http://mikepringle.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Mike Pringle MSP en-GB Mike Pringle MSP http://mikepringle.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Mike Pringle MSP 2010-03-10T02:26+00:00 United Kingdom http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000080/support_parents_to_be_students__pringle.html Mike Pringle MSP for Edinburgh South has backed calls from NUS Scotland for greater support for parents to help them study at college and university in Scotland. 2010-03-02T12:15+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000079/budget_concessions_for_businesses_post_offices_and_young_people_secured.html Commenting on the final vote on the Budget Mike Pringle, MSP for Edinburgh South said: 2010-02-04T00:01+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000078/cross_party_group_on_tibet_welcome_lord_steel_to_parliament.html There was as special event at the Scottish Parliament last week as Lord David Steel and the new Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Northern Europe Thubten Sandup visited the Cross Party Group on Tibet. 2010-02-01T11:00+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000077/snp_budget_concessions_not_good_enough__pringle.html Commenting after the Stage One vote on the Scottish Government's Budget, Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh South Mike Pringle said said: 2010-01-20T18:00+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000073/congratulations_to_lothian_and_borders_police_on_potential_record_drug_seizure_levels.html Mike Pringle MSP has submitted a parliamentary motion praising Lothian and Borders Police for their success in seizing over £1.9 million of Class A drugs in the last nine months. If seizure rates are maintained the force is odds on to seize a record level of drugs in a calendar year. 2010-01-20T09:30+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000074/mike_pringle_welcomes_opening_of_new_sensory_garden.html Mike Pringle has hailed the opening of Royal Blind Braeside House's new sensory garden. Work on the garden had been ongoing since 2008 after £60,000 was raised to help pay for the development. 2010-01-18T10:00+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000076/new_stones_of_destiny_should_remain_in_scotland.html Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh South Mike Pringle has condemned the decision to relocate core samples from Edinburgh South's British Geological Survey Core Store to a base in England. 2010-01-10T12:00+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000072/severe_weather_update_from_mike_pringle_msp.html I know that many of my constituents have faced disruption in the last few days because of the severe weather that has been affecting Edinburgh. 2010-01-07T17:03+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000075/fighting_for_fivers.html Mike Pringle MSP joined Tavish Scott and Local Campaigner Fred Mackintosh to launch the "Fighting for Fivers" campaign on Morningside Road. 2010-01-02T12:24+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000071/forestry_commission_in_christmas_cracker.html Mike Pringle, Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh South, has submitted a parliamentary motion celebrating the generosity of the Forestry Commission Scotland in spreading Christmas cheer by providing all 129 MSPs with a Christmas Tree to donate to a worthy local cause. 2009-12-25T00:01+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000070/christmas_cash_boost_for_royal_blind_appeal.html Mike Pringle, Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh South has welcomed news that the Royal Blind School Appeal is set to receive a Christmas Cash Boost from the Clydesdale Bank Charity auction of its new and historic banknotes. 2009-12-22T12:00+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000069/mums_the_word_as_final_recipe_book_sells_like_hot_cakes.html Mike Pringle, Liberal democrat MSP for Edinburgh South and trustee of the Linda MacDonald Charity Trust, has hailed the success of the Malawi Underprivileged Mothers (MUMs) third and final charity recipe book. 2009-12-22T12:00+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000068/parliamentary_plaudits_for_lloyds_pharmacy_on_excellent_alculator_initiative.html Mike Pringle MSP has submitted a motion to the Scottish Parliament congratulating Lloyds Pharmacy on their excellent ALCulator initiative. 2009-12-09T16:29+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000067/mike_pringle_msp_backs_wwfs_vote_earth.html Mike Pringle MSP today sent a message on the need for a strong, fair global deal ahead of crucial climate talks in Copenhagen in December by signing up to WWF Scotland's Vote Earth campaign. 2009-11-25T06:19+00:00 http://mikepringle.org.uk/news/000066/mike_questions_government_on_boroughmuir_high_school_renewal_timescale.html Mike Pringle MSP has submitted a parliamentary question to the Scottish Government to establish when the next phase of the school rebuilding programme will begin. 2009-11-23T12:00+00:00