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POLICY differences between Holyrood and Westminster may be nothing new but they have been highlighted more frequently since Scotland was dragged out of Europe by Brexit. Now, our foreign policy footprint will be debated later this month at the Beyond Borders International Festival of Literature and Thought, which is making a socially distanced return at Traquair House, Innerleithen. The festival builds on Scotland’s heritage, with a programme of cultural events, exhibitions, visual arts performances and panel discussions. One of this year’s discussions is Nation to Nation: Scotland’s Foreign Policy Footprint, which will see former SNP MP Stephen Gethins and Juliet Kaarbo, from the Scottish Council on Global Affairs, debate where our foreign policy is heading.
Professor Sir Geoff Palmer is receiving a lifetime achievement award (Andrew Milligan/PA)
A schoolboy who underwent a “heart in a box” transplant and a pensioner who saved a woman’s life during a knife attack are to be honoured with awards for unsung heroes.
They are among those being recognised at the Daily Record Pride of Scotland Awards, in partnership with TSB, which celebrate ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Aaron Hunter, 10, from Falkirk, who was born with only half a heart and ultimately needed a heart transplant, is receiving the Child of Courage Award.
In 2018, a suitable heart was found for Aaron, but it had been kept pumping outside a human body in a pioneering “heart in a box” procedure.
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