Leader: Community centres

THE battle to save Colinton Mains Community Centre may offer some invaluable lessons in the months ahead.

The council's plan to save 120,000 by axing it and five other centres is, after all, likely to be just a taste of cuts to come as central and local governments balance budgets.

Such cuts are never going to be pleasant or popular, and those in Colinton Mains who fought to keep their community centre open can congratulate themselves on a hard-won victory.