In-house Gym and Physiotherapy at Edinburgh’s Newest Care Home

Edinburgh’s newest and most luxurious care home is to have a state-of-the-art gym and give its residents access to unrivalled health and fitness support, including innovative fall prevention classes. Due to open this summer, Cramond Residence has announced an exclusive physiotherapy partnership with Balanced Edinburgh, which specialises in functional rehabilitation and fall prevention to help older people become more independent. Continue reading In-house Gym and Physiotherapy at Edinburgh’s Newest Care Home

Three thousand people have their say on Trams to Newhaven

“Of course, no final decision on taking trams to Newhaven, or not, will be made until much later in the year”

Trams to Newhaven consultation event at Leith Community Education Centre
Consultation event at Leith Community Education Centre, 12 April 2018

More than three thousand people have shared their views in a six-week long consultation about plans for taking trams to Newhaven. Edinburgh citizens either attended one of the information events, sent in their comments by email or completed the consultation online on the Council’s Consultation Hub. Continue reading Three thousand people have their say on Trams to Newhaven

Cancer patients set to benefit from world’s largest surgery study

Improved care for patients undergoing cancer surgery is the focus of a pioneering worldwide study, launched today. Doctors say the initiative – funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) – will enable them to gauge surgery quality across the globe and highlight ways to improve patient care. Conservative health spokesman Miles Briggs has welcomed the announcement. Continue reading Cancer patients set to benefit from world’s largest surgery study

The Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership’s on parade at Canal View

May Day Celebration: Artists Walker and Bromwich present The Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership at Canal View Primary School in Wester Hailes. Continue reading The Dragon of Profit and Private Ownership’s on parade at Canal View

Charity seeks home for touching bereavement cards

Edinburgh Napier graphic design students partner with SANDS Lothians in new project

A local charity which supports parents who have lost a child is looking for a home to stock a range of touching bereavement cards designed by Edinburgh Napier students. Continue reading Charity seeks home for touching bereavement cards

Letters: All in this together? Don’t believe the lies!

Dear Editor

The misplaced faith expressed by the people of the UK in 2010, believing the financial disaster caused by the banking industry would be dealt with by the Conservatives and their Liberal allies in a fair way, saying that “we are all in this together.”

In a typically British way, the government was given a chance to ‘do the right thing’ but we know, to our cost, they didn’t. Instead, they embarked on a systematic policy of wage-cutting and drastic cuts in both local and national public services for eight years – and they have said cuts will continue for many years to come.

People have learned a hard lesson in thinking that Conservatives will be fair and treat all people equally. They have failed on all counts: they are not competent, they are not fair and, above all, they seem not to care.

Their main political purpose is to maintain the system of ownership and control by the rich, for the rich.

A. Delahoy

Silverknowes Gardens