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© Supplied by Terre e Mare Bar and Former Buckie High School guidance and languages teacher, Joan Jagger. Known for her ability to bring the best out of her pupils, more than 200 former students took to Facebook to express their condolences and gratitude, following the family’s announcement of her death. We look back at the life of one of Buckie’s best-loved teachers. Early years Born in 1954, Mrs Jagger started life as Joan Thomson, one of four children raised in Lossiemouth. Her father, Joseph Campbell Thomson was a fisherman, and his wife Mary a personal assistant. Alongside her sibli...

The fortunes of industry and a handful of ultra-rich individuals are woven through the history of the Nahlin, says Guardian columnist Ian Jack

From Edward VIII to James Dyson: the yacht that tells a tale of British wealth Ian Jack © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Getty Images In the early years of this century, soon after he began moving production of his bagless vacuum cleaner from Wiltshire to south-east Asia, James Dyson bought a superb yacht. The Nahlin is exemplary in the beauty of its lines and instructive in its history, though how much of this history Dyson understands or relishes is hard to know. Despite spending a fortune (at least £25m) on its restoration, Dyson has never talked publicly about hi...

Posted: May 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 14 Jillian Wilson's wedding dress is still in a garment bag since her destination wedding was cancelled more than a year ago as COVID-19 brought international air travel to a halt. Wilson says she wants the roughly $70,000 her group spent on Sunwing airfare to be refunded. (Turgut Yeter/CBC News) Glenn Waddingham can barely contain his frustration. "This is a terrible way to do business," he said. "How is this even allowed to happen?" The 62-year-old from Victoria Harbour, Ont., is referring to the fact that unlike other large Canadian ai...

CAA and Road Cycling Coalition name Cornwall as a silver-level recipient for 2021.