New figures show Scotland has highest rates of compulsory mental health treatment in 15 years. This is part of a continued upwards trend, and means the number of new episodes of compulsory treatment using the Mental Health Act is the highest it has been in at least 15 years. Continue reading Concern over rising compulsory mental health treatment
Granton Primary School launched a new cooking club last week as part of the Food for Thought programme. Children made their own bread and butter and made their very own delicious minestrone soup! Continue reading Granton Primary School: from plot to plate!
Tuesday 24 October 12.30pm at Granton Parish Church
The Scottish SPCA was delighted to receive a very generous donation from family business, Calzeat. Continue reading Family business supports Scottish SPCA
Yesterday marked the start of Operation Myriad in the North West of Edinburgh following a highly successful campaign in June 2017 which saw over 70 arrests, over 20 vehicles seized and some significant partnership work with The City of Edinburgh Council, The Scottish Ambulance Service and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Continue reading Operation Myriad: latest crackdown on motorcycle crime launched
Continue reading Stop the Evictions, campaigners urge city council
With less than two weeks to go before the current round £1 coin goes out of circulation media royalty Jennie Bond is urging people in Edinburgh to donate their old pounds to help Barnardo’s Scotland change the lives of Scotland’s most vulnerable children. Continue reading Jennie Bond asks Edinburgh shoppers: hunt out your old pound coins for charity
Thousands of lives have been saved since the Department for Transport (DfT) introduced the maximum legal drink drive limit 50 years ago this weekend (7th October 1967). Continue reading Drink drive law turns 50
A new two-stage right turn junction to help keep cyclists safe is being introduced on one of the city’s major roads – the first such junction of its kind in Scotland. This is due to ‘go live’ at McDonald Road at the end of this month as part of ongoing public realm and active travel improvements to Leith Walk. Continue reading Two-stage junction to improve Leith road safety
Police are seeking a man involved in three incidents over a ten minute period in Stockbridge on Friday morning. Two sexual assaults – including one on a woman pushing a child in a buggy – took place between 8.35 and 8.45 on North West Circus Place. Continue reading Police seek man following sexual assaults in Stockbridge
