Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking has teamed up with an award-winning community activist to create a ‘how to’ guide, to help people set up a pocket park – or ‘parklet’ – on their street. Continue reading National charity wants you to put the park into parking
Should politicians get an extra year in office – or is four years already too long? Proposals to change the way national and local elections are run in Scotland are to be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. Continue reading Five year terms for MSPs and councillors? Have your say
Hey you!
Yeah, you with the face and the mouth and all that!
Do you like cakes? Do you like to help charities by eating cakes?
I know, it’s an awesome idea so why not come along to Drumbrae Library Hub on Thursday 26th at 12-2pm and buy some cakes and then consume them with your mouth parts and in the process help Macmillan, an awesome charity (who also happen to have a wee area in Drumbrae Library Hub (and others)).
This all sounds like an amazing plan and I’ll see you then.
A new benefit to support young people starting a new job after a period of unemployment will be introduced next Spring. The Job Start Payment is a new payment to help young people with the cost of starting a new job. Continue reading Young workers to benefit from Job Start Payment
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers has this week met members of the Scottish fishing, farming and food and drink industries as part of a two-day visit to Moray and Aberdeenshire. Continue reading Environment Secretary meets Scottish farmers
RUGBY WORLD CUP 2019
20 September – 2 November in Japan
The ninth Rugby World Cup gets under way in Japan today. It’s the first time the tournament will be held in Asia, but the usual countries are expected to dominate the event.
Scotland’s campaign gets underway on Sunday, and their opening fixture couldn’t come any tougher – we face the team who currently top the world rankings, Ireland.
The result of this game could well determine just how far Scotland progress in the tournament. Victory, and the likelihood of topping the group, would see Scotland enjoying an easier run to progress in the tournament – in theory at least!
Scotland’s best RWC performance was a semi-final appearance back in 1991 and we would do well to repeat that achievement – elimination at the quarter final stage would seem more realistic.
Who will win it? There is currently no one dominant force in world rugby and the tournament is more open than it’s ever been, with five or perhaps six teams capable of winning the Web Ellis Trophy.
World number one Ireland, South Africa, Wales and current holders New Zealand all have sound claims and Australia can never be written off.
And of course, there’s England …
Russia and Japan get the tournament under way this morning – and I confidently predict that neither of these nations will be lifting the trophy on 2nd November!
For the third year in a row, we’re joining the national Marine Conservation Society for their ‘Great British Beach Clean’. We’re also celebrating the things we’ve tried to do over the year, and that we want to make sure happen.
The Wild Ones and Wardie Bay Beachwatch have applied to SEPA for Bathing Water Quality Monitoring at Wardie Bay. We want the sea to be healthy to swim in, and our environment to be as protected as it can be.
We are working with landowners and the Angling Megastore to provide fishing litter and general waste bins and signage on the Eastern Breakwater, to make sure our places are properly looked after, and to ask people to help sustain it.
Wardie Bay Beachwatch represents the hopes we have for our wider environment. If we all act on a local level and take that with us into whatever we do, and ask others to do the same, we can help.
Please join us!
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Sunday 22 September, 11:30 – 14:00
Please come and encourage friends and family to come along too.
Gloves and litter picking equipment are provided.
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Please also visit our twitter page @wardiebaybeach for regular tweets or find the event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/483972618831239/
Write to Karen at wardiebaybeachwatch@gmail.com for further information.
Looking forward to seeing you!
In a statement to the Scottish Parliament yesterday, Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced that the mandatory named person scheme for every child – enshrined in the Children And Young People Act 2014 – will be repealed.
Mr Swinney also confirmed that the proposed new law on information sharing on named persons will not proceed. Continue reading Controversial Named Person scheme is ditched
WORLD PREMIERE
DOGSTAR THEATRE COMPANY
in association with An Lanntair
present
The Stornoway Way
adapted from the novel by Kevin MacNeil
Dogstar Theatre Company are delighted be continuing their association with An Lanntair in presenting the world premiere of The Stornoway Way.
Adapted from the novel by Kevin MacNeil, the production played two performances at An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, on 30 and 31 August and will be touring Scotland throughout October opening at the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, on Thursday 3 October at 7.30pm. Continue reading National tour for Dogstar’s The Stornoway Way
Adult Education Evening Classes
Starts Monday 23 September, 7 – 9pm at Broughton High School
