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We pride ourselves on our neutrality and have no loyalty to any individual or organisation.

It is our duty to the people of East and North Glasgow to raise awareness of issues in their local communities and to report them fairly and accurately to let the people make up their own mind.

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Editor editor@thegenn.co.uk

Dear Sir, What a great wee paper, sorry I haven’t seen it before now, full of interesting facts and wee stories, that we all should know about our area.

Reminds me of The Voice that I used to write for in Easterhouse, of course we had to sell it too.

Only one small complaint, or really a wrong fact.

You keep referring to “The Scottish Labour Party.”

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I’d like to point out there is no such seperate political party.

It is just “The Labour Party.”

“The Scottish Labour Party” is a myth to make people believe it’s seperate but it’s not, so please refrain from misleading, or being taken in by this myth.

Glad you’re pointing out they say one thing and do another.

I found out in 1947 that Labour Party policy, as quoted by Glasgow District Councillors, was totally different from Glasgow District Council policy despite Labour having been in control of the council for about 25 years.

Very strange!!

They seem to have not changed a lot and should be exposed.

They talk about getting rid of the Tories but who would

tell them what to do if that happened!

I told Bruce Millan in ‘79 Maggie Thatcher would make a good Labour Party Leader and she did.

So does David Cameron, Milliband, Balls.

All no credence whatsoever.

Jim Murphy lost the plot years ago.

I’ll watch for future issues.

Pat Munro (neé Kennedy)

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GENN Council vote for Concert Hall steps to be demolished DESPITE 1000s of people signing a petition and sending 300 letters of complaint against the plans and 100s turning out to protest in recent months,Glasgow’s iconic concert hall steps will be demolished The move is part of plans for a £400m extension of Buchanan Galleries in the city centre, which includes the removal of the steps.

Councillors were recommended in an official report to vote through the proposals and did so at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday.

The meeting heard the removal of the steps would “improve disability access and create a civic space”.

The steps are a popular spot for people eating lunch as well as buskers and street performers.

Plans will now go ahead for appearance of the buildings, pedestrian and vehicle access, landscaping, open spaces, cycle parking and operation of the new car park.

The extension will be built on the car park at North Hanover Street and Cathedral street and a footbridge will be constructed between the shopping centre to a new car park.

Bosses hope the work will be completed and the new facility opened by 2017.

Development and Regeneration Services added: “There is a substantial amount of public comment with regards to these steps.

“However, we recommend that the demolish process should be granted.”

The council voted by 11 votes to 4 in favour of the proposals.

The ultimate goal is to make the Concert Hall an attractive and notable landmark situated at the crown of the Buchanan Quarter, providing a vibrant public space with catering and meeting facilities as well as an important new additional pedestrian route between Buchanan street and Buchanan Bus Station.

Matilda, The Gruffalo, The Staff at Glasgow hospitals hailed Hobbit, Mr Stink, Skellig, as mortality rates continue to fall Charlie and Lola, Wind in the Willows…..How many have you read?

CHILDREN should be looking forward to World Book Day 2015 on March 5th when more than 14 million £1 World Book Day tokens will be distributed to children

FAMILY OF FORMER CARPET FACTORY WORKER APPEAL TO HER FORMER COLLEAGUES AFTER MESOTHELIOMA DEATH daily basis, as she sewed boiler cial in helping Frances’ family

THE devastated family of a former carpet factory worker have appealed to their mother’s former colleagues for help with their legal battle after she died from mesothelioma – a cancer of the lining of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos decades ago.

Frances Hamilton died in May 2014 from mesothelioma, aged 75, after a short battle with the incurable disease, which is caused by inhaling asbestos dust and fibres, usually during the victim’s working life.

Before her death Frances told specialist asbestos-related disease lawyers at Irwin Mitchell Scotland that she believed she was exposed to the deadly substance while working at the Templeton carpet mill and factory in Bridgeton, Glasgow, where she was employed from the late 1950s to the early 70s.

She recalled coming into contact with asbestos fibres on a

covers for steam locomotive engines, which were manufactured from asbestos and would be wrapped around boilers.

Frances worked alongside her mother, who also died from mesothelioma, at the factory in Glasgow.

Her son, Mark MacLellan, 48, has instructed Irwin Mitchell Scotland to investigate the conditions that his mother was exposed to and what measures, if any, were put in place to prevent workers being exposed to asbestos.

Frances told her family she worked in an “extremely dusty” environment and was provided with no overalls or gloves to protect her from coming into contact with the hazardous substance.

Laura McCallum, a specialist asbestos-related disease lawyer, at Irwin Mitchell Scotland in Glasgow is leading the case, she said: “Mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive disease and causes a great deal of pain and suffering for victims like Frances.

“Employers knew the risks of asbestos when she began working in the 1950s and should have provided her with protection to prevent exposure to the dust.

We would like to hear from employees who worked at the Templeton carpet factory and mill (between 1955 and 1975) on the working conditions that they were exposed to and what protective equipment, if any, was provided by their employers.

“This information will be cru-

secure justice for their mother and grandmother and we hope anyone who worked with Frances will come forward with the information we need to ensure those responsible for her exposure to asbestos are held to account.”

Frances’ son, Mark MacLellan, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, said: “My mother was devastated when she lost her mum to mesothelioma, so for her to suffer from the same disease was absolutely devastating.

