Projects win £163k boost

Two Edinburgh community projects are celebrating after scooping funding of £163,000 to get them off the ground.

A demonstration allotment is to be created at the Royal Botanic Garden to help give people the "good life" skills of growing their own fruit and veg, thanks to 65,000 from the People's Potscode Lottery's Dream Fund.

The Bike Station in Newington will receive just over 98,000 lottery cash to launch a map in the style of the London Underground to promote Edinburgh's cycleways to commuters.