Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is calling on volunteers across Britain to record sightings of mammals, dead or alive, as part in its annual Mammals on Roads survey. Continue reading Record roadkill sightings to help mammal conservation
Following reports that 84% of Scots want new taxes imposed on short-term landlords, a Director with one of Edinburgh leading letting agents believes it is a stark warning that policymakers must “catch-up”. Continue reading Edinburgh letting agent responds to call for short term letting tax
Thursdays 1 – 3pm at Madelvic House
PLANNING permission has been approved for the sensitive re-development of one of south Edinburgh’s best-known buildings and site of a former school for the blind.
Proposals from premium homebuilder CALA Homes will breathe new life into what was once Edinburgh’s Royal Blind School at Craigmillar Park. Continue reading Green light for redevelopment of historic capital school
Theatre show addressing Windrush scandal and lack of roles for minority actors goes on tour
A small BAME theatre group is taking on the Conservative government with a big message about the Windrush scandal. Continue reading Windrush-inspired comedy The Community Centre heads to Edinburgh
Bank of Scotland’s Business Barometer for July 2019 shows:
Continue reading Rock bottom: Business confidence takes a battering
Publicly funded leisure centres in all local authorities have now banned the sale of high-energy soft drinks to young people under the age of 16.
The restriction will apply to soft drinks with an added caffeine content of more than 150mg per litre. Continue reading Leisure centres ban high energy drinks for under 16s
Police are appealing for witnesses after the body of a man was discovered yesterday in the Pilton area.
The 38-year-old was found on a bench within a park in West Pilton March, just off West Granton Road, around 1.45pm on Saturday. Continue reading Unexplained death in West Pilton March: can you help?
Just one-year on from the day a defibrillator saved his life, an Edinburgh man has pledged to walk this year’s Kiltwalk to raise money to make the emergency devices more widely available across the city. Continue reading Cardiac arrest survivor to Kiltwalk for cause close to his heart
West Pilton West Granton Community Council resumes after the summer break with a meeting on Tuesday 6th August at West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre.
The meeting starts at 7pm – all welcome.
