Golden memories for Diane at Commonwealth Pool

Gold Medalist Revisits Scene of Commonwealth Glory

A swimmer who won Gold in the 100m butterfly at the 1Xth Commonwealth Games, held in Edinburgh in 1970, has revisited her place of victory for the first time in 49 years. Continue reading Golden memories for Diane at Commonwealth Pool

Morrisons charity football match raises £832

The weather was awful, but Sunday night’s charity football match at Spartans between the two local Morrisons stores still raised an impressive £832.76

Congratulations to the organisers and to everyone who took part to help raise funds for SAMH and CLIC SARGENT.

The match result? On an evening better suited to water polo Ferry Road beat their Granton Waterfront rivals 4 – 0!

Pic Collage: Morrisons Granton

Kate Wimpress appointed Co-Convener of Citizen’s Assembly

North Edinburgh Arts chief to joint-lead national engagement initiative

Two independent conveners have been appointed to lead the first Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland. Former Labour MEP David Martin and third sector leader Kate Wimpress were welcomed to the role by Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell, who described it as a key moment for the project.

Meanwhile, it has been announced that Assembly meetings will be held over six weekends from 25/26 October 2019 to 24/26 April 2020 in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Continue reading Kate Wimpress appointed Co-Convener of Citizen’s Assembly

John Swinney: “These are a strong set of results”

Entries and pass rates for National 5 have increased and Higher results in Science have improved according to annual SQA results.  

In a set of results that reflect the continued high standards of the Scottish qualification system, the pass rate for National 5 increased by 0.7 percentage points to 78.2% and the pass rate at Higher decreased 2.0 percentage points to 74.8%. Continue reading John Swinney: “These are a strong set of results”