“To find out the disease was caused by her exposure to asbestos simply by going to work every day is even more upsetting for the family.

“It was absolutely awful to see my mother and my childrens’ grandmother go through so much pain and suffering in her final months and we hope any former colleagues who worked at the carpet factory will be able to provide our legal team with the information they require to achieve justice in mum’s name.

“No amount of money will bring her back or fill the hole her death left in the family, but we hope taking legal action will ensure other families don’t end up going through the same as we have.”

Anyone with information about working conditions at the Templeton carpet factory and mill should contact Laura McCallum at Irwin Mitchell Scotland on 0141 300 4083 or email Laura.McCallum@IrwinMitchellScotland.com

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EFFORTS by NHS staff to reduce hospital mortality in Glasgow hospitals have been hailed as figures show mortality ratios have fallen significantly since 2007.

Recently published figures show that the standardised mortality ratio at hospitals in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area fell by 18.2 per cent against the regression line figure used to measure long-term trends.

The figures were published as the Scottish Government announced a £2.5 million investment in Health Improvement Scotland which will help to see the innovative national Patient Safety Programme extended further.

Scotland’s NHS workers go to incredible lengths to treat

patients and provide the best care possible, and this reduction in mortality rates is testament to the incredible efforts by staff to improve standards at hospitals in Glasgow.

The fall in mortality underlines the great care and high standards of Scottish hospitals and their clear improvements since 2007.

The quality of patient care in Scotland is incredibly high now and everyone at Glasgow’s hospitals will be determined to keep making further improvements and driving up standards.

There is always room for improvement in reducing the number of deaths in hospitals.

Reduction in Mortality rates in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area:

SMR

SMR

(Oct-Dec ’07)

(Jul-Sep ‘14p)

Change %

Glasgow Royal Infirmary / Stobhill

0.99

0.78

-19.1

Inverclyde Royal Hospital

1.15

0.82

-13.6

Royal Alexandra / Vale of Leven

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0.98

-19.6

Southern General Hospital

1.15

0.78

-21.1

Victoria Infirmary

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0.80

-18.6

Western Infirmary / Gartnavel

0.87

0.64

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CHILDREN TO PLAY BIGGER ROLE IN COURT THE Justice Minister, has announced that children will play a more meaningful role in determining the outcome of care proceedings in family cases.

Children aged ten and over will be given the opportunity to give their opinions about what should happen to them when they face being taken into care or separated from a parent following a marital or relationship breakdown.

The Minister, who recently addressed the Family Justice Young People’s Board, said: “For too long, children and young people have struggled to have their voices heard during the family court process.

Although they are often at the centre of proceedings, the views of children and how they feel are often not heard, with other people making vital decisions for them.”

Adding: “I have taken steps to make sure that children and young people from the age of ten will be able to express their views in cases which affect them.”

According to a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Child Protection, many children who end up in care have never been inter-

viewed by the judge who ultimately makes the decision to remove them from their families.

Given that children who were subjected to care orders also felt their voices were not being heard, the influential all-party group - made up of politicians, child protection experts and charity officials is supporting the call for judges to routinely ask children whether they would like to meet them in order to better understand their wishes before making a decision.

The group also warns that judges assigned to care proceedings often have very little exposure to family law and instead rely on evidence furnished to them by overstretched social workers.

Any move to ensure children’s voices are heard in the family justice system is good news and we wait the government laying out how this will work in practice and hope it will be part of a package of measures, which go beyond the courts and seek to change parents’ behaviour.

Last year, 90,000 children were involved in new family court cases

SCOTLAND ‘NOT IN UK’

LABOUR ACCUSE SNP OF INTIMIDATION THE SNP were slammed for using “intimidation” tactics after encouraging supporters to photograph Labour activists and post the pictures on the internet.

An SNP branch asked supporters to take the “sinister” action if Labour canvassers called at their door.

The official Facebook page of the branch posted a message saying: “If a Labour (sic) come to your door ask them about: 1. Trident renewal 2. Austerity vote 3. Fracking moratorium vote.

“If they lie take a picture of them and post the information.

Use the hashtag #labourdoorstep.”

A Labour activist wrote on Twitter: “Why are SNP so creepy with the photo taking?

It’s happened to me a few times. Really weird behaviour, guys.”

Scottish Labour MP Anne McGuire said: “This is an absolutely outrageous attempt to intimidate Scottish Labour activists into silence.

“People should not feel threatened for canvassing voters or expressing their own political opinions, and the idea of photographing someone against their will is incredibly sinister.

“The SNP need to get their members in line, this form of politics should be nowhere near the general election in May.” SNP bosses carpeted the leaders of the branch after the Daily Record first printed the story

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A TRAIN station in Glasgow’s east end has been brightened up thanks to the efforts of two local primary schools.

Golfhill and St Denis primary schools look after three planters at Duke Street Station, and have now added brilliantly-coloured posters.

The planters and posters have made such a cheerful impact on the station that,

as a way of thanking pupils for their hard work, ScotRail has donated rail tickets to the schools’ ‘Families in Partnership’ programmes.

This initiative allows the pupils to visit museums across Glasgow.

