{"id":196506,"date":"2025-06-19T07:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196506\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:03:18","slug":"five-things-you-need-to-know-today-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196506\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things you need to know today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Royal Highland Show opens today<\/p>\n

\"\"Royal Highland Show preparations.
\nPicture Alan Simpson 18\/6\/2025<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s 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\u00a0food, farming, rural life and entertainment,\u00a0with children 15 and under going free.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With a jam-packed schedule of activity planned, from traditional\u00a0agricultural, sheepshearing, farrier and pole-climbing competitions, to axe throwing,\u00a0mini (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.<\/p>\n

In a major boost to the Show\u2019s evening entertainment, high energy folk favourites\u00a0Elephant Sessions\u00a0have been announced as the final act for the Royal Highland Hoolie,\u00a0joining The Whistlin\u2019 Donkeys, Manran, Trail West, Nati Dreddd and the Dangleberries, on Friday 20th\u00a0June. Elephant Sessions will bring their unique blend of folk and indie to what promises to be an unforgettable weekend of live music celebrating the best in Scottish and Irish country sounds.<\/p>\n

Adding to the Show\u2019s line-up,\u00a0popular Scottish brewer,\u00a0Innis & Gunn, and principal beer partner of the Show,\u00a0will be hosting a Sunday entertainment showcase from 11am at the Member\u2019s Village, which will open to all on the Sunday of the Show, and will include\u00a0acts from\u00a0The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, live music\u00a0from several bands\u00a0and mesmerising magic from\u00a0Edinburgh\u2019s favourite magician, Elliot Bibby.<\/p>\n

The Royal Highland Show, taking place from Thursday 19th\u00a0June \u2013 Sunday 22nd\u00a0June, is the lead fundraising event for organisers, RHASS (the Royal Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland).<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Royal Highland Show and the Show\u2019s folk and country music event, the Royal Highland Hoolie, are still available, with options for combined admission to both events. Children aged 15 and under can attend the daytime show for free when accompanied by a paying adult. www.royalhighlandshow.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the City Chambers<\/p>\n

Councillors are gearing up for today\u2019s full council meeting when the Dunion Report on the way that the organisation dealt with complaints about the former Council Leader were handled will be discussed. <\/p>\n

As well as that councillors also use the monthly meeting as an opportunity to ask the various Conveners their urgent questions. <\/p>\n

There are 22 questions posed this month, and the questions and answers have now been published on the cou<\/a>n<\/a>cil website here. <\/a>Around half of the questions are posed to the Transport and Environment Convener. <\/p>\n

One however is posed to the Education Convener who is asked about the council\u2019s financial involvement with Canongate Youth which has according to Cllr McFarlane who is asking the question, made six members of staff redundant. It turns out that the council spend on the organisation is considerable.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Climate Festival <\/p>\n

This year, the Edinburgh Climate Festival run by the Edinburgh and Lothian Regional Equality Council (ELREC) returns to The Meadows on Saturday, 28 June from noon to 7pm. <\/p>\n

The festival is\u00a0free for everyone\u00a0<\/strong>to attend and offers a wide range of activities including live performances, stalls<\/a>, and activities for both kids and adults.<\/p>\n

The aim is to raise awareness about climate change and to increase public knowledge about the importance of adopting a more sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle, while also inspiring and empowering individuals to take action on the current climate crisis.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for ECF explained this year\u2019s theme: \u201cTo create meaningful change, we must first\u00a0root\u00a0ourselves\u2014grounding in who we are, reconnecting with nature, and prioritising our well-being. Just as strong roots support a thriving tree, a deep connection to ourselves and the earth allows us to\u00a0rise\u00a0with strength and purpose. By remembering that we\u00a0are\u00a0nature, we recognise the importance of caring for ourselves first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we nurture our well-being, we grow the resilience needed to care for our communities, protect the land, and cultivate a more sustainable world. When we truly\u00a0root\u00a0in nature, we find the power to\u00a0rise\u2014to embrace new sustainable habits, take meaningful action, and stand together in the fight for climate justice and systemic change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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OBE for Kiki MacDonald<\/p>\n

In the King\u2019s Birthday Honours List Kiki MacDonald was given the OBE. She co-founded Euan\u2019s Guide along with her brother Euan who sadly died last year. Euan\u2019s Guide are delighted and said: \u201cThis incredible achievement highlights Kiki\u2019s long-standing dedication to accessibility and inclusion through her work with Euan\u2019s Guide, alongside her late brother Euan Macdonald MBE.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiki has been one of the driving forces behind\u00a0Euan\u2019s Guide and our award-winning disabled access review website. Co-founding the platform alongside Euan, who lived with Motor Neuron Disease for over twenty years, Kiki has played a pivotal role in building a trusted community resource that empowers disabled people to discover and share accessible places.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiki and Euan founded the charity after encountering repeated challenges in finding reliable, up-to-date information on disabled access. Like many others in similar situations, they found planning trips or holidays frustrating, time-consuming, and limiting because disabled access information was inaccurate or unavailable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey realised that if such a resource didn\u2019t exist, they needed to create one, driven by the belief that disabled people should be able to explore and enjoy the world with confidence. In 2013, from their kitchen table, EuansGuide.com was born and, over a decade later, now helps tens of thousands of disabled people.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiki said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to receive this award which is a recognition of everyone behind Euan\u2019s Guide: our incredible team, passionate \u201creviewers, community of supporters and of course my family especially my dear brother, and co- founder Euan.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though Euan very sadly passed last year his legacy lives on through Euan\u2019s Guide, Speak Unique and the Euan MacDonald Research Centre for MND. I know Euan would be proud of this award today which I dedicate to him.<\/p>\n

Euan\u2019s insight, tenacity and lust for life continues to inspire us to make the world more accessible for disabled people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Join Lismore RFC and get fit<\/p>\n

Lismore RFC have put out an invitation for any adults to join them in their \u201cinclusive, social and supportive environment\u201d at training sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm to 8.30pm. More details below or email rugby@lismorer<\/a>f<\/a>c.co.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n

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