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Letter home from Midshipman Derek Hirst HMS Zambesi 8th May 1945
HMS Zambesi entered Bergen, Norway, on 8th May 1945, the day WW11 formally ended. The following is from a letter by Midshipman Derek Hirst to his mother started on 14th May and completed shortly after...
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Harry Lauder’s walking stick for auction – did it see Beinn Mhor?
It certainly saw stage action. Sixty years after his death on 26th February 1950, one of the crooked walking canes associated with Music-Hall entertainer, Sir Harry Lauder‘s stage performances is...
View ArticleNiamh Lafferty death: how does Council social services excuse its multiple...
Having now read the full text of Sheriff Ruth Anderson’s determination in the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of troubled Helensburgh teenager, Niamh Lafferty (with her friend Georgia Rowe, who...
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Campbell Cameron: And we marched…..to the Gathering
Oban is the home to one of the top three gatherings on the circuit for Piping. The Argyllshire Gathering has been the place to be since 1871. This is the home to the clans of Argyll and their present...
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Reward for selfless young fundraiser for Mary’s Meals
For the last six years, 12 year old Charlie Doherty has refused birthday presents so that the money could be donated to his favourite charity to help children like himself – only permanently...
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Glasgow Gaelic choir entertains Campbeltown in fund-raising concert
On Saturday evening – 1st June – around 200 people were treated to an excellent programme of entertainment from Ceolraidh Gàidhlig Ghlaschu, the Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association, or the GG as the...
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Judge Lord Matthews hits organ grinder hardest in sentencing Sharkey family...
The sentences handed down following the Glasgow High Court jury’s guilty verdict in the Sharkey family murder trial send a clear message to underworld figures who commission others to carry out their...
View ArticlePolice Scotland arrest and charge in relation to death of Mikaeel Kular
Police Scotland have made an arrest and charged a 33 year old woman in connection with the death of three year old Mikaeel Kular from Edinburgh.His mother Rosdeep, reported him missing on Thursday...
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Moving Minds at Auchindrain
On Friday 25th July, Auchindrain Township, south of Inveraray on the A83, launched an exhibition that runs until late September.Moving Minds aims to do just what it says – and it cannot fail to do...
View Article‘I feel so angry’
The mother of a young son with serious medical issues living with her family near Dundee, choosing to move there to be close to family in the area and close to the sea, wrote the personal piece below –...
View ArticleState Guardians / Named Persons a situation out of control
[Updated below 2nd April] An Aberdeen parent yesterday, 26th March 2015, reported here an experience of her 13 year old daughter, now an S1 pupil at a school in the city.The girl was taken out of her...
View ArticleLabour candidate suffers bereavement
Mary Galbraith, Labour candidate for the Argyll and Bute seat has just lost her mother and will have the sympathy of the very many people she has met during her campaign.This sort of personal loss puts...
View ArticleDoes rest of UK know ALL parents in Scotland have lost authority over ALL of...
In the televised General Election debates between clusters of leaders of political parties in the UK, not one person has challenged Nicola Sturgeon on the standout authoritarian legislation the SNP...
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