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BEFORE YOU GO...QUIDDITCH / HANDWASHING DAY

BRACE YOURSELF, WIGTOWN RETAILERS...

Local retailers in the Dumfries & Galloway town of Wigtown are no doubt preparing themselves for a sudden influx of Harry Potter fans as the town was officially unveiled as an Honorary Quidditch Town last week. The unveiling was in

celebration of a new JK Rowling book, Quidditch Through The Ages Illustrated Edition, described as “an essential companion to the Harry Potter series and guide on the wizard’s favourite sport”.

Chair of the Wigtown Community Council Sandra McDowall was presented with a decorative banner featuring gold Quidditch hoops celebrating the town’s fictitious Quidditch team, Wigtown Wanderers.

Which is nice.

IT’S GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY TOMORROW...

Somewhat bizarrely, someone somewhere has decided that tomorrow is officially Global Handwashing Day. Which begs the question, what is everyone doing for the other 364 days? You would imagine that hand washing is a pretty popular pastime these days, but we guess it won’t do any harm to remind everyone that keeping their mitts clean is a Good idea.

The theme of this year’s festival of handwashing is ‘Hand Hygiene for All’ and calls for universal hand hygiene for everyone, everywhere. So feel free to get involved.