A gas leak at the Elgin platform, 150 miles off the coast of Aberdeen has been ongoing since Sunday. 238 workers have been evacuated from the platform and the nearby Rowan Viking drilling rig as well as Shell have moved personnel. A three mile safety zone had been put in place but it has been [...]
The West Lothian zoo is appealing for £60,000 to be raised for three former circus bears. Carmen, Suzi and Peggy are currently in a holding pen in Belgium where they have been held in cages barely bigger then themselves. For the last 20 years they have been transported around Europe as part of a circus [...]
“They thought I was joking when I said what I found. It has been the most unusual thing we have ever been given in the charity shop by far.” Ashes from a cremation have been found in charity shop Arthritis Research Campaign in Midlothian. They were found after chairwoman, Lena Skilbeck, handled the vase and [...]
The legal representatives of the ongoing inquiry are due to make their closing statement today. The inquiry is looking into how hundreds of people in Scotland received contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s. In the first evidence session earlier this month Lord Penrose heard from patients and relatives in a closed session so they [...]
Although it may be a challenge to guess what is in any woman’s handbag, it is safe to assume we all carry the basic essentials; phone, purse and keys. But what if we didn’t need to carry money, there was no need for us to own a phone or even house keys? That is the [...]
The next set of tram works are due to begin this weekend. The existing tram works at Shandwick Place and Haymarket are now being extended to cover West Maitland Street. The works are set to take place from 5’oclock tomorrow morning with other traffic divisions being put in place. Edinburgh Council has thanked the local [...]
Edinburgh Napier News speaks exclusively to two of Edinburgh’s newest cafes. Sarah Turnbull reports. Listen here:
With 57 coffee shops within a one mile radius in the Morningside area, the local community are angered by the news of Costa trying to open a branch making it the 58th coffee shop in the area. Costa Coffee wishes to move into the current bathroom store at 14 Morningside Road – only a 10 [...]
“Goodbye everybody – I’ve got to go, gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.” These are some of the lines from one of the most famous songs in music history and looking back they seem hauntingly accurate. The song, written by Freddie Mercury, reached number one for the second time in 1991, staying [...]
Plant a tree, save a life. That’s the idea behind the Green Gym charity. With the help of the Dunfermline and West Fife Community Health Partnership, they aim to improve the lives of patients at Lynebank Hospital by planting trees. The Green Gym charity encourages communities to work together to enhance their local areas by [...]
by Natalia Rodríguez Domínguez Just three days before the Spanish General Elections, thousands of students and teaching staff from Spanish Universities have taken to the streets in order to protest against education cuts, difficult working conditions and educational reform which is to be implemented by the government in 2015. Spanish students have chosen the International [...]
Sarah Turnbull reflects on her decision to become an organ donor: “I joined the organ donor register a few years ago but I understand how people can have doubts. At first I didn’t like the idea. I feared the doctors wouldn’t try as hard if they knew I was part of the organ register; a [...]
by Sarah Turnbull “Three people will die unnecessarily every day in Scotland” said Professor John Forsythe, lead clinician for NHS Lothian. This is because more than 700 people in Scotland are waiting for an organ transplant. While 90% of the population in Scotland are in favour of the idea of organ donation, only 37% of [...]
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