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STUDENTS and staff at Richmond School and Sixth Form College have honoured Dave Clark, their much-loved and greatly missed deputy headteacher, with two legacies. A Scots pine tree has been planted in the grounds of the school, creating a sense of Mr Clark keeping a watchful eye over everyone, whilst also acknowledging his Scottish roots. And in recognition of the enormous contribution that Mr Clark made to sport at Richmond School and in the community, the newly-built 3G sports pitch has been named the Dave Clark Arena. Planting a Scots Pine was the idea of Liz Merckx, special educati...

Gardening: Trees to protect our sanctuary gardens With Jo McGarry of Caragh Nurseries Reporter: ');  '); Here we are again, back in our Level 5 lockdown - albeit with some changes from last spring which mean that our retailers can remain open. Our thoughts are with the restaurateurs and publicans, along with hoteliers around the country. It must be a very difficult and sometimes worrying time - but as someone much more learned than I said to me recently, ‘it’s always darkest before the dawn’. One of the things we keep hearing and taking from the last nine months is that our homes and ...

. The researchers showed that the photosynthetic apparatus is wired in a special way which allows pine needles to stay green all year long. Under normal conditions, the two photosystems, the two functional units where light energy is absorbed and converted into chemical energy, are kept apart from each other to prevent a short-cut and allow efficient photosynthesis. In winter, the structure of the thylakoid membrane, where the two photosystems are located, is reorganized which brings the two photosystems in physical contact. The researchers showed that photosystem II donates energy directly t...