Golfhill Primary School teacher Elaine Hunter said: “The children love visiting the station to look after the planters.

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They’ve grown heathers, bulbs, and also potatoes which they have made into scones!

The posters make me smile every time I go through.”

John Yellowlees, ScotRail external relations manager, said: “We are so pleased with the results of the pupils’ hard work, and very happy to support the Families in Partnership programme.”

A GLASGOW student has been left in shock after being rejected from an English college – The reason, they said Scotland wasn’t part of the UK. The 26-year-old from Glasgow applied for a distance learning course in dementia care, from Sunderland College, and received an email from the school saying “unfortunately, we cannot take learners on that live in Scotland - you have to have UK residency”.

The college have since apologised and said they were lim-

ited to the local area due to funding cuts.

Governance and administration department employee Janice Butler apparently “confused UK residency with English residency”.

College vice principal David Howells was quoted: “We would like to apologise for any offence caused.”

Stacey, who was inspired to become a carer after a life-threatening case of blood poisoning, has now been accepted to a similar course at another English school

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SEVEN councils will benefit from a £100 million fund to benefit children from the poorest parts of Scotland.

In the first pay-out, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire are recipients from the Attainment Scotland Fund.

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GENN JUNIOR SOLDIER FROM GLASGOW PASSES OUT IN MILITARY GRADUATION PARADE ON Thursday 19 February, Jarred Singh, 17 from Dennistoun, Glasgow joined 500 junior soldiers passing out in a military graduation parade at the Army Foundation College, Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the presence of Lieutenant General Sir Gerald William Berragan.

The passing out parade marked the completion of their British Army Junior Entry training Uniacke Barracks.

They will now go on to serve in various corps and regiments of the British Army to begin the next part of their specialist training, where they will learn how to do their jobs at home and abroad.

Junior Entry soldiers can go on to become engineers, IT specialists, infantry soldiers, as well as more technical specialists.

This prestigious ceremony is the culmination of many months of hard work and determination from all the junior soldiers graduating.

Their final training exercise is a gruelling, 30-hour battle camp challenge across the Yorkshire Dales encompassing all the training they’ve learned during their time at AFC Harrogate.

Jarred, who will be going on to the Royal Engineers said: “I’m very proud to have graduated from AFC Harrogate in front of my family and friends.

“As a junior soldier you learn core life skills such as leadership, teamwork and determination.

I have made loads of friends and met new people, and have become much more confident in my own ability.

“The course has been really hard work but the sense of achievement in graduating has

made it worth it.

“I’ve been paid to train through Harrogate and I’ve got some really useful qualifications, so am now just really looking forward to the next stage of my Army career.”

Every year, AFC Harrogate takes in 1,350 school-leavers in two intakes (March and September).

They are given the opportunity out in the field to learn military skills, gain essential qualifications and develop as a person.

CITY FEELS THE PAIN

THE SNP stand accused of disproportionately targeting Labour-run local authorities As Glasgow city council set its budget, facing some real time painful cuts.

Funding reductions by Westminster have had an effect but has been intensified as the SNP in Edinburgh have hacked away at Glasgow’s share of the overall local authority pot.

SNP, naturally seek to blame Westminster but as far back as 2008 when SNP allied with the Tories to set a budget in 2008, Glasgow has been a victim of severe budget cuts, and the pace has been accelerating each term since.

The Scottish government’s own figures show that if Glasgow got the same share of the pot as it did under Labour, it would have had extra millions this year. Scotland’s biggest city once again sees its share cut.

SNPs cuts is money that could have been spent on the people of Glasgow Strangely some areas have been shielded from the storm according to figures directly from the Scottish government.

Angus, the only council where the Nationalists have an outright majority, and which sends SNP MP Mike Weir to parliament, has seen its share

of the pot actually increase, so that it has had extra millions this year compared with what was allocation when the SNP came to power.

Perth & Kinross, run by the SNP with Tory support and returning an SNP MP , has seen its share of the pot go up year on year, and had additional millions in its 2014-15 budget from these adjustments to funding shares.

Aberdeenshire, the local authority where Alex Salmond had his Westminster seat for many years and where he hopes to have one again, gets extra this year.

Aberdeenshires unemployment rate is a 1/3 of that of Glasgow.

SNP are being compared with the Thatcher government

that tore down the democratic structures of the urban centres of England, for daring to oppose her, so the SNP similarly are accused of deliberately throttling Glasgow, Scotland’s greatest city A Labour member said “The Nationalists seek to lecture Labour on its roots, while their policies are socialism in reverse. Let us be clear.

The redistribution away from areas of need is by definition regressive.

This is not “progressive politics”, it is the antithesis. The people of this great city do not need to be protected from their decisions by the government in Edinburgh, and still less will they stand for being robbed so the Nationalists can buy votes in its heartlands.”

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BANNERMAN HIGH PAYS TRIBUTE TO A FORMER SCHOOL PUPIL PARENTS of a Baillieston schoolboy who lost a two-year battle with cancer have praised his former school at Bannerman High for the support they have received.

The memory of 16-year-old Dylan Iain Thomson, who lived in Swinton, has been firmly retained with a football match at the school - led by older brothers, Jamie (25) and Lee (21), and their father Kenny.

