? Food Train Glasgow volunteer Eddie McHugh packing groceries at Asda, Toryglen A GLASGOW food charity have had their busiest ever Christmas this year. Food Train, who deliver groceries to older people in need, have seen a 70% increase in demand for their services throughout the pandemic with the charity making more than 700 deliveries every month. Now, volunteers are pulling out all the stops in the run up to Christmas with many older people now spending the festive period alone.
READ MORE: Chris Curtis, Food Train regional manager for Glasgow, said: “I can’t thank our volunteers enough for all that they’re doing to help older people eat well and live well in their own homes.”
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BATTLE LAKE, MINNESOTA: The Otter Tail County Sheriff s Office revealed on December 14 that the teenager who was fatally attacked by his family dog near Battle Lake Thursday has been identified as 14-year-old Dion Bush. Bush was a ninth-grader at Battle Lake High School. His family raises German shepherds at their residence near Amor, located 11 miles north of Battle Lake, according to Park Rapids Enterprise.
It is still unclear as to what caused the dog to attack the boy, Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Lt. Keith Van Dyke said, adding that North Dakota State University will try to determine what made the canine turn on the teenager by conducting a necropsy of its body. Van Dyke said in an email to Focus on December 14 that the University is yet to send reports on the dog to the Sheriff s Office. According to the report, the attack took place around 3 pm when Bush went out to tend to the animals. “The father was incapacitated with a medical injury