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Local hero Morag Donaldson was presented with an award for her voluntary work this week. She talked to David Calder for this week's episode. buzzsprout.com/71622/15210492

It's been an amazing year for #PortobelloTownHall which marks its first anniversary this month. Trustee MissMoragDancer joined David Calder to talk about its success for this episode. buzzsprout.com/71622/15250858

Tomorrow's episode will hear from the Primary 6 pupils at Towerbank who took top place for their age-group in a Scotland-wide challenge called 'Academy 9'. The award was for environment and sustainability. Find out more in the morning.

It was great meeting the amazing team which won a pretigious award. The team of four P6 students from Towerbank suggested ways of making the dualling of the A9 more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Meet them in today's episode. buzzsprout.com/71622/15284437

St Mark's Church is badly in need of care. It's just received a grant of £100,000 to add to its restoration fund. But that's only half way towards its target. As Rector Sophia Marriage explained to David Calder, she's confident of success buzzsprout.com/71622/15327141

Best news of the week theguardian.com/politics/artic…

I can categorically say I’ve never loathed a political party like I loathe this Tory party. I’ve never felt this angry about what a govt has done to our country. And never thought that a bunch of politicians deserved the total crushing defeat these Tories do. How many agree?

Tomorrow David Calder discovers The Cottage, a club in Portobello for those living with dementia. It's part of LifeCare Edinburgh Edinburgh which also offers a range of other support and care services.

In today's episode of The Porty Podcast , David Calder went to meet the staff and clients at The Cottage which, for over 40 years, has been supporting people and families in Portobello who are living with dementia.buzzsprout.com/71622/15439994

When someone shows you who they are ... believe them. This man is a threat to the social cohesion of our country 🇬🇧

It is clear that gorklon rust needs to stay out of British politics. RT if you agree.

The launch was on Thursday at the Library. Yes, the #PortobelloBookFestival 24 is on its way. In this episode David Calder talked to Joanne Baird Joanne: Portobello Book Blog 📚 💕 and her daughter Grace, both Trustees of the event, about what literary delights are to come. buzzsprout.com/71622/15706444

Love that we’ve gone from… Disgraced Foreign Secretary can fly on a taxpayer-funded, Kardashian-style private jet To Prime Minister can’t watch his team play football in a box that costs the taxpayer nothing.

🚨🚨🚨MAJOR BREAKING: In a shocking expose, the New York Times has uncovered that Donald Trump has secretly spoken with Vladimir Putin as many as SEVEN times since leaving office. The conversations coincided with Trump pressuring Republicans to block military aid to Ukraine.

This is where the shame should be - not with the victim but with the perpetrators

This morning we hear about a repair service in Porty known as the RepairMongery. The first was held at the Porty Community Fridge today. To find out more about who are behind it and why, have a listen buzzsprout.com/71622/episodes…

This month the #EdinburghToolLibrary marked its 10th anniversary. This week, it lent out its 60,000th tool. For this episode, David Calder spoke to Chris Hellawell about what persuaded him to create the first such service in the UK buzzsprout.com/71622/episodes…

From noon today in Portobello Town Hall you can hear every track The Beatles ever recorded played by tribute bands in #BeatlesMarathon. Find out more in today's episode. buzzsprout.com/71622/episodes…

The UK wrote the ECHR after WW2 in order to ensure that the likes of Hitler would not come to power...which is exactly why Farage wants the UK to leave. Thanks Peter Stefanovic