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© Supplied by National Piping Cent Duncan Johnstone Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Some of Scotland’s finest musicians are lining up to showcase the work of celebrated piper teacher and composer Duncan Johnstone in an online concert. Johnstone, who died in 1999, was known as the King of Jigs and was renowned as a teacher at home and abroad. Born in Glasgow to island parents – his mother was from Benbecula and his father from Barra – he was an instructor at the College of Piping before opening h...

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Thursday, 4 March 2021, 7:59 am Witnesses for faith-based institutions, including Archbishops and a Cardinal, will give evidence before the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry this month, on their processes for resolving historic and current abuse claims. Phase 2 of the Faith-based Redress hearing runs from 15 to 29 March. Phase 1 of the hearing was held late last year and focussed on the experience of survivors in seeking redress (such as compensation, counselling, an apology etc) for abuse and/or neglect in the care of faith-based institutions. The faith-based institution witnesses ...

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Almost there! Check your email inbox to finalise email verification. You'll then be asked to choose a password so you can log in to The Spinoff. January 29, 2021 Jacinda Ardern visit a lab at Auckland University. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) ‘We call on you to uphold NZ’s reputation’: An open letter to Jacinda Ardern on a People’s Vaccine An open letter to prime minister Jacinda Ardern, minister of foreign affairs Nanaia Mahuta and trade minister Damien O’Connor on supporting a People’s Vaccine Dear Prime Minister Ardern and Ministers Mahuta and O’Connor, ...