Dylan’s mother, Angie, spoke exclusively to the GENN of her admiration for his school friends and staff in not only attending the funeral, but also selling tickets for the game.

Proceeds will go to CLIC Sargent – their nominated charity - and Dylan’s headstone “The kids have been magnificent”, Angie admitted.

“Dylan’s funeral took place at Mure Memorial Church, Garrowhill, and the Minister had to open up both doors to accomodate around 500 people who turned up.

It was amazing!”

Dylan, a keen Manchester City supporter, played local boys’ club football with East

Calling All Dog Poop Investigators! aimed at groups that will help support and encourage volunteer activity through practical environmental projects.

Emma McLaughlin, who is co-ordinating the project, wants to see as many people as possible come along to help on the day.

“Everybody can get involved in their local outdoor spaces. They are a shared resource and a shared responsibility. From the smallest individual action to a national campaign, every contribution helps! The CSV Action Earth Awards are designed to help groups of volunteers take practical action to improve and create places for wildlife.”

If you are keen to learn new skills, improve your local environment and have fun at the same time, call Emma on 0141 3365808.

If you would like to register your own project or think you can come up with a good project idea, then please take part in the campaign.

Register at http://actionearth.csv. org.uk or call CSV Action Earth on 0131 222 9083.

FRIENDS of Possilpark Greenspace is calling on everyone to lend a hand to improve their local environment.

It wants to prise people free of their armchairs and get them involved in their local community by helping on their CSV Action Earth project.

Friends of Possilpark Greenspace will be holding an anti dog fouling event on Friday 20th March, 3.30-4.30pm at Brother’s Path.

Just like on TV, CSI uniforms will be provided to all children comprising coats, gloves, face masks and shoe covers. Wellie boots are advised!

The anti dog fouling event is part of a larger project to clean up Brother’s Path so we can use it as a creative community arts space.

The activity is part of a campaign called CSV Action Earth organised by CSV (Community Service Volunteers).

As part of this year’s campaign, SNH (Scottish Natural Heritage) will be supporting around 160 projects in Scotland through grant awards of up to £500,

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Angie revealed: “During a game, Dylan pulled up complaining he had a groin strain.

When the injury became worse we went to see a doctor, who made an appointment for Yorkhill Hospital.

“Once we found out what was wrong Dylan just decided to get on with his life.

He even passed his prelim exams despite being off school for a year.

“He never complained - that was not his style - but sadly passed away when the tumour moved to another part of his body.

“Upper Crust (Garrowhill) sponsored t-shirts for the match at Bannerman, and I have been around other shops seeking donations.

“Jamie and Lee took on the role of respective team captains, and Kenny was appointed referee.

“As a family, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the warmth of their kindness and support throughout.”

DRIVING TO DISTRACTION 26-40 year olds are the most distracted by in-car technology while driving says new research.

The Department for Transport recently announced that the number of deaths and serious injuries on Britain’s road rose by 4% to nearly 25,000 in 2014, with some commentators suggesting that in-car technology is distracting drivers behind the wheel.

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This concern is echoed in consumer research undertaken by Europe’s leading used vehicle marketplace, which found that 95% of respondents had seen other motorists using a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving.

According to the research carried out in September 2014, 83% had seen other drivers texting and emailing whilst on the road.

But mobile phones are not the only technology distracting drivers.

Over half of respondents (52%) admitted to looking at their Sat Nav rather than the road at a junction or roundabout and 47% had seen other motorists doing the same. A small percentage even confessed to accessing the internet or social media while driving!

The research reinforces other expert opinion that in-car technology is distracting drivers and at least contributing to the rise in road traffic accidents, whilst the perception is that young motorists are likely to be the most distracted by in-car gadgets whilst driving, the research suggests it is older drivers, aged 26-40, that are thought to be the main culprits.

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ng homes Community Networking Breakfast programme continues to increase in numbers with over 70 attending the latest event which was held at Possilpark Parish Church.

One of the elements of the programme is ‘Speakers Corner’ and this month it was Peter Lavelle and Eileen Ham from Glasgow Wood recycling.

This was followed by Emma Black and Stuart Millerfrom Meal Makers.

Participants have provided

strong examples of partnership working. One example is that of Fire Scotland who have connected with Ronier Deumeni from African Challenge, Satya Dunning from RNIB and Michael Kam from ng homes.

Archie Curran, Station Commander at Fire Scotland, said “The networking breakfast programme has been excellent in building partnerships with a diverse range of people. We are pleased to have made contact with members of the African

and Chinese community and this will support us in our efforts in fire prevention through carrying out Home Safety Checks. I would highly recommend this programme”. ng homes Board Member Richard Porter attending the community networking event said: We are delighted to see these networking events grow each time and its great to see so many new connections being made and partnerships being formed.”

Do you and your partner enjoy cooking and want to compete for £1000?

Couples Come Dine with Me will be filming in/around GLASGOW very soon, and we are looking for great contestants.

Over the course of three nights, three couples that are enthusiastic amateur chefs, who don’t know each other, take it in turns to host a dinner party for the other two couples. At the end of the week the best host couple wins a £1,000 cash prize.

We are looking for romantic couples to apply for our show. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, and must not be professionally trained as a chef.

The shoot will take place the week commencing 20th April, so you must be available across this week.

