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By Ian McConnell

Ayrshire’s Urquhart Opticians has increased its number of optical practices to eight, through the acquisition of MacGregor Opticians in West Kilbride, Saltcoats, and Stranraer.

How would a peat-based compost ban affect Scotland? By Kevin Keane Published image captionPeat extraction at a site in Scotland Peat extractors in Scotland could be hit by a proposed ban announced in England on the sale of peat-based compost. Very little extraction is undertaken south of the border but there are still several sites in Scotland where it is removed commercially. The practice is considered damaging to the environment because it is such an important store of carbon. Peat has been used by commercial growers and amateur gardeners since the mid 20th Century, though today peat-fr...

“Easily I drew some sketches that became the final painting Exodus,” said Richardson.  The piece is loosely inspired by "The Flight into Egypt," a pencil drawing by French Realist Jean-Francois Millet. Like her painting for the Fence Art Project, Millet’s Flight features two people intimately connected, something which immediately stood out to Richardson when she first saw it during a lecture on the video meeting app Zoom. But it was the way that a more well-known artist was impacted by Millet’s images that really influenced the Savannahian in her own work. “[Vincent] Van Gogh o...