By Megan Berkley Last night, the famous Christmas tree on the Mound was lit. For the past 24 years Edinburgh has received the gift of the tree, given to the City by the people of Hordaland, Norway. The launch of Capital Christmas saw for the first time ever, the hugely popular Edinburgh Wheel, Winter Wonderland [...]
by Emma Craig and Megan Berkley Pyjama parties with a twist have been held in Edinburgh to raise money for children. Oxgangs Primary School has been one of many to take part in fundraising for Children in Need. On Friday both school children and teachers came dressed in their pyjamas for lessons. Their donations raised [...]
Scottish charities face a bleak future since The Lloyd’s TSB Foundation closed its doors to new funding applications, said Chief Executive of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisation Martin Sime. The foundation provided more than £6 million to Scottish charities in 2008, across large established charities and smaller community based projects. Nearly 1000 charities will lose [...]
By Joanna Park & Natalie Deacon A Labour MSP has condemned the SNP minimum alcohol pricing bill as ‘unworkable.’ Labour MSP John Park said: “The proposal brought to us by the SNP was unworkable and unfortunately while labour did suggest the idea of a commission, this was rejected by the SNP, so unfortunately we are [...]
An autism charity has condemned the Home Secretary’s decision to extradite Gary McKinnon to the US to face computer hacking charges. Glasgow-born McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome,is alleged to have caused $700,000 of damage to Pentagon military computers. McKinnon maintains he was simply searching for evidence on UFO sightings. The Home Secretary Alan Johnson [...]
By Charlotte Prentice Hygiene standards at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary are to be independently reviewed in January, the NHS trust has revealved. But subsequent inspections will only be conducted every three years – news, which has been condemned by the UK’s main patients pressure group. It seems although there is an abundance of investigations showing a [...]
Homecoming Live: The Final Fling, the grand finale to the Scottish Government’s year of homecoming takes place this weekend, despite poor ticket sales. The three major concerts that make up the event , staged at Glasgow’s SECC , have already been scaled down. Acts such as Deacon Blue, Hue and Cry and Midge Ure have been moved from the venue’s hall [...]
By Kenny Simpson Fountain Park is ‘thriving’ after opening ten years ago due to offering credit crunch suffering Edinburgers’ an alternate to costly nights out, according to a business guru. The leisure park has become one of Edinburgh’s most popular hotspots with an average daily attendance figure of 10,000 people. Napier business guru Robert Wilkinson said, “While it [...]
By Phil Turnbull Tickets for rock legends Kiss’ upcoming Glasgow show sold out within ten minutes of going on sale today. The standing tickets were priced at £40 and were limited to four per customer. A spokesman for the SECC this morning confirmed: “Standing tickets have all sold out and the seating tickets are definitely on [...]
By Hollie Hanlan and Kirsty Topping November 27, 2009 Universities across Scotland are to teach students how to circumvent the world’s most secure computer systems. Abertay University in Dundee has already launched its Ethical Hacking and Computer Security course and Edinburgh Napier is set to follow suit with a course called Advanced Security and Digital [...]
By Carolyn Mearns & Olivia Scott Edinburgh officially welcomed the festive period with the switching on of the City Christmas tree and the street lights. on Thursday evening. As the nights roll in faster and the weather resembles a scene from a Hollywood ‘end-of-the-world’ film, the people of Edinburgh are looking for some winter entertainment. So grab a [...]
Scotland are aiming to complete a clean sweep in Autum tests if they overcome argentina on Saturday. having beaten Fiji and then grinding out a historic win against the Aussies. The Argentinians come into the game on the back of two straignt defeats after losing to England and then Wales. However Argentina have not been [...]
Rugby in Scotland has been given a welcome if unexpected lift after the teams powerful display against the Aussies. The gutsy performance last Saturday means the Scottish can take a clean sweep of tests if they defeat Argentina tomorrow. The Argentinians come into the game on the back of two straight defeats following losses to [...]
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