{"id":64979,"date":"2025-05-01T06:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64979\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T06:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:35:11","slug":"five-things-you-need-to-know-today-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64979\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things you need to know today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Beware dangers at Cramond this weekend<\/p>\n<p>The RNLI warn of the extra dangers at Cramond this weekend as due to the tides the time slots available for safe crossing are much shorter. Data from the official Cramond crossing timetable confirms that safe crossing times are limited over the upcoming weekend, particularly between 3\u20135 May, increasing the likelihood of people becoming stranded.<\/p>\n<p>Cramond Island is accessible only during certain states the tide via the causeway, meaning the path is quickly submerged by the tide and visitors who are unaware of, or misjudge the timings, may find themselves trapped.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday 3 May: The safe crossing period is between 10.55am until 3.50pm.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Sunday 4 May: The safe crossing period is between 12.15pm until 5.05pm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monday 5 May: The safe crossing period is between 1.50pm until 6.25pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rnli.org\/video-player\/E42D68E2-997E-44A0-B6D459DE5F24F47B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/rnli.org\/video-player\/E42D68E2-997E-44A0-B6D459DE5F24F47B<\/a><\/p>\n<p><video controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rnli.org\/video-player\/E42D68E2-997E-44A0-B6D459DE5F24F47B\"\/> North Edinburgh Arts event on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>The new North Edinburgh Arts building in MacMillan Square is now occupied. You can go along to an event there this Saturday evening to see for yourself. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NEA_MayDayGig_Poster_final.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595416\"  \/>Skulls repatriated to Japan<\/p>\n<p>A Scottish university has repatriated the skulls of three Indigenous Ainu people back to their community in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The skulls were in the possession of the University of Edinburgh\u2019s Anatomical Museum for more than one hundred years. ON Wednesday the Ainu Association of Hokkaido welcomed the return of their ancestors\u2019 remains during a formal ceremony in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Before the formal transfer, members of the Ainu community, an indigenous group who predominantly inhabit the island of Hokkaido, held a traditional ceremony  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/university-of-edinburgh-repatriates-three-skulls-to-japan\/\u2197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746081310_572_Mr-Okawa-Masaru-Executive-Director-Ainu-Association-of-Hokkaido-with-Tetsuya-Ogawa-and-Yoshiyuki-Uji.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595499\"  \/> Mr Okawa Masaru, Executive Director, Ainu Association of Hokkaido with Tetsuya  Ogawa and Yoshiyuki Uji holding the skulls  during the formal repatriation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Pic Neil Hanna <\/p>\n<p>The Most Wuthering Heights Day<\/p>\n<p>On 7 June you can no longer be assured of a ticket \u2013 but you can join the waitlist \u2013 for the Most Wuthering Heights Day ever which is part of The Meadows Festival.<\/p>\n<p>When we looked the programme is yet to be finalised but <a href=\"https:\/\/meadowsfestival.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">there are still opportunities to take a place as a stallholder.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever is one of the most joyful days of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was an idea founded by Shambush, a British performance group in Brighton in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, it has become a worldwide phenomenon brought together by a global collective of amateur and professional event organisers internationally. We run the event with the aim of spreading joy and celebrating the music of Kate Bush by a choreographed dance to the music of Wuthering Heights. The event is one about movement, dance, and celebration. A chance to recreate one of the most iconic pieces of musical art in a mass group setting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/wutheringedinburgh\/1630958?fbclid=IwY2xjawJy28FleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHnn3Rs5O4MMh95L8ZFUoQEy5K9Enbbrmz_DJKqVMbj8_LW7LeX0Mj9DmrEZ8_aem_zJiCQxROm23GVCvaRp9QDg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details here<\/a> in case any tickets become available. <\/p>\n<p>The Meadows Festival<\/p>\n<p>This is the 50th anniversary year of the Meadows Festival in Edinburgh \u2013 so mark your diaries for 7 and 8 June 2025. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SCT_FESTIVAL02-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546161\"\/>Meadows Festival Picture Alan Simpson 1\/5\/2024<a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-1890\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746081311_7_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/05\/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-1890\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746081311_389_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746081311_730_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beware dangers at Cramond this weekend The RNLI warn of the extra dangers at Cramond this weekend as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4154,4155,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-64979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-local-news","11":"tag-edinburgh-news","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114431192417947786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}