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Glasgow enters new recycling era with official opening of city waste and renewable energy hub The Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy centre (GRREC) at Polmadie on the south side of Glasgow has been officially opened by Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council. The site is the first of its kind ...

Golspie Rowing Club has been named winner of the Shieldaig Coastal Rowing Regatta 2019, after competing in a series of gripping races on Saturday (10 August). The annual event, which brings huge excitement to the local community as part of the Shieldaig Fete Day, has been sponsored by The Scottish Salmon ...

Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Aileen Campbell, yesterday joined a group of refugees in Glasgow to celebrate their graduation from a trailblazing new hospitality training scheme. Ms Campbell, whose portfolio includes responsibility for refugee policy in Scotland, presented the refugees with certificates at a special event to celebrate their graduation from the ...

As excitement builds ahead of the Shieldaig Fete and Rowing Regatta, The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has announced that it is to sponsor the event for the fifth consecutive year. The Regatta takes place this Saturday (10 August) and is part of the annual Shieldaig Fete Day, which raises money for ...

A couple from East Lothian are celebrating becoming overnight millionaires after scooping £1,000,000 in the EuroMillions draw on Friday 19 July 2019. Alan (50) and Claire Gray (48), who have lived in Tranent for 27 years, matched a winning EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code and are now £1 million better off. The ...

The Lochcarron Highland Games brought bumper crowds to Attadale in Wester Ross this weekend (Saturday 20 July) with some 2000 people enjoying a variety of traditional Scottish activities. The Games were supported by The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC), who were the headline sponsor for the third consecutive year. Now in its ...

Thrilled members of the ‘Icom-Scottech Ltd syndicate’, many of whom are related, will take home over £52,600 each after matching five main numbers plus the Bonus Ball.   The business, which manufactures electronic components and circuit boards for various industries, will see members of four different families sharing the win.   John Scott, who ...

Thirty-nine participants from Inverness and the surrounding areas graduated from a suite of Diageo Learning for Life training courses which have taken place in Inverness in recent months, including the Bartending and Hospitality, Kickstart and Hospitality Elevator programmes.   The Diageo Learning for Life programme provides students with essential industry qualifications, core ...

School pupils from Glasgow have paid a fitting tribute to Mary Queen of Scots using materials from a city recycling centre. Working closely with two local artists, fifteen students aged 15 to 17 years from Holyrood Secondary School on the south side of the city have created a life-size sculpture of ...

11-year-old Tristan from Skeabost Bridge is celebrating after he was named winner of The Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC) t-shirt design competition, which saw runners wearing his design at this year’s Scottish Salmon Company Isle of Skye Half Marathon. Pupils from Macdiarmid Primary School were given the task of designing a t-shirt ...