Email comedinewithme@shiver.tv asap or call 08712 003 939 if you are interested in applying.

CROHN’S & COLITIS UK THE Clyde Group of Crohn’s and Colitis UK has a large catchment area of members covering Greater Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, Lanarkshire, Stirlingshire, Argyll & Bute up to Oban and Islands off the West Coast of Scotland & down to Ayrshire.

They currently have over 700 members in their group but anyone with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis is welcome to join or their family members or anyone with an interest in the conditions.

The condition is more prevalent in Scotland & affects 1 in 200 people.

As they have such a large

catchment area covering the centre and West of Scotland, they hold meetings in a central location in the centre of Glasgow as this has good transport links.

Recent interest in the condition has been increased as the TOWIE (The Only Way is Essex) celebrity Sam Faiers was recently diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease last year & Scotland the Football Captain Darren Fletcher announced he had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis & has also recently set up his own charity United for Colitis which raised over £100,000 for Crohn’s and Colitis UK. Other celebrities with Ul-

cerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease include Sir Steve Redgrave the famed rower and 5 times Olympic Gold Medallist, the magician Dynamo, Ali Carter Professional Snooker Star and Ken Stott the Scottish Actor renowned for his role in Rebus. Crohn’s and Colitis UK Celebrity Ambassadors include Carrie Grant (Celebrity Vocal Coach & One Show Presenter), Jeff Hordley (Cane Dingle in Emmerdale), pop stars Anastasia and Rick Parfitt Junior.

The focus of the charity is encouraging well-being and living positively with these health conditions to improve understanding and inspire others.

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Demand for CCTV in all GARROWHILL PRIMARY licenced premises

THE reaction follows a report detailing an assault in a pub that resulted in a man being hospitalised after a dispute in his local pub.

The attack occurred in the pub, resulting in a fractured a cheekbone for one drinker.

The incident is believed to have occurred after a number of disputes throughout the night.

While the victim has no recollection of the moments immediately before the assault, the CCTV security system that had been installed in and around the premises showed footage of

what happened.

The recordings highlighted that both men went outside of the public house in order to settle their grievances where one man proceeded to carry out the violent attack, with clear images of a punch to the face and then subsequent kicks.

Thanks to the evidence presented to the Court by the prosecution, the attacker was given a 12 month suspended sentence due to the fact he opted to plead guilty and that it was his first offence.

Combined with this, 150 hours of community service and a £500 compensation payment to the victim were also required in order to avoid a jail sentence.

For venues whose main custom is the sale and consumption of alcohol on their premises, it’s imperative that sufficient security is put in place in order to maintain a zero tolerance policy when it comes to violence

SCHOOL APPEAL

AFTER the celebrations of Garrowhill Primary School’s 75th Open Day in March last year, and the opening of the new school building, it seemed timely to start working on compiling a Commemorative Album of the School’s early period, from its inception in late 1938 to around 1973 when old Miss Ferrier who’d been in the School from the start was killed in a road accident and the Headmaster, Mr William G. Frame and the Infants Mistress, Miss Agnes Inglis retired, effectively ending the ‘old regime’.

I would appeal to any former pupils with anecdotes or photographs, particularly of the teachers and janitors of the period, to contact me so we can include such items in the Album. e-mail : butlerdunnit@outlook.com

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Graduation Day for Activate students from North Glasgow STUDENTS who participated in the Activate course with ng homes received their awards at a ceremony at Glasgow University on 10th February alongside students from other parts of the city.

Activate Tutor, Karen McNiven said: “It has been a pleasure to deliver the Activate course in North Glasgow. The diversity of the group with people from such varied backgrounds and ethnicity makes it an excellent opportunity for local people to learn more about discrimination and diversity. The group had such a wide variety of skills and knowledge to share with each other.

This coupled with their own life experiences made it such a pleasure to work with the group.

It was an excellent bunch of people who I am sure will go on to do more wonderful work in their communities”

Those who completed the programme included local parents and volunteers, ng homes staff and members of a variety of organisations including, Scottish Asylum Seekers Residents Association, Bridges programme and ng green Champions. The course was a big hit with all who attended.

A couple of the comments from local people

were: “It made me feel I could do something in my community” and “it was great working with people from different cultural backgrounds”. ng homes board member Baillie Allan Stewart attended the event and said: “It was magnificent to see so many local people attending the university to collect their certificates.

Activate is certainly a popular course and it’s great for people working in their communities.”

Another Activate course will be starting soon and Information events will be held in Saracen House on 24th March at 1.30pm – 2.30pm and 5.00pm – 6.30pm.

Saracen House hosts Grounds to Grow Saracen House was the venue for Housing Associations and Community groups across Scotland to highlight best practice in community growing projects. Funders, planners and support organisations were also on hand to provide information on developments and sustaining community gardens.

The event was organised by Roz Corbett, Development Worker for the Federation of City

Springburn (East)

Farms and Community Gardens with support from ng homes Regeneration Manager, Margaret Layden.

visit Milton Community Garden and take part in further workshops looking at the planning and designing of the site.

Over 80 people attended the event which included presentations from Greenspace Scotland, Shettleston Community Growing Project and Sanctuary Housing Association followed by an ‘Open Space problem solving’ workshop. Participants had the opportunity to

Chairperson of ng homes John Fury said: “We were delighted to welcome people from all over the country to Saracen House to showcase the work they are doing in relation to community growing particularly in this year of Glasgow Green 2015.”

