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Ruth Davidson, soon to be sworn in to the House of Lords as Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, often urged the Scottish Government to concentrate on the basics of running Scotland when she was leader of the Scottish Tories. Did she have a point? J PATRICK Maclean's letter (July 16) on the Mull ferry situation was in my opinion, yet another example of a very sound argument that will be ignored by our present Government in Holyrood and CMAL. To me this is a very worrying example of the failures of this SNP administration. In your Letters Pages, my own correspondence and those from better an...

Generous members of the Bradford on Avon Rotary Club have donated £2,000 to the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group and have pledged thousands more. Last year’s Rotary club president, Steve Adams, nominated the BCUSG, which funds vital medical equipment for the cancer unit at Bath’s Royal United Hospital, as his charity for the year. The donation, which was unanimously approved by members, was raised despite a challenging year. Because of the lack of fundraising events during the pandemic, many local Rotarians donated their weekly meal costs - which they would have spent if meeting in...

North-east civil engineers address skills shortage with new apprenticeships Updated: July 6, 2021, 10:19 am © DCT Media WM Donald HR manager Rachel O'Donnell with, l-r, managing director Ewan Riddoch and apprentices Liam Davidson, Connor Hutchison, Marc O'Donnell and Logan Dingwall. Civil engineering and construction firm WM Donald is tackling skills shortages in the industry by launching an in-house apprenticeship scheme. The company, based in Netherley, near Stonehaven, has for the time being teamed up with a college in Glasgow for part of the training. But the long-term aim is to have the...

Rumours are flying that Langford will soon be home to a new Island distribution centre for Amazon. The buzz is that a 13-acre parcel bordered by Sooke and Luxton Roads will be the site for a . . .

Squibs celebrate arrival of summer at the Gold Cup © Roger Mant Photography Wow was it really two years since the last Gold Cup? Much has happened since the last event and as boats started to turn up on Friday, it was clear that some had made the most of the time to fettle their boats and get the smoothest finish possible. However for others, cobwebs were dusted off and discussions as to how exactly to sail the boats were heard. 6 visitors travelled to Burnham and the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club and it was great to see boats such as Squiblet (Abersoch) and Buccaneer (Isle of Wig...