Christine Murray has helped thousands of asylum seekers rebuild their lives She has helped thousands of people forced to flee for their lives from some of the most dangerous places on earth. Christine Murray has been “the voice for the voiceless”, supporting asylum seekers and refugees seeking sanctuary in Scotland from war-torn countries like Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Helping them learn English, put clothes on their backs, food in their stomachs and money in their pockets, the 66-year-old has been at the vanguard of the community outreach project at St Rollox Church in Glasgow s Sighthill since 2002.
Read more: Mrs Murray and her team of 20 volunteers have pulled people from the depths of despair and inspired them to continue living after enduring horrors many Scots would struggle to comprehend.
Former chef at top Scots restaurant was caught with US army issued Rambo knife on the street
Michael Campbell used to work at the five-star Mar Hall resort in Renfrewshire.
Michael Campbell had a Ka-Bar combat knife hidden in his tracksuit. (Image: Facebook.)
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4:30 PM February 10, 2021
Peggy Hicks, resident at Anchor’s The Firs care home in Felixstowe, celebrates her 101st birthday
- Credit: ANCHOR HANOVER
Carers held a special birthday party to mark a 101-year-old s special day - which she toasted with bubbly and her favourite chocolate buttons.
Peggy Hicks celebrated turning 101 on Sunday, February 7 and was joined by her daughter on video call.
Centenarian Mrs Hicks blew out her candles at the party held for her at Anchor’s The Firs care home on Grange Road, in Felixstowe, where she has lived for 10 years.
Before she retired, Mrs Hicks was a nursing auxiliary at Ipswich Hospital and later worked at Felixstowe General.
St. Augustine Record
Chefs’ Round Table
As a long-time restaurant manager, the front-page article “Chefs’ Round Table” caught my eye for the right and wrong reasons. It’s great that local chefs share their experiences, challenges, opinions and ideas. The pandemic has hit the hospitality industry particularly hard and we need all the help and support we can get.
The picture accompanying the article was quite disturbing, however. Only one chef was wearing a mask and they were sitting very close together at their round table. Most of us hate wearing a mask. It is hot, sweaty, you cannot breathe, etc., etc. You welcome a lull in the day to take a short, isolated, mask-less break for a bit of fresh air. But, especially as restaurant workers, we need to wear masks to protect our guests and to protect ourselves. Who was that lone mask wearing chef in the front-page picture? I want to dine at his restaurant.
Formed in 1989 by Laura Lynch, Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie and Emily Erwin (now Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer), the Chicks released three albums as an independent band, in 1990, 1992 and 1993. In the summer of 1995, the then-trio (Macy had departed in 92) signed a developmental deal with Sony Music Nashville. Natalie Maines replaced Lynch as the Chicks lead singer, and Sony signed the revamped group as the first artists on their newly revived Monument Records imprint.
In October of 1997, the Chicks released I Can Love You Better as the first single from
Wide Open Spaces; the song reached the Top 10 on the country charts (No. 7). The album s following three singles There s Your Trouble, Wide Open Spaces and You Were Mine all reached No. 1, while the disc s fifth and final single, Tonight the Heartache s on Me, also earned a Top 10 spot (No. 6).