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Quick News: Fireraiser hits school hut
Jul 02, 2009 ... A WOODEN-framed hut in the grounds of a derelict school was setalight in Broomhouse. The hut, in the grounds of the former St Giles Centre for theHearing ...
Schools chief told to say sorry for 'slur'
Jul 02, 2009 ... A SENIOR Labour councillor has demanded an apology from thecity's education leader over a "slur" on three city schools. Labour education spokesman Ricky Henderson has demanded MarilyneMacLaren apologise to teachers, pupils and parents for brandingWester Hailes Education Centre, ...
Napier reveals a glimpse of the bright new eco-future
Jul 02, 2009; ... Community set to enjoy a share of the state-of-art facilities NAPIER University's new state-of-the-art Sighthill campus hasbeen revealed in these exclusive new images. The artist's impressions, released today, show what the multi-million pound eco-friendly building will look ...
Design classes a piece of cake
Jul 02, 2009; ... Top baker plans to share his secrets at sugarcraft school HIS wacky cakes are so "scrumptious" that he gained five stonesampling his own wares. Now, Bathgate-born cake designer Paul Bradford - famed forfashioning cakes in the shape of Edinburgh Castle, Cybermen, dragonsand ...
Real Lives: George Stevenson: Family at centre of life for former News man George
Jul 02, 2009 ... George Stevenson, a former Edinburgh Evening News printworker whoworked in the basement of the newspaper's North Bridge headquartersfor more than 40 years, has died aged 79. George's association with The Evening News goes back to before hewas born. His father Joseph worked ...
Relative behind the wheel of car which killed mum
Jul 02, 2009; ... Sister-in-law requires treatment for shock after 'tragicaccident' A MOTHER-OF-THREE who was knocked down and killed in asupermarket car park was run over by her sister-in-law who wastrying to reverse into a parking bay. Police are treating the death of Jackie Monteith, who ...
Around town: Pamper session to raise funds for Sick Kids Friends Foundation
Jul 02, 2009 ... MARION Oliver, manager of Premier Inn Central in Lauriston Place,welcomed life coach Dawn ...
Bin collection will continue despite action
Jul 02, 2009 ... RUBBISH collections should continue to operate as normal thecouncil said today, despite industrial action by the city's bin men. The council said night-time collections would continue as normal,with daytime collections and trade waste picked up on the nextavailable collection if ...
Travel plans unveiled by Co-operative
Jul 02, 2009 ... THE travel arm of the Co-operative Group is to open a new shop inthe Lothians. Co-operative Travel has signed a lease on a unit within TheCentre at Livingston. The firm, which operates more than 400 high street travelagencies, is to move into a 1,334 square feet unit ....
Around town: New beat officer joins force team
Jul 02, 2009 ... A NEW community beat officer has taken to the streets in the Deanarea. PC John Tod was welcomed to the ...
Appeal is up and running to build sculptor's giant figure
Jul 02, 2009; ... GBP 20,000 needed for larger-than-life statue inspired by warpoet A GBP 20,000 fundraising drive is to be launched to place asculpture of a giant running man in the heart of Craiglockhart. The design, by Polwarth-based sculptor Lara Greene, is inspiredby the work of war poet ...
Around town: Post office set to offer euros 'on demand'
Jul 02, 2009 ... GILMERTON Post Office in Ravenscroft Street has become the latestsub-post office to offer euros "on demand". Travellers heading for the Continent can now walk in off thestreet and get their currency instead of having to ...
Game hit by a losing streak
Jul 02, 2009 ... COMPUTER game retailer Game today said half-year profits coulddrop by as much as GBP 20m, after figures last year were boosted byblockbuster releases. In an update on first-half trading, Game said like-for-like saleswere down by 15.8 per cent in the UK. This ...
Meltdown in Moscow for their bangers
Jul 02, 2009; ... DOUBLE rouble trouble. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putinstrode into a Moscow supermarket and told startled staff to cut theprice of sausages. Oh that we had a PM like Vlad, not a comparative U-turner andpansy. Then we could get Brown to barge into stinking-rich Tescos ...
Lothian entrepreneur bags top award for Go Green products
Jul 02, 2009 ... A BUSINESSWOMAN from the Lothians has scooped an award at anational ceremony for inventors and innovators. Linlithgow-based Anne Daly, director of Go Green Bags, waspresented with a special recognition award in Cardiff. The ...
Bank boss agrees to defer GBP 3m bonus
Jul 02, 2009 ... ROYAL Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester has agreed to deferpart of his controversial GBP 9.6 million pay packet after itprovoked outrage last week. The chief executive, who is paid a GBP 1.2 million basic wage,will now wait five years before cashing in shares that could ...
Leader: Unemployment: 'Core strengths leave city well placed to recover' Murray mania
Jul 02, 2009 ... JUST when it seems as though the jobs market can't get anytougher, the steady stream of bad news continues unabated. Unemployment in some parts of Edinburgh had already gone up morethan 70 per cent before the full impact of the meltdown of theglobal and national financial markets ...
Around town: Kitchin shares recipe for success
Jul 02, 2009 ... SCOTLAND'S youngest Michelin-starred chef, Tom Kitchin, has beensharing some of the ingredients of his success with local smallbusinesses from the Capital ....
Thousands more jobs in the Capital set to be lost by 2011
Jul 02, 2009; ... City and surrounding area face challenging period, says report ONE in every 22 workers in Edinburgh and the surrounding areaswill lose their jobs over this year and next, it has been warned. A new report commissioned by Scottish Enterprise forecasts thatemployment levels in ...
25-year battle for museum ends in victory
Jul 02, 2009; ... CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating today after a 25-year drive for a newmuseum in Musselburgh finally resulted in success. East Lothian Council has announced that an empty shop next toMusselburgh's Old Town Hall will be converted into the long-awaitedvenue. It will house a large ...