Rising legal costs have driven Edinburgh City Council to announce that they plan to take Portobello Park Action Group (PPAG) to court to recover costs incurred so far as a result of their attempts to block the building of a new secondary school on Portobello Park. The group said this week that they plan to appeal [...]
Splashback causing waves for Leith Councillors
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Leith local election candidates faced the voters last night at the Leith Links hustings. On the menu were crucial issues for the port including the biomass proposal and the tram project. Leith Waterworld was also discussed and the closure of the family-friendly pool last January has not deterred campaigners, Splashback, from trying to reopen it. Edinburgh Napier News [...]
Councillors pedalling fast to fight pollution
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s campaign time and on May the 3rd voters will choose the future of the city transport. Transport had been in the spotlight in recent years due to the troubled tram project. Now Edinburgh faces another challenge with European Union strict standards on air pollution. The Green party have highlighted the deadline for the city [...]
A Little April Foolery
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A “little April foolery” is a protest staged all over Edinburgh by local artists on the first of April. The protest is aimed at the controversial legislation, which will come into action on the first of the month. Many hundreds of artists are set to make the city centre their big stage as they fight [...]
Radio: NSPCC say that Scots wait a month to report child abuse
March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Listen Here: The NSPCC has launched a new campaign urging the public to act on doubts about child safety, as new figures show most people wait at least a month before picking up the phone. In the last six months, 374 people from Scotland contacted the NSPCC with concerns about a child that were considered [...]
Tibet Protest March across Edinburgh
March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Activists from Edinburgh joined the worldwide commemorations of the Tibetan National Uprising Day on Saturday with a march through the Scottish capital. This year marks the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising in the country’s capital, Lhasa. The Uprising erupted on 10 March 1952, a decade after the Chinese invasion of the country. One of [...]
Obama Praises Kony 2012 Campaign
March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Obama administration has praised the people who have started the Kony 2012 Campaign. However people in Uganda are outraged at the film. In the last 5 days alone the internet has gone viral with videos and posts about Joseph Kony. The charity group Invisible Children started the Kony 2012 Campaign with a 30 minute [...]
Edinburgh set to celebrate its remarkable women
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
March sees the annual return of International Women’s Day (IWD) with events planned throughout Edinburgh to mark the occasion. For over 100 years, the world has celebrated the achievements of women and their contribution to the arts, sciences, medicine and numerous other fields. On and around 8th March the celebration continues as countries around the [...]
Fans protest BBC Radio 1 cuts
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Musicians and music fans gathered on a rainy Sunday to protest the cancelling of a Radio 1 show championing new Scottish music. Glasgow’s Pacific Quay played host to the protesters who illustrated their point with Scottish musicians playing their music to show the BBC what they would be missing. The campaign began back in October [...]
Action Against Violence Towards Women
November 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The City of Edinburgh Council and other local authorities will be taking part in 16 Days of Action. This event starts tomorrow and opposes violence against women. The event, which has the support of the UN, will take place from November 25 until December 10. This event comes after two sexual assaults were reported in [...]
