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#EDINBURGH CONCERT HALL

Designs for Edinburgh’s first new concert hall in over a century have been unveiled. The venue is expected to be open daily, attract more than 250,000 visitors each year and generate £25 million for the economy. The 1,000-capacity auditorium will have a rooftop dome, glass-covered walkway and outdoor terraces.

@eraseresk tweeted: “While this is obviously encouraging news, I do hope that Leith Theatre can still be used as a year-round venue. It’s a beautiful space filled with atmosphere and deserves to be fully utilised.”

@Eshac16 added: “It’s not a 1000-seater venue Edinburgh needs – it needs a major concert venue that can seat 5000.”

@improvedinburgh said: “Edinburgh needs a Hydro size venue but better.”

@rusty12310 commented: “Believe it when I see it. Remember the Opera House debacle? Site remained derelict for years until they eventually built offices on it.”

@weareeml posted: “Exciting times ahead for music in Edinburgh.”

@lethalshirl reported: “Wow – for once a building that blends with its surroundings & it looks beautiful.”

#PERIODPOVERTY

A £5.2 million fund has been set up to provide free sanitary products in schools, colleges and universities in Scotland. The Scottish Government said it is the first government in the world to make such products available to students.

@theburdtweets tweeted: “Under a scheme like this, those who really need it will have access without any shame or unnecessary admin. If you don’t need, you don’t have to use the resource? Period poverty is a real issue impacting women in Scotland, so hopefully this will help.”

@amysings10 commented: “Amazing! No girl should have to miss school due to period poverty. Brilliant step Scotland.”

@jeffers6550 replied: “This is an overarching problem with the majority of students who have iphones, tablets, nights out etc? Millions of students managed before and there wasn’t ‘period poverty’.”

@pinkhighheals wrote: “I’m not sure about period poverty. I went to an allgirls school and lots of girls missed days off school due to periods. It was the pain and mental strain of a period, not the fact they couldn’t afford sanitary products.”