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Edinburgh Reporter
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Getting ready for the Highland Show
Scotland's largest outdoor event, The Royal Highland Show, opens its doors to more than 200,000 people over the next four days at the Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston, showcasing the very best in food, farming, rural life and entertainment, with children 15 and under going free. With a jam-packed schedule of activity planned, from traditional agricultural, sheepshearing, farrier and pole-climbing competitions, to axe throwing, mini (Land) rovers, a dedicated education hub run by RHET (Royal Highland Education Trust) with pizza building, cheese tasting and sushi rolling, a Tractor Ted stand in amongst all the giant machinery, a countryside area with circus performers and over 4,000 livestock animals, along with alpacas, donkeys and horses to see, the Show is a rural playground for children and adults alike. Royal Highland Show preparations. Laura Henry from Stride to Pride ponies at Kinshaldy Stables pony is Denim a Shetland – 20 years old Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. A Suffolk Sheep being groomed Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations. A Suffolk Sheep Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations A 5 month old Ryland sheep Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations Haggis 3yr old Border Terrier and a 5 month old Ryland sheep Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Royal Highland Show preparations Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Reporter
3 days ago
- General
- Edinburgh Reporter
Floral Clock is bloomin' lovely this year
The Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens is all spruced up and looking lovely now that the council's parks department have created the 2025 display which commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The Rt Hon Lord Provost was joined by representatives from RNIB and visually impaired members of the community to mark the completion of the new design, which takes three gardeners around six weeks to create. More than 35,000 flowers and plants are used to create the face of the clock, which will be in bloom until October. This includes plants like antennaria, crassula, echevaria, sedum and saxifrage and annuals such as pyrethrum, begonias and geraniums. Edinburgh's Lord Provost Robert Aldridge said: 'Seeing the floral clock take shape is a wonderful annual tradition and this year doesn't disappoint, with a beautiful display in honour of a worthwhile cause. 'The RNIB provides essential support to blind and visually impaired people, and in 2025 they mark a real milestone with the 200th anniversary of braille. I hope the clock's design will give people pause to reflect on just how important braille is to all those to use it. 'Thanks to the hard-working parks team who have spent the past six weeks creating the clock, which will be enjoyed by many thousands of people throughout summer. 'The RNIB is the UK's leading sight loss charity which offers practical and emotional support to blind and partially sighted people, their families and carers. 'This year, the RNIB is marking the 200th anniversary of the invention of braille, a code based on six dots used to represent the alphabet and numbers.' James Adams, Director of RNIB Scotland, said: 'It is a great honour that RNIB has been chosen for this year's floral clock. It marks the 200th anniversary of the invention of braille which opened up opportunity for blind and partially sighted people to be able to access the written word, and with that came the liberation of being able to also receive information that is taken for granted by wider society. 'Braille is a system that endures, and continues to transform the lives of blind and partially sighted people, offering them privacy, independence, and opportunity. RNIB was brought into existence to improve tactile literacy and we still work every day to widen access for blind and partially sighted people. 'Therefore, we are delighted to have Braille200 so prominently marked in the heart of Edinburgh and give everyone the opportunity to celebrate Braille and include accessibility in their lives.' This is the oldest floral clock in the world and was first made in 1903. Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. L-R James Adams, director rnib Scotland, Alan Stewart, community member Gillian Hallard RNIB Scotland Robin Spinks, RNIB Lord Provost Jane Coates community manager rnib Scotland Lorna, community member Jimmy Melhench, community member Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. L-R James Adams, director rnib Scotland, Alan Stewart, community member Gillian Hallard RNIB Scotland Robin Spinks, RNIB Lord Provost Jane Coates community manager rnib Scotland Lorna, community member Jimmy Melhench, community member Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. L-R Lord Provost Robert Aldridge Jane Coates community manager RNIB Scotland Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Floral Clock official opening Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens. Pic Alan Simpson 17/6/2025 Like this: Like Related
Scottish Sun
5 days ago
- General
- Scottish Sun
Injured walker airlifted to hospital after incident at Edinburgh beauty spot
