Letters: Remember, remember

Dear Editor,

After years of relentless hostility to the Labour Party and in particular to Jeremy Corbyn, under rules for the election campaign equal coverage had to be given. Up to that point the Tories thought they had successfully destroyed both and the election would be a walkover.

When the Labour Party policies were able to be presented clearly to the people with
their intention to end the continuing disastrous Tory cuts in social services and
the value of wages the people listened and liked it. They also understood the only way to do this was to vote, and they did in their hundreds and hundreds of
thousands .just a whisker away from defeating the Tories and all they stand for
all they have done to us, and intend to do.

The anti Labour/ Jeremy Corbyn has already started again, hoping people will again
fall for it: we just have to remember what the Tories have done to us over 7 years.

A. Delahoy,
Silverknowes Gardens, Edinburgh

To Leith from Leith Walk: Malcolm opens new surgery

Former health minister Malcolm Chisholm was on hand to help open the new £1.17m Leith Surgery on Thursday. Malcolm was an obvious choice – as well as representing North and Leith at both Holyrood and Westminster, Malcolm has also been registered at the Leith Walk surgery for forty years!

Up to 2,000 more patients will be added to the surgery list as a result of the move which will provide a modern and fit-for-purpose facility. Continue reading To Leith from Leith Walk: Malcolm opens new surgery

Scotland Women prepare for Euro 2017 with nutrition workshop at Edinburgh College

Scotland’s Women’s National Football Team swapped football boots for aprons when they attended a workshop on cooking and nutrition at the Edinburgh College campus on Granton Waterfront ahead of their appearance at UEFA Women’s Euro 2017. Continue reading Scotland Women prepare for Euro 2017 with nutrition workshop at Edinburgh College

NHS Lothian mental health spending tops £1 billion since 2007

Scottish NHS Boards commit nearly £8 billion to tackle mental health services over decade

Latest figures have revealed that NHS Lothian spending on mental health services has totalled over £1 billion since 2007. Local MSP Ben Macpherson says the figures show the SNP’s commitment to supporting those with mental health issues since the party came to power a decade ago. Continue reading NHS Lothian mental health spending tops £1 billion since 2007

Teachers’ report on effects of poverty makes ‘shocking reading’

Teaching union the EIS has today  formally launched a summary report of a member survey on the impact of poverty in education. The survey was designed to gauge members’ perceptions of how poverty arising from cuts to social security benefits, poor wages and insecurity of employment, is impacting in the classroom.   Continue reading Teachers’ report on effects of poverty makes ‘shocking reading’

Lights, camera … Granton!

Granton Primary School film premieres in Paris

Granton Primary School teacher Avril Whelan runs an after school Film Club with P6’s and P7’s. The children have made four films – one of which premiered in Paris last month! In the week before the holidays the children staged a French themed event to present their fabulous films to their parents.  Continue reading Lights, camera … Granton!

Universal Credit forcing families into debt, says report

The rollout of Universal Credit should be paused until significant problems with it are fixed, says Citizens Advice. In a new report – Delivering on Universal Credit – the charity reveals that the requirement to wait for six weeks to receive any payment means people face serious financial insecurity, with many being forced into debt. Continue reading Universal Credit forcing families into debt, says report

Time to celebrate The Scotsman’s 200th birthday

Edinburgh’s world-famous floral clock in Princes Street Gardens is now in full bloom, celebrating the 200th anniversary of The Scotsman newspaper. The much-loved blossoming timepiece, maintained by the City of Edinburgh Council, forms part of a year of bicentenary celebrations.

Continue reading Time to celebrate The Scotsman’s 200th birthday

Can you dig it? Come to Cammo House this weekend

It was the ‘House of Shaws’ which inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Kidnapped. Now budding archaeologists are being invited to explore the historic site for themselves at an open weekend in Cammo Estate. Residents of all ages and skills can put their excavation skills to the test and learn about the work of the Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society at the remains of Cammo House this weekend (Friday 7 – Saturday 8 July). Continue reading Can you dig it? Come to Cammo House this weekend