Sure bet: Briggs praises William Hill Prostate Cancer awareness initiative

A campaign to raise awareness about a disease which kills almost 1000 men a year in Scotland has been congratulated by the Scottish Conservatives Health Spokesman Miles Briggs.

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General Teaching Council figures reveal Brexit slump in EU teacher recruitment

The number of teachers from the EU applying to teach in Scotland has plummeted over the past year, according to figures from the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS) revealed by Holyrood magazine. Continue reading General Teaching Council figures reveal Brexit slump in EU teacher recruitment

Finding Fit: Edinburgh’s best independent gyms

With the rise of commercial gyms and fitness franchises, the personalised element of exercise has been taken out of many people’s regimes. At the same time, there is a growing number of independent gyms and clubs, which are thriving and producing real results for their communities. Continue reading Finding Fit: Edinburgh’s best independent gyms

Edinburgh art/photography exhibition expresses work of artists with sight loss

An exhibition of photography and painting by two artists with sight loss opens in Edinburgh on Saturday [August 4th]‘Kaleidoscope: a blind vision of colour and light’ will express Rosita McKenzie and Fiona Powell’s ways of seeing through abstract depictions of the landscape and world around them. Continue reading Edinburgh art/photography exhibition expresses work of artists with sight loss