Social care staff to receive immediate pay rise
Social care staff are to receive an immediate 3.3% pay increase backdated from 1 April. The move, agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA, means staff will not need to…
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Nurses buy Easter eggs for covid patients
Nurses working in covid wards at the Royal Infirmary have clubbed together and bought Easter eggs for their patients. This morning a special Easter Bunny spent some time delivering the…
Footpath to Cramond Island closed due to lockdown
The footpath that leads to Cramond Island has been closed the day after four people broke strict lockdown rules and had to be rescued. Earlier today council staff erected barriers…
Investigation launched after car deliberately torched in Gilmerton
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a wilful fire raising in the Gilmerton area of the city. The incident happened around 10.30pm last night when a fire was…
Group rescued from Cramond Island and issued with fixed penalty notices
Four people have been hit with fixed penalty for flouting lockdown laws after they had to be rescued form Cramond Island earlier today. The Lifeboat from South Queensferry was called…
BREAKING: Chief Medical Officers resigns from Scottish Government
Dr Catherine Calderwood, the Chief Medical Officer has resigned from the Scottish Government. It was reported today that she had ignored her own advice and took a trip to a…
Edinburgh DJ hosts street bingo during coronavirus lockdown with loo roll as prizes
Residents in Drylaw House Gardens took part in a game of street bingo tonight and one lucky winner won a packet of toilet roll. The game was organised by local…
Garden waste collection to be suspended
Edinburgh Council will suspend the collection of garden waste from this week. In a briefing to elected members the council state staff shortages and emerging guidance on social distancing measures…
Police officers to be issued with PPE
The roll-out of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline officers in local policing divisions across Scotland is expected to get under way next week. The team coordinating the Police Scotland…
Police appeal after funeral home break-in
Police are appealing for witnesses following a break-in at a funeral home in Port Seton in East Lothian. Entry was forced to the premises on Links Road sometime between 12pm…