Email: info@nghomes.net

Ned Donaldson House, 50 Reidhouse Street Springburn, Glasgow. G21 4LS Tel 0141 560 6000 Fax 0141 560 6005

Website: www.nghomes.net @ng_homes

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Possilpark (West) Saracen House, 139 Saracen Street, Possilpark, Glasgow, G22 5AZ Tel 0141 336 1300 Fax 0141 560 6005

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Local families Celebrate Chinese New Year in North Glasgow OVER 100 people including 80 children took part in Chinese New Year celebrations at Saracen House in Possilpark earlier this week enjoying traditional Chinese food, music and dancing.

The event was organised by ng homes for its Chinese speaking tenants and was also attended by m members of local groups and their families and committee members and volunteers from ng homes.

ng homes Board members took part in the celebrations with Chairperson John Fury welcoming everyone to the event and wishing them a happy new year and Bill Rossine presenting prizes. John said: “It was excellent to see the Chinese families celebrating their culture with their neighbours from Springburn, Possilpark and surrounding areas, a happy new year was had by all.”

Also attending the event were Members of the Scottish Parliament. Bob Doris MSP highlighted the importance of families and wished everyone a peaceful and happy new year. Bob said: “This was a wonderful, vibrant event, and my thanks to ng homes for arranging it. I thoroughly enjoyed the music and dance, and of course the excellent Chinese cuisine.

costumes and the really graceful dancers.”

Cheng Hong, from Possilpark said: The red pockets proved very popular and helped children enjoy the home festival atmosphere which is very important.

I’d like to thank ng homes for organising a very hospitable Chinese New Year celebration party. All programmes were fantastic and the children enjoyed them. Chinese tenants are very thankful for being invited and I’d like to thank all the people who contributed to this event.”

Chinese New Year is an important festival celebrated at the turn of the Chinese Calendar in China. It is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar. It falls between February 18 and March 5 this year.

“I look forward to forging ever stronger links with our local Chinese community, and I am sure the new year celebrations will continue to go from strength to strength.”

Patricia Ferguson MSP helped present the children with Red Pockets which are traditionally passed from adults to children during the Chinese New Year’s celebrations. The red colour of the envelope symbolises good luck. Patricia said: “I had a lovely afternoon and really enjoyed seeing all the colourful

Michael Kam of ng homes said: “Being far from home New Year is very significant to Chinese people here in Glasgow. It has the meaning of family union and friendship among people. With the event held in their community this means they can enjoy the Chinese New year with their Scottish neighbours.”

Chinese food was provided by local business SeeWoo and dancers from the Glasgow Oriental Dancing Association entertained everyone. The event was also attended by community police officers and fire officers from Fire Scotland.

Local man Bob Moir provided traditional Scottish entertainment playing the concertina and even had everyone on the floor doing the hokey cokey.

ng2 400 Petershill Road, Springburn, Glasgow, G21 4AA Tel: 0141 630 4252

Email: info@ng2works.com

Website: www.ng2works.com

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Saracen House, 139 Saracen Street, Possilpark, Glasgow, G22 5AZ Tel 0141 336 1300 Fax 0141 560 6005

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UK’S MOST LOVED (and hated) BRANDS UK takes Amazon to heart; it’s a love/hate relationship with Facebook; political parties take the ‘hate’ vote.

The results show in a timely research conducted to establish the UK’s most loved (and unloved…) brands.

The survey, Methodology: In February 2015, 18+ adults and representative of the UK population completed an online study managed by OnePoll.

Total no. of respondents: 1500.

Respondents were asked to identify brands against a number of ‘love’ factors: brands they felt a loyalty towards; brands they would miss if they were no longer available; brands they rely on etc.

Respondents were also asked to cite brands that they hate.

The survey polled 1500 UK consumers (18+ and nationally representative) and asked them to identify brands against a number of ‘love’ characteristics.

The survey also asked respondents to identify those brands, if any, they hated.

Amazon, the internet retail giant, is the UK’s most-loved brand polling almost half of the votes (48%); the next three places are taken by food stalwarts Cadbury, Walkers and Heinz with BBC1 demonstrating national affection in 5th.

The rest of the top 10 is occupied by Google (6th), Kellogg’s (7th), retailers Boots and Tesco (8th and 9th respectively) with ITV, the UK’s oldest commercial network, taking 10th spot.

It would seem that longevity works wonders for most.

All, bar two of the top 10, predate the 1960’s with top honours going to Cadbury (1824).

Affection, it seems, has been hard won.

But it’s not just about affection, it’s about relevance and usefulness and what better proof of that formula than Amazon and Google.

Brands that are useful to us,

brands that make our lives easier, brands that do what they promise.

The GENN 170 years from now we will we hope, have been as resilient as Cadbury Political parties voted the UK’s most hated brands With a general election less than three months away the UK’s political parties are firmly under the spotlight and keen to curry favour with the electorate.

Another survey has revealed that the main political parties are amongst the most-hated brands in the UK. UKIP, the controversial independent party, has been identified as the UK’s most hated brand polling almost one-third of the votes (30%) - closely followed by the Tories in 2nd place (27%) with Labour in 5th and the Lib Dems 6th.

