Around town: New one-stop venue for sexual health

A NEW one-stop sexual health centre is to open by next spring.

The Integrated Sexual Health Service will unite city-wide services into a single base at the renovated Chalmers Hospital, near Tollcross.

Patients will be able to be tested, diagnosed and treated in the one place, and it is hoped the new clinic will encourage more people to use it.

A secret tunnel from the building will mean people will be able to leave discreetly, without having to use the public exit on the main road.

Slight dip for John Lewis

THE Edinburgh branch of department store chain John Lewis has suffered a slight dip in sales.

The St James Centre store saw sales decline by 0.3 per cent in the week to September 25.

It means that sales in its financial year so far are down 0.9 per cent.

MP's thanks for coffee help

EDINBURGH South Labour MP Ian Murray helped raise 179.57 by taking part in Macmillan Cancer Support's World Wide Coffee Morning.

He said "I want to say a big thank you for the enormous generosity shown by local residents who attended our three coffee mornings."

There really is such thing as a free lunch

A STUDENT at a city college has won free meals for a year.

Stevenson College student Fiona Delaney won the prize as part of a competition being run by the college in conjunction with its catering contractors, Aramark. Catering manager Mags Hermiston said, "We hope that the campaign will capture the imagination of the students and we can make a great success of it together."

Hospitable firms win awards

TWO local businesses were named amongst Scotland's best employers in hospitality.

Straiton-based Xpress Recruitment and South Queensferry-based Prestige Scotland were amongst the winners at the inaugural Best Employers in Hospitality Awards.

Unwanted office building to be a karting centre

AN empty office building in Newbridge that has never been occupied is to be turned into an indoor karting centre.

The building at Hully Hill Road - to the south of Newbridge Road - has been empty since it opened in 2002.

Under the new plans, Xtreme Karting would turn the building into a large professional indoor track, with reception and lounge area.

A meeting room, a changing area and a trackside viewing area would also be fitted within the building.

The centre would create 25 new jobs, with around half being full-time.