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IT looks likely that the months ahead will be remembered as the summer of staycationing, day-trips and picnics. Now a new trail is set to launch this weekend, encouraging people to fill their lunch boxes and picnic baskets with local goodies along the way, while supporting food and drink firms to get back on their feet after the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic. Forth Valley Food and Drink network is behind the trail, which is funded by Scotland Loves Local and features a map highlighting the region’s local food and drink businesses, free outdoor attractions and picnic areas. Carolyn McGill, coordinator of Forth Valley Food and Drink, said the scheme is ideally suited to the times in which we find ourselves.
Splash of colour coming to Wick s High Street By David G Scott
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Updated: 12:48, 02 February 2021
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The cordoned off sites at each end of Wick s High Street will soon benefit from a temporary makeover in the shape of artistic murals.
Local artist Hannah Cambridge has been commissioned to paint over the grey hoardings surrounding the former Dominoes nightclub and Sloanes shop as part of an ongoing project by Wick Development Trust (Wickâs Heart) to develop these areas for the benefit of the community .
East Kilbride projects to share in £1million government cash boost
Organisations in the town are benefiting from the Scotland Loves Local Fund, which has made in excess of 200 grants nationally to help communities recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Aileen Campbell MSP said she was pleased at the impact the fund could have
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