ISLAND DRAMA Injured walker airlifted to hospital after incident at Edinburgh beauty spot Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AN INJURED walker had to be airlifted off a Scots beauty spot after falling and injuring herself. The woman was out for a walk on Cramond Island near Edinburgh when she took a tumble earlier today. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Emergency services at the scene of the incident. Credit: Alan Simpson Credit: Alan Simpson 2 An ambulance on scene. Credit: Alan Simpson Credit: Alan Simpson Paramedics raced to the scene but couldn't move the woman so a Coastguard chopper from Prestwick was brought in to winch the walker to a waiting ambulance. As well as the helicopter a lifeboat also raced to the scene. One onlooker, who declined to be named, said: 'When I saw the helicopter hovering above the water I thought that maybe a swimmer was in difficulty. 'Then I saw the ambulance crews and Coastguard teams walking across to the island. 'As I got closer to the helicopter I watched as the helicopter winched someone in a stretcher. 'They then landed on the beach and the paramedics went in and moved the woman to an ambulance.' Several emergency response vehicles were parked at the end of the causeway that leads to the island as rescuers dealt with the emergency. It's understood the walker did not suffer serious injuries. Cramond Island can be reached by low tide via a causeway. However, once high tide arrives, people on the tidal island no longer have a safe passage back to the mainland and get stuck on the island, or on the causeway. In recent years the RNLI have launched campaigns to make people aware of the dangers. Volunteers at RNLI lifeboat stations based at Queensferry and Kinghorn, Fife typically respond to call outs at Cramond Causeway. In 2024, Queensferry RNLI Lifeboat Station launched 81 times, aiding 130 people caught in difficulty in the water, and Kinghorn RNLI Lifeboat Station launched 58 times, saving 2 lives and aiding 31 people. A spokesperson from HM Coastguard said: 'We attended to assist the Scottish Ambulance Service. 'As well as a Lifeboat from Kinghorn we tasked a mobile rescue team and a rescue helicopter from Prestwick. 'We recovered the casualty to an ambulance.' The Scottish Ambulance Service was approached for comment.
Edinburgh Reporter
11-06-2025
- Edinburgh Reporter
Gang war detectives recover firearm in Roseburn Path area
Officers carrying out enquiries into recent violent incidents in the East and West of the country have recovered a firearm in the Roseburn Path area of Edinburgh. The path had been cordoned off between the footbridge at Roseburn Terrace up to Ravelston Dykes since the evening of Thursday 5 June. Officers would not divulge the reason for the closure of the popular path other than to say that it was due to an 'ongoing incident'. Today Wednesday, 11 June, detectives revealed that a weapon had been found around 11am this morning as part of Operation Portaledge. Picture Alan Simpson Police incident at Roseburn Cycle Path Edinburgh. 6/6/2025 Picture Alan Simpson 6/6/2025 Picture Alan Simpson 6/6/2025 Picture Alan Simpson . 6/6/2025 Picture Alan Simpson Detective Chief Superintendent David Ferry, Specialist Crime Division, said: 'A number of weapons have now been recovered as part of this operation. 'I hope this latest find helps to reassure the community of our continued resolve to target organised crime. 'Extensive enquiries are ongoing and I urge anyone who knows something that could assist with our investigation to please contact to us. 'Anyone with information relating to these incidents should speak to Police Scotland on 101 or make a call anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.' Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Reporter
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
The 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing sets off
The 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing is taking place on Tuesday. The outing is organised and paid for by the taxi drivers themselves and offers a fun day out for children with additional needs, life-limiting conditions and terminal illnesses. The taxis are all decorated with balloons or as floats and assembled this morning at the car park at Edinburgh Zoo for judging and presentation of prizes. The procession of cabs then left the car park under Police escort to make its way through the city and along the coast to Archerfield Walled Garden (between Gullane and Dirleton, East Lothian) with a stop outside Luca's in Musselburgh to refill the water tanks and to eat as much ice cream as possible. Our galleries of photos from the Zoo car park and on Princes Street show just a few of the day's fun moments. PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson One of the prizewinners with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson A prizewinner with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson A prizewinner with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson A prizewinner with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson A prizewinner with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson A prizewinner with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson A prizewinner with the Rt Hon Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson Richard Tod, Neil White and Iain McHardy PHOTO Alan Simpson Matt Jones PHOTO Alan Simpson Kerri and Joshua 6 PHOTO Alan Simpson Jasiu 10 PHOTO Alan Simpson Logan 11 PHOTO Alan Simpson Joe 9 Arran 11 Ava 4 Yosaf 12 PHOTO Alan Simpson Barry Collins and Sonny 13 PHOTO Alan Simpson Casey Carlyle 5 PHOTO Alan Simpson Casey Carlyle 5 PHOTO Alan Simpson Lucas Petit 11 PHOTO Alan Simpson Rad Szczerbinski and Antony 7 PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson The Rt Hon Lord Provost conducting the judging PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson A winner with the Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson The Lord Provost and Lennon Ford 12 PHOTO Alan Simpson Ryan Preston age 12 with the Lord Provost PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson PHOTO Alan Simpson Like this: Like Related
