TUESDAY 17 MAY 10am – 3pm
North Edinburgh Arts Centre
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling
9th – 16th JUNE
Edinburgh is getting ready for Scotland’s greatest celebration of bicycle culture. The city will host the fourth edition of the Edinburgh Festival of Cycling from 9–19 June 2016.
Healthy appetites at Millennium Centre
Pilton Community Health Project food development instructor Joanna has led her second cooking instruction class in a fortnight at Muirhouse Millennium Centre (writes James McGinty).
Joanna is well known for her dedication to healthy foods and the latest selection included Overnight Oatmeal, Guacamole on toast, Guacamole Wraps and Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches. Last week’s treats included Grenola Bars and Humus.
SEE survey
Interested in making films? Screen Education Edinburgh – formerly Pilton Video – wants your views on film making classes for adults.
SEE’s Alex Callaghan is checking out the level of local interest through an online survey.
To take part in the survey click here.
Stockbridge and Inverleith community meeting
Stockbridge & Inverleith Community Meeting
Wednesday 8 June at 7 pm
Stockbridge Parish Church, Saxe-Coburg Street
I am writing on behalf of Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council (SICC) to invite you to come along to a community meeting on Wednesday 8 June 2016 at 7 pm at Stockbridge Parish Church, 7b Saxe Coburg Street, Edinburgh, EH3 5BN. Continue reading Stockbridge and Inverleith community meeting
RSNO to perform Cole Porter songbook
RSNO shares birthday celebration with Cole Porter
TWENTIETH century musical monolith Cole Porter, would have been 125 this month, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), sharing this common anniversary this year, will mark the occasion by performing two concerts which focus on his substantial catalogue of music for stage and screen. Continue reading RSNO to perform Cole Porter songbook
Leisure staff ‘jump in’ in Leith
Ten Edinburgh Leisure staff jumped in to help raise money to fund essential swimming lessons for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Edinburgh yesterday. The fundraisers were joined by children from Stanwell Primary School, who came down to Leith Victoria Swim Centre to cheer them on. Continue reading Leisure staff ‘jump in’ in Leith
ELECTION: SNP falls just short of majority
With all the results now in, the final state of the parties is:
SNP 63 (-6 on 2011 Holyrood election result)
CON 31 (+16)
LAB 24 (-13)
GRN 6 (+4)
LD 5 (no change)
The SNP has fallen two seats short of forming a majority government and must now decide whether to go it alone as a minority government or enter into an agreement with one of the other parties.
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Election results: Edinburgh
Edinburgh results in full:
EDINBURGH CENTRAL
RUTH DAVIDSON (CON) 10, 399
Alison Dickie (SNP) 9789
Sarah Boyack (LAB) 7546
Alison Johnstone (GRN) 4644
Hannah Bettswoth (LD) 1672
Tom Laird (SLD) 119
Majority 610
CONSERVATIVE GAIN
EDINBURGH EASTERN
ASH DENHAM (SNP) 16,760
Kezia Dugdale (LAB) 11 673
Nick Cook (CON) 5 700
Cospatric D’Inverno (LD) 1 264
Majority 5087
Turnout 56.3%
SNP HOLD
EDINBURGH NORTHERN & LEITH
BEN MacPHERSON (SNP) 17,322
Lesley Hinds (LAB) 10 576
Iain McGill (CON) 6 781
Martin Veart (LD) 1779
Jack Caldwell (IND) 1344
Majority 6746
Turnout 55.2%%
SNP GAIN
EDINBURGH PENTLANDS
GORDON MacDONALD (SNP) 13, 181
Gordon Lindhurst (CON) 10 725
Blair Heary (LAB) 7 811
Emma Farthing-Sykes (LD) 1 636
Majority 2456
Turnout 60.4%
SNP HOLD
EDINBURGH SOUTHERN
DANIEL JOHNSON (LAB) 13, 597
Jim Eadie (SNP) 12 474
Miles Briggs (CON) 9 972
Pramod Subbaraman (LD) 2 216
Majority 1123
Turnout 64.2%
LABOUR GAIN
EDINBURGH WESTERN
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON (LD) 16, 645
Toni Giugliano (SNP) 13 685
Sandy Batho (CON) 5 686
Cat Headley (LAB) 3 750
Majority 2960
Turnout 64.5%
LIB DEM GAIN
LOTHIAN LIST MSPs (7)
Jeremy Balfour (Con)
Miles Briggs (Con)
Kezia Dugdale (Lab)
Neil Findlay (Lab)
Alison Johnstone (Grn)
Gordon Lindhurst (Con)
Andy Wightman (Grn)
6am Election Update
State of the Parties at 6am
SNP 57 (+ 6)
CON 6 (+4)
LD 4 (+ 2)
LAB 3 (-12)
Three constituencies still to declare. SNP needs 65 seats for an absolute majority.
First of the List Votes counts to be declared shortly
MAIN POINTS
- SNP on course for historic third victory
- Absolute majority still in the balance
- Lib Dems take Edinburgh West
- Party leaders Willie Rennie, Nicola Sturgeon and Ruth Davidson win their constituency seats but Kezia Dugdale loses out in Edinburgh Eastern.
- Jackie Baillie and Iain Gray hold on to their seats and Daniel Johnstone wins Edinburgh Southern the only highlights on a bad night for Labour, who are wiped out in Glasgow