The Top 10 ‘unloved’ brand list is completed by Marmite (3rd), Ryanair (4th), McDonalds (7th) and Starbucks (8th) with Facebook and KFC taking the last two spots.

“It will come as no shock to anyone (least of all the politicians themselves) that the political parties are all in the same unloved boat.

When it comes to polling day are we voting for the party we love or are we voting for the party of most use?”

Facebook and Twitter – It’s a love/hate relationship Are we beginning to fall out of love with Facebook and Twitter?

The research has revealed that the UK has a love/hate relationship with Facebook - the social media giant.

The site, that has over 1 billion active users, polled 27% of the votes to take 15th place in the love stakes but also hit the hate highs with a top 10 ‘hate’ ranking of 9th.

Twitter has also failed to impress in the love stakes polling only 11% of the votes in 65th - one place ahead of Vodafone and two behind NatWest.

Social media changes by the

second and consequently so does our relationship with it.

Facebook, is now the granddaddy.

However cyberbullying and privacy issues an ongoing concern - perhaps it’s a social media platform we’re beginning to fall out of love with?”

Key findings: • Gender divide: men vote for Walkers, women for Cadbury.

• Aldi makes the top 20 • BA takes top airline love honours with Easyjet in 2nd beating Virgin Atlantic in 3rd.

Ryanair fails to show the love.

• Audi voted the UK’s mostloved car brand.

• Apple, which consistently tops consumer polls, disappoints in 35th place.

• Nationwide is the mostloved financial institution (44th) - one place behind Persil.

TOP 20 MOST-LOVED BRANDS 1 Amazon 2 Cadbury 3 Walkers 4 Heinz 5 BBC1 6 Google 7 Kellogg’s 8 Boots 9 Tesco 10 ITV 11 eBay 12 Asda 13 M&S 14 PG Tips 15 Facebook 16 Colgate 17 Coca Cola 18 Aldi 19 BBC2 20 Fairy TOP 10 MOST-HATED BRANDS 1 UKIP 2 Conservatives 3 Marmite 4 Ryanair 5 Labour 6 LibDems 7 McDonalds 8 Starbucks 9 Facebook 10 KFC

60 MINUTE Makeover star John Amabile and Glasgow councillor Bailie Cameron urged shoppers to reap the benefits of swapping, sharing and passing on their old stuff today, as they announced a host of activity coming to Glasgow’s St Enoch Centre on 7th and 8th March as part of Pass it on Week.

Swap shops, a vintage and re-used fashion show, upcycling and repair workshops

and a re-use marketplace are all set to pop up in the St Enoch centre to show shoppers that passing things on to others can be easy and fun.

Pass it on Week is a new national awareness week about re-using items more often to prevent the huge volumes of re-usable good sent to landfill each year in Scotland.

Zero Waste Scotland, which organises Pass it on Week, has teamed up with Glasgow’s

Green Year of 2015 team, to bring the concept to the shopping masses at the heart of Glasgow’s retail centre, in a bid to show people that second hand isn’t second best.

The event will be compered

by John Amabile and will see a “Swapping Shopping” pop up store set up in the St Enoch Centre to allow people to trade something they don’t want for something they do, a bra amnesty in support of charity, a vintage and re-used fashion show on a model-powered electricity generating catwalk, workshops from Glasgow fashion gurus Betty and Bee on how to combine new and reused items into a capsule wardrobe and drop in sessions on how to take a re-used piece of furniture and give it a new lease of life.

For more information about the Pass it on Week event in St Enoch Centre, or to search the range of events happening across Scotland go to www. passitonweek.com

BENJI VISITS GLASGOW

PARENTS and their wee ones are invited to jump on board the free PlayTalkRead bus ‘Benji’ as it visits Glasgow.

Designed as a free drop in playground, Benji offers parents and carers a fun and relaxed environment to pick up exciting new ideas and tips to play, talk and read more with their little ones which will help make a positive difference to their health and happiness.

Benji will be stopping at: Lochview Nursery, 145 Lochend Road G34 0LW from 9am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm on Tuesday 3rd March Royston Library, 67 Royston Road G21 2QW from 9am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm on Wednesday 4th March Chesters Nursery, 10 Bankglen Road G15 7LG from 9am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm on Thursday 5th March Rowena Nursery, 36 Knightscliffe Avenue G13 2TE from 9am – 12pm and 1pm – 3pm on Friday 6th March Mitchel Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN from 9:30am – 3:30pm on Saturday 7th March On board, parents and carers of 0 – 3 year olds can enjoy all types of fun from interactive storytelling, song and rhyme sessions to easy craft activities.

The qualified and experienced play leaders will showcase lots of great low-cost or free activities that can fit into parents’ daily routines.

Acting Minister for Children and Young People, Fiona McLeod commented:

“Playing, talking and reading is all about enjoying time together with your wee one from day one, it can give them a better start in life and make a positive difference to their health and happiness in the future.

It also helps little ones learn to play for longer therefore they become less frustrated, which means less stress for them and you.

“We’re looking forward to welcoming all the mums, dads, grandparents and carers in Glasgow on board Benji.

As a former librarian, I’m delighted to see so many families getting involved in the PlayTalkRead campaign by visiting Benji.

