Letters: election broadcast by a working man

Dear Editor
Cooperation and Peace between all people is fundamental for our existence, every working family in the country would agree.
The opportunity though for those families to express their concerns is limited in that most ways of doing so
through the press and television are denied them. Most of these means are owned by very wealthy individuals
and corporations, whose interests are to keep control and make as much profit as possible: and they do.
To maintain that control it is essential to mould peoples thinking into accepting that only competition is good, that there is no other way. They are aware this does lead to economic slumps but comfort themselves they can
always pass the cost onto the working population, and if necessary fight for markets. These few very wealthy people believe it is their right to exercise control.
The opportunity to change things on June 8th by the people of the UK in electing as many Labour MP’s to
finally get rid of these savage anti-working people Tories. They can and do misrepresent, cut short or ignore Jeremy Corbyn sometimes completely  – but we have the V O T E.
A. Delahoy, Silverknowes Gardens

16th birthday vote for city pupils

Two Edinburgh secondary school pupils will head to the polls for the very first time – on their 16th birthday. Liberton High School S4 pupils Jade Jenkinson and Louis Baigan will both become eligible just in time to cast a vote in the local elections on Thursday 4 May. Continue reading 16th birthday vote for city pupils

Edinburgh to take centre stage on World Fringe Day

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs and Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society have announced plans for the inaugural World Fringe Day, an international day of celebration that will take place on Tuesday 11 July. Continue reading Edinburgh to take centre stage on World Fringe Day

Police launch Operation Close Pass

Campaign highlights space needed to pass cyclists safely 

Plain clothed police are taking to Edinburgh’s streets to highlight the space cyclists need for everyone to use our roads safely. Operation Close Pass will see drivers who pass an unmarked police cyclist too closely pulled over and given advice using a specially designed mat which shows how much space a person on a bicycle needs when overtaking them. Continue reading Police launch Operation Close Pass

‘Win, win’: specialist paramedics to deliver more care in the community

Extra funding for the Scottish Ambulance Service will help them up-skill paramedics, treat more patients in the community and reduce the numbers requiring hospital admission. A total of £6.3 million Scottish Government funding will support delivery of the Towards 2020: Taking Care to the Patient strategy – focusing on increasing the Service’s capacity for care at home or in the community. Continue reading ‘Win, win’: specialist paramedics to deliver more care in the community

New Tartan created to celebrate World Fair Trade

THE first-ever World Fair Trade tartan has been created to celebrate Scotland’s Fair Trade Nation status and will be presented to president WFTO Rudi Dalvai and the Minister for International Development, Alasdair Allan, on World Fair Trade Day on 13 May at the Fair Trade Fiesta at the Ross Band Stand. Continue reading New Tartan created to celebrate World Fair Trade

City schools urged to sign up for Scotland’s first nationwide online maths contest

Pupils from across the Lothians are being invited to showcase their numeracy skills and prove they are top of the class by joining the 265 classes in the region who have already signed up for Scotland’s first ever nationwide online school maths contest, launched today (Friday 21stApril) by Scottish education technology social enterprise Sumdog. Continue reading City schools urged to sign up for Scotland’s first nationwide online maths contest