Local Round-up: Hyperactive children on funding walk

CHILDREN with a hyperactivity condition are to walk across the Forth Road Bridge to raise money for a charity that supports them.

The youngsters with ADHD, along with their parents, will cross the landmark structure on June 18, and have made brightly coloured T-shirts for the challenge.

The event is to raise money for Brighter Days, a West Lothian group set up by Avril Sinclair, who herself has the condition, along with her son Reece.

The walk starts at 10.30am. Visit brighter-days.com.

Gallery given 40k handout

THE National Portrait Gallery of Scotland has been awarded 41,055 from the Landfill Communities Fund of Waste Recycling Group Ltd.

The cash will go towards the conservation of the painted mural scheme, gilded processional frieze and painted ceiling in the central hall of the National Portrait Gallery.

Library hosts Byron love-in

Papers of the romantic poet Lord Byron, held in the John Murray Archive, will be the focus of an event at the National Library of Scotland on Friday at 6pm.

Curator David McClay will show manuscripts and talk about the documents, which include Byron's poetical publishing and his personal papers.

Display paints picture of Cairns

An exhibition of work by artist Kelly-Anne Cairns will open at The Leith Gallery on Friday. Examples of Cairns' work have been selected for the BP Portrait Award Exhibition and bought by author JK Rowling. The exhibition, titled Labour of Love, runs to June 25.

Meet move 'would boost NHS health'

PUBLIC board meetings of NHS Lothian may be moved to the evening to accommodate people wishing to attend.

Chairman Dr Charles Winstanley is keen to encourage more members of the public to come to the event.

A meeting to discuss how best to do this heard that moving from the traditional 9am start to a later slot and relocating from Waverley Gate would be a possible way to do this.

Pupils lay the foundations for cleaner streets

Pupils from Niddrie Mill Primary School have teamed up with housebuilders Lovell to launch a clean-up operation at Moffat Way.

Dubbed the Big Spring Clean, the project aims to educate youngsters about the hazards of dropping litter as well as the importance of recycling.

Kirsty Robinson, class teacher, said: "The children really enjoyed working out of the classroom and it was great to see them developing a greater interest in their local environment."