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Kindness in adversity
When Dryfemount Care Home in Lockerbie, which has 29 residents and 45 staff, was struggling to get hold of sanitiser to keep residents and staff safe, it put out an SOS. This, fortunately, was picked up by local company ECO, which has a base in Annan, who donated and delivered five-litres of its specialist anti-virus…
Read MoreRaasay Rising
The Isle of Raasay Distillery has launched an exclusive cask membership programme called the Raasay Rising. The first 45 casks ever filled at the distillery have been made available for £4,000 each as part of the ’45 cask offering, in a nod to Bonnie Prince Charlie’s time hiding out on Raasay following the 1745 Jacobite…
Read MoreMandarin Oriental’s Chicken Tagine
A rainbow-spectrum of spices brightens up the Marrakech markets. Now is the time to raid your spice cupboard and reflect the Moroccan history and culture in your cooking with Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech’s Chicken Tagine. Click HERE for more recipes from Scottish Field
Read MoreEveryday Heroes
Musicians from across Scotland have teamed up to release a special video and single in aid of NHS workers fighting COVID-19 and are urging the public to get behind the campaign. The single will be released this Thursday, 9th April 2020 to coincide with the ‘Clap for Carers’ tribute applause. Featuring around 20 names across…
Read MoreCountry dreaming…
Anyone dreaming of a huge life change after coronavuris could do worse than look at Meikle Richorn Farm and Holiday Cottages, which is new to the market and offered with a guide price of £3.5 million. This diverse 238-acre farm portfolio with ten holiday cottages is three miles from Dalbeattie and two miles above the…
Read MoreA traditional farmhouse placed on the market
A farmhouse with traditional farm buildings is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, Holehouse Farm comes with 68.9 acres of land. Holehouse Farm is a traditional stone and slate farmhouse with a rendered finish built over two storeys. The farmhouse has been in the current owner’s family for 113 years has been upgraded over recent…
Read MoreScotland’s second air ambulance takes off
A new air ambulance takes to the skies today (Friday) as Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance launches its second life-saving emergency response helicopter. The only charity of its type in Scotland has operated a single aircraft nationwide Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) since 2013 from its base at Perth Airport, saving and impacting on thousands of…
Read MoreEdinburgh food industry join to feed those in need
A number of Edinburgh’s food industry professionals have come together to offer emergency food relief in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Edinburgh Food Social, Edinburgh Food Festival, Nourish Scotland, Slow Food Scotland and Nourishing Change have joined forces to form the Food for Good Collective in Edinburgh. The collective will aim to provide a…
Read MoreOro Gin joins covid-19 fight with hand sanitiser
The team behind gold award-winning, Oro Gin, have been using their skills and distillery at Dalton in Dumfriesshire, in a new way to help the local community fight the Covid-19 outbreak. Chemical biologist and master distiller at Oro, Ray Clynick Jnr has been working round the clock with his team of chemists to produce hand…
Read MorePhotos wanted for new charity calendar
People with time on their hands are being urged to look through their photos of the Scottish Borders and enter a competition. The Macmillan Cancer Support Coldstream committee, helping people in the Borders, is looking to create its first calendar for the whole area. Last autumn, the committee launched a digital photographic competition to create…
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