Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) has been selected for the 10 man Scotland Under 16 team to play England on Sunday 4th October at Arbroath Golf Links. The full team is Calum Stewart (Brora) Captain Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock (Barassie) Liam Johnston ( Dumfries & County) Ewan Scott (St Andrews) Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellen) Lawrence Allan (Alva) Fraser Thain (West Linton)...
[Before I start, I forgot to say yesterday: we're keeping up our post a day schedule for at least another week. Do keep popping back.] It's an announcement day here on the S&BC Blog. First a call for help for a visitor to London. A couple of days ago we received this email from Polly of castlingqueenside.blogspot.com I will be in London from Saturday 22/8 until Monday 24/8. I actually get in late...
See also http://www.holiday-cottage-edinburgh.blogspot.com/ for other events and Edinburgh festivals, etc. Scotfest 20.9.09 at Alva Glen by the Ochils. http://www.alvaglen.org.uk/
Scotland: Three years probation for threatening to blow up mosque, execute Muslims SCOTLAND'S legal system was accused of applying double standards after a Scottish man who threatened to blow up a mosque was yesterday spared prison. Neil MacGregor, 36, was sentenced to three years' probation after sending e-mails to police threatening to blow up Glasgow Central Mosque and "execute" a Muslim...
Lovely trip back to Shetland in bright sunshine, and a nice smooth flight. A very short trip away - two nights - and a great time was had in Alva, as part of the BBC Radio Scotland Soundtown project. Hugely impressed with the musical quality of the pupils...watch out for Gamu Nhengu, who will be a star before anyone knows it, and for the breathtaking State of Mind,5th-year pupils with real verve, attitude...
The collapse earlier this month of two planned acquisitions by Omega Diagnostics, the AIM-listed group which employs 22 at Alva in Clackmannan, cost two of its directors £112,000 in personal indemnities, the company confirmed yesterday.
I was up well before dawn this morning and hurtling down the A9 as fast as you can when you're stuck behind a timber lorry for most of the way. I was on my way to Alva Academy to...
In beer circles, few brews are generating more excitement than this old ale aged in 30-year-old Highland Park whiskey barrels. This is not mere hype. Ola Dubh – the term means “black oil” – is a complex, silky and satisfying beer, worth seeking out.
wickedly dark taste - is this a new chocolate or Old Engine Oil? Written by Crafty Green Poet. References: Old Engine Oil is a dark chocolatey beer brewed by Harviestoun Brewery, Alva, Scotland. Thing of the Day: The Legendary Model-T Ford: The Ultimate History of America’s First Great Automobile
A British-born Muslim student was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found with a laptop computer containing terrorist propaganda. Mohammed Atif Siddique, 21, of Alva, Clackmannanshire, was sentenced Monday in High Court in Edinburgh, Scotland...
Today Atif Siddique from Alva was found guilty of all five terrorism charges he faced. Given the high profile and dramatic nature of the original arrests last year, it is important to point out that the trial did not uncover...
A new Alzheimer Scotland day care centre was officially opened this month by Scottish football legend and famous TV pundit Alan Hansen. The centre has been in operation since January 2007, but the official unveiling coincided with the completion of the picturesque garden (which owes much to the green fingers of Falkirk Service Manager, Fay Godfrey) to the rear of the building. [click link for full...
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