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A MUCH-LOVED local family business is moving to smaller premises after more than 40 years of trading. Fisher Trucks in Gourock, run by brothers John and Neil Fisher, has served thousands of customers over the years from the garage in Cardwell Road. The pair are making way for a new £700k Co-op convenience store to be built on the site. John, 59, said: "We were approached by a developer and we received an offer we couldnt refuse. "Its come at a good time." The brothers specialise in...

Helping Hands Charity wants to make a difference this winter By Shanice Naidoo Cape Town – With winter around the corner many will go cold and hungry. CCLewis Helping Hands Charity wants to make a difference by supplying the less fortunate with some food and the kids with some toys. Run by Charmaine Lewis for the last 14 years, she hopes to bring light and joy into people’s lives through her feeding scheme and charity. She has asked for canned food donations, shoes, clothing and toys to bri...

Learners Participating In OLICO Maths Programme Fly In The Face Of Covid-19 Challenges To Achieve Remarkable Pass Rates 3 days ago 4 min read Share with your network! It almost defies logic that children could achieve a 100% pass rate during a pandemic. Being confined indoors for months at a time, enduring constant disruptions to the school curriculum, and worrying about the health and safety...

AN ex-pat couple are heading home after 15 years in Spain to follow their dream of opening a restaurant on Largs seafront. Jim Stewart, 63, and partner Margaret Muir, 56, are taking over the former Cafe Guzzi and Tobys Bar in Gallowgate Street to create a brand new diner. The couple were running a successful cafe in Spain and fell in love with Largs during a visit to Scotland in February. They decided it would provide the perfect place for a new venture - and allow them to answer their ...

News 7 May 2021 A University of Strathclyde student has helped a global oil and gas firm to cut waste by repurposing old personal protective equipment (PPE). With more than 20,000 employees worldwide TechnipFMC goes through a large amount of PPE which at the end of its useful life is normally sent to landfill. As part of a class assignment for her MSc Environmental Entrepreneurship in Practice programme, Strathclyde Business School student Louise Thomson, from Dunoon, worked with the company to...

£6.50 entry (free for carers and kids under 6) The 2.5-acre (one hectare)Victorian walled garden at Cambo Estate in Fife flowers with lilacs, rambling roses, elegant willows and naturalistic plantings that lend it a wild and romantic feel despite being carefully cultivated. Right now it is carpeted with tulips, and a visit later in summer will reward you with peonies. Cambo Burn runs through the garden – you can stop to admire it from the wrought-iron bridge – and there’s even a bu...

£6.50 entry (free for carers and kids under 6) The 2.5-acre (one hectare)Victorian walled garden at Cambo Estate in Fife flowers with lilacs, rambling roses, elegant willows and naturalistic plantings that lend it a wild and romantic feel despite being carefully cultivated. Right now it is carpeted with tulips, and a visit later in summer will reward you with peonies. Cambo Burn runs through the garden – you can stop to admire it from the wrought-iron bridge – and there’s even a bu...

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As National Gardening Week came to a close, we’re gearing up to get green-fingered again. And where better to seek inspiration than in Scotland’s gorgeous outdoor spaces? From castles with historic walled gardens to botanic idylls with their own microclimate and even contemporary sculpture parks, you might be surprised by the diversity found across the country. Whether you want to admire the rhododendrons in bloom at this time of year or you really miss the sight of palm trees, you’...

£6.50 entry (free for carers and kids under 6) The 2.5-acre (one hectare)Victorian walled garden at Cambo Estate in Fife flowers with lilacs, rambling roses, elegant willows and naturalistic plantings that lend it a wild and romantic feel despite being carefully cultivated. Right now it is carpeted with tulips, and a visit later in summer will reward you with peonies. Cambo Burn runs through the garden – you can stop to admire it from the wrought-iron bridge – and there’s even a bu...