(adapted from an email from Leith Creative)
(based on a flyer posted on Tower Wharf Residents’ Association’s website – thank you!)
At 6:49 on 22 May 1915 a troop-train carrying 498 members of the 1st/7th (Leith) Battalion, The Royal Scots, en route to Liverpool to embark for Gallipoli crashed into a local train parked on the wrong line, at Quintinshill, just north of Gretna. A minute later a Glasgow-bound express ploughed into the wreckage. 216 men from the Battalion died and a further 220 were injured in the crash and ensuing fire. Nearly all came from Leith, Musselburgh and Portbello. It is still by far the worst accident for casualties in the history of railways in briatin. Most of those who died were buried in a communal grave in Rosebank Cemetery, Pilrig Street, where a memorial Cross and Plaques commemorate all 216 who died. Continue reading
(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)
Councillor Gavin Barrie, Convenor of the Licensing Regulatory Committee would like to extend an invitation to a meeting on Wednesday 29 April 2015 from 6pm – 7.30pm in the European Room at City Chambers. Continue reading
Each council ward will be assigned 2 Community Police Officers, with an additional 7 for City Centre to aid with issues around the night time economy, as agreed at Edinburgh Council’s Health, Social Care and Housing Committee today. Full details can be found at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/meetings/id/46716/item_76_-_police_scotland_service_level_agreement_2015-16.
Please see below the cut for the key parts of this document.
The agreement will apparently commence on 1st April (it’s 21 April just now). LCCC doesn’t know how many Community Improvement partnerships (CIPs) are in place just now, nor how they will interface with Community Councils, but will report as soon as we have further information. Continue reading
(with thanks to Leith Links CC for alerting us to this issue. The text below is adapted from a page on Edinburgh Council’s consultation hub.)
Edinburgh Council has taken a step back from implementing a £600,000 reduction for the Public Conveniences budget, which would have resulted in the closure of 22 public toilets across the city.
However, a budget decision was taken in 2011 to remove £300,000 from the service budget within the 2015/2016 financial year. This means that around 10 public toilets will still need to be closed. You can tell Edinburgh Council what you think by answering a survey. (Please note the survey opens on Monday 13 April.)
Leith Central Community Council 