The BBC will be running a series of Free Speech workshops for young people in Edinburgh next month. The workshops, which will take place at the BBC Festival Hub on the corner of Marshall Street/Potterow from Monday 5 – Friday 9 August (not Wednesday).
The free sessions, which will run from 10am – 4pm each day, will be hosted by Tina Daheley and Rick Edwards.
The Free Speech workshops are sure to be very popular so book now via learningedfest@bbc.co.uk
Bad weather has forced the organisers of the Edinburgh’s end of festival fireworks concert to move its family viewing area from Inverleith Park into the city centre.
Big screens and loudspeakers are usually set up in Inverleith Park to allow more people to enjoy the annual finale, but the park is waterlogged in places after persistent heavy rain and cannot be used for Sunday night’s event.
Viewing areas will now be set up on Waverley Bridge and to the north of Princes Street instead.
Waverley Bridge will close to traffic for the first time this year to provide more space for people to gather and becomes an official viewing area for the first time, and speakers will also be installed to relay the music played by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as the fireworks are set off over Edinburgh Castle.
There will also be another viewing area on the north of Princes Street, between Castle Street and Frederick Street, for families and people with disabilities.
The Edinburgh International Festival said it would put a proportion of its allocation of Princes Street Gardens tickets on sale tomorrow (Thursday) at 10am rather than the day before the display, as is usually the case, to help those who had planned on going to Inverleith Park to make alternative arrangements.
