West End
Brushing up your skills in Muirhouse
Theresa May surprises the nation and calls a snap general election in June: not too keen on public debates, though!
Jo Cox one year on
Woman pedestrian dies in Davidsons Mains bus accident
Jack Sparrow’s back
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FashionABLE event at Waverley Station
Victory for Macron in France
Here we go: Brexit negotiations begin
Austerity is never far from the headlines
The UKIP Dream Team or Dumb and Dumber: Paul Nuttall with Nigel Farage
One for Arthur becomes only the second Scottish-trained winner of the Grand National
Event to mark World Autism Day
City council elections are looming: ELREC organises registration event
Open Weekend at Granton Hub
Election Fever? Craigleith Blackhall CC organises local election hustings
Social singing group starts at North Edinburgh Arts
Easter Funday with the Centipede Project
Granton & District Cc’s local election hustings cancelled
Bert’s Easter Egg hunt in North Edinburgh Arts garden
Edinburgh Helping Hands organise free community football sessions at Millennium Park
Holyrood turns on ‘heartless’ Tories
Another year ticks by: Madeleine McCann now missing for ten years (3 May)
ELREC pose an uncomfortable question …
Final lineup in Forth …
Cleaning up the planet, starting in Leith …
Borussia Dortmund team coach is attacked
Big Spring Clean in Muirhouse and Pennywell
Leith celebration
Let’s hear it for the girls?
Green light for new film and broacdcasting studio complex at Loanhead
Porgy and Bess: Scottish National Zazz Orchestra at Usher Hall
Capital-ism: Edinburgh landlords fill their boots while waiting lists grow longer
More than 30 landlords are operating lucrative short term letting businesses in Scotland’s capital, a new report reveals, adding to the pressure on Edinburgh’s housing stock. Continue reading Home truths: Edinburgh’s housing stock depleted by short-term lets
Trinity Community Council newsletter
And some seasonal security advice from our local community police officers:
WHILE temperatures plummet across Scotland in the lead up to the New Year, motorists are urged to take extra care when on the roads. As temperatures have already dropped below freezing across Scotland, roads are icy meaning drivers should only travel when necessary and be overly cautious when they do. Continue reading Simon says: stay safe while driving this winter
A HOUSING and care provider in Edinburgh made sure that no-one was left feeling lonely this Christmas. Staff and tenants at supported housing accommodation in Craigmillar organised a lonely scheme, which runs all year round, and this year the scheme made sure that its users had somewhere to be on Christmas Day. Continue reading Not lonely this Christmas at Castlebrae Glebe
Around 14,000 Police Scotland officers and staff are to receive enhanced training to assess instances of psychological abuse and coercive control in domestic abuse settings. Continue reading Additional police training to help tackle domestic abuse
