A sports day in Edinburgh recently gave a number of the city's older residents the chance to don their gym clothing and enjoy some exercise.

Activities such as tug of war were due to be made available to people based at Marionville Court Care Home earlier this week.

Commenting on the event, the City of Edinburgh Council's health and social care vice-convener Norman Work noted that it was expected to provide an opportunity for people to improve their activity levels.

He stated: "These social activities are a great way of keeping older people active and I've witnessed first-hand how much enjoyment the residents get from these types of events."

In a related development, the Scarborough Evening News last month reported that a number of over-55s in the Scarborough area were able to learn more about healthy living issues at an event which took place at Plaxton Court.

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