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Recently, videos of surfers riding the Scottish coast have offered a window on the world of a big wave craze, from Thurso to Fife to Portobello near central Edinburgh.

Suicide-prevention aims to decrease suicide rates 20% by 2025.

More than £740,000 has been divided among 65 events – including the Scottish National Surfing Championships, held in Caithness last month.

A FUNDING scheme which has helped raise nearly £100,000 for projects throughout East Lothian and Midlothian has been extended. The Crowdfund Scotland programme, which provides one-to-one support for fundraisers, has been extended by funding body LEADER until July. Crowdfund Scotland has helped a number of projects in East Lothian in the last two years, including the Belhaven Surf Centre and also Puffin Prints to Save Scottish Seabird Centre. Belhaven Surf Centre sought funds to fit out...

Supplies of iceberg lettuce exceed demand Iceberg lettuce volume remains high thanks to a few factors. Sam Christopherson of Salinas, CA-based Markon notes that ample supplies of iceberg are currently being harvested and shipped from Arizona and California. “Stocks have been fairly steady for quite awhile now. It’s a supply-exceeds-demand situation with plenty of good-quality product out there,” says Christopherson. He says compared to last year at this time, overall yields are higher. �...