Pupil receives prestigious role as Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet

For the eighth year in a row, a Morrison’s Academy pupil has been appointed the prestigious role of Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet. Stephen Leckie, Lord-Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross presented a certificate, acknowledging the role to Cadet Sgt Lachlann Forsyth. The Lord-Lieutenant is the Queen’s official representative and the Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadet is aide and representative of the…

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Glen Scotia toasts entrepreneurs

GLEN Scotia will be toasting innovative business owners as part of a new deal with the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The Campbeltown distillery has signed up as the competition’s “entrepreneurial spirit partner”. Under the agreement, the whisky label will sponors the contest’s entrepreneurial spirit award and will also celebrate an entrepreneur each month on social…

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Morrison’s Academy pupils win technology contest

A TEAM of four pupils from Morrison’s Academy in Crieff has won a competition to create technology that can be worn. The OpenUK Kids’ Competition and ten-week coding project involved pupils creating wearable technology and learning software and development skills using MiMU gloves. Nine judges chose four regional winners, with Morrison’s Academy then being selected…

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Scran Academy delivers 100,000th lockdown meal

A CHARITY in Edinburgh will today deliver its 100,000th meal since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Scran Academy in Pilton has worked with more than 200 local volunteers and six partner organisations to reach the milestone. Around 3,350 of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable people have received ready meals since 20 March. John Loughton, founder of Scran…

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Teen Stroke Sufferer Wins Young Photographer Awards

At just 14, Brenna Collie from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, suffered a stroke and had to learn to walk again as well as come to terms with her ‘new normal’. Two years on, she decided to document her struggle to recover in her Higher Photography portfolio through 12 striking images. Brenna’s mum encouraged her to enter one…

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Dollar Academy tackles concussion with SportScotland

Dollar Academy has become one of the first schools in Scotland to support SportScotland’s guidelines on the early management of sporting head injury. They are including the ‘If in the doubt, sit them out’ logo on their first XV rugby strips. The independent school’s commitment to the SportScotland initiative is one of several measures the…

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Olympian launches swimming academy in Glasgow

A Scots Olympic medallist is to launch Glasgow’s first swimming academy. Olympic hero Michael Jamieson is to give something back to the city that supported him through the highs and lows of his competitive career. The retired swimmer, who won silver at the 2012 Olympics, will launch the self-funded venture on Monday September 16 in…

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Country star Maren Morris charms Scottish fans

Two years on from her last visit to Glasgow, Maren Morris returned at the O2 Academy in support of new album Girl. This time she brought fellow country starlet Raelynn along for the ride. As support act for the night, Raelynn got the audience all hyped up with huge success, before Maren herself took to…

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Lots to love and nothing to fear from Marina

With three headline tours under her belt, Marina returns to Glasgow for a fourth, this time without the Diamonds and after the release of the new album Love + Fear. The night began with a playlist curated by Marina in lieu of the usual support act. A bold choice that was perhaps not entirely ideal…

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Latest phase of homes unveiled a new dvelopment

Award-winning family housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel have unveiled the latest phase of their popular Greenan Views development at Doonfoot in Ayr. The next phase at Greenan Views will consist of 66 stunning, high-specification, energy-efficient new homes, offering a wide range house styles from two- to four-bedrooms, and price points to suit first time buyers, families…

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