The buses and the PlayTalkRead website provide a wealth of inspiration as well as lots of handy tips and advice on playing, talking and reading more with your little one, which not only helps little brains grow but are simple, inexpensive and easily incorporated into your daily routine.”

Last year more than 19,600 parents and 23,800 children visited one of the 459 PlayTalkRead events held across Scotland.

A massive 95 per cent of those felt the advice the buses offered was relevant to them and more than 70 per cent said they would play, talk and read with their children more as a result of visiting.

The PlayTalkRead roadshow will visit every local authority in Scotland as part of the Scottish Government’s Early Years campaign focusing on the first three years of children’s lives.

Entry is free. You can see when the PlayTalkRead buses will next be in your area at: www.playtalkread.org/bus/ timetable For more information – plus lots of handy tips and advice - visit www.playtalkread.org. You can also visit the PlayTalkRead Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ playtalkread or follow PlayTalkRead on Twitter @PlayTalkRead.

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College Helps Local People to ‘Connect’ With Jobs THE ‘Connect Community Trust’ has worked closely with Glasgow Kelvin College to deliver employability skills to local north east residents, preparing them for potential interviews with the new Marks & Spencers at the expanding Glasgow Fort shopping mall Through partnership collaboration, the Connect Community Trust brought local candidates into Wellhouse Hub and The Connie in Easterhouse, recruiting them for the rolling one-day training programme.

The intensive training took them through Food Hygiene, Health & Safety and Customer Service skills training, resulting in a College certificate – Skills for Customer Care.

Connect Community Trust has provided ongoing support and practical help to participants as they prepare for the programme and their potential interview for a career in the fast-moving retail environment of M & S, one of the UK’s most well-known companies.

The Trust is funded through People and Communities Fund and DWP to deliver their Peoples Gateway job clubs.

Commencing in mid-December 2014, the hugely popular programme has seen 110 learners take up and successfully complete the training and this culminated in a presentation ceremony at Shettleston Job Hub in early February.

Certificates were presented by Alan

Sherry, Principal of Glasgow Kelvin College, who said; “The College is delighted to have been part of this key partnership which supports local people as they prepare for the workplace.

“The excellent links built between the employer, M & S, Department for

Work & Pensions,Connect Community Trust and ourselves have ensured that you, our learners, are gaining relevant and transferable skills.

This provides an opportunity for you to land quality, sustainable jobs in your local area and support the economic growth of your community.

Congratulations to you and all the staff who have supported you through this process.

Well done!”

A crucial support and coaching programme was undertaken by Lynette McKechnie, People’s Gateway Co-ordinator and her team at Connect

Community Trust. Pauline Smith, Chief Executive of the Trust said, “Connect prides itself on working for and with local people to make positive changes and this project has been no different.

Working alongside the local Job Centre and Glasgow Kelvin College we have been able to support local people to gain skills that will help to stand out from the crowd when applying for these upcoming jobs.

“The Peoples Gateway team at the Trust provide daily support to local people looking for work.

The recent achievements through this Customer Care training have proved how our close working relationship benefits local people in the community.

The team are providing additional support with the upcoming online application process and interview preparation because that is what has been asked for.

“The recent presentation provided an opportunity for DWP, Connect Community Trust, Glasgow Kelvin College and M&S to congratulate everyone on their achievements and showed that we are moving in the right direction together.

We know that this is the first of many celebration events in the area where you can all be recognised for your successes and achievements!”

For more information on Connect and upcoming training go to www. connect-ct.org.uk

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More visitors than the entire population of Scotland OPENED in 2002 as part of The Millennium Link, a £78 million project that restored Scotland’s inland waterways to a navigable state for the first time since the 1960s, the Wheel replaced a flight of 11 locks that once stepped the Union Canal down to the level of the Forth & Clyde over a distance of 1.5 kilometres and took more than a day to traverse.

The Falkirk Wheel allows vessels to transit between the two waterways in just a few minutes.

So iconic is its design, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers’ (FIDIC) – an organisation representing consulting engineers in more than 80 countries – judged the Wheel, alongside the likes of the Hoover Dam and The Channel Tunnel, as one of the most significant civil engineering projects of the last hundred years

ABOUT THE SEASONS

SEASONS are periods in a year marked by specific weather conditions, temperatures and length of day.

Most calendars around the world divide the year in 4 seasons.

These are: spring, summer,autumn and winter.

Overall visitor numbers rose by more than 25% compared to 2013, while over 125,000 people – the highest figures in almost a decade – enjoyed a unique canal boat trip at the working sculpture, which links the Forth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 35m (115ft) above.

The Wheel has welcomed more than 5.5 million visitors since it opened in 2002.

A major factor in the Wheel’s success is the launch of The Kelpies, the world’s largest pair of equine sculptures, which are just a short canalside canter away within the 350 hectare Helix parkland. The 30-metre-tall horse head monuments have attracted more than 800,000 visitors since they were officially unveiled to the world in April last year – with many combining the trip to the sculptures with a turn on The Falkirk Wheel.

2014 saw more than half a million people pay a visit to the world’s only rotating boat lift and they’ve now had more visitors than the entire population of Scotland.

Even more than a decade since its opening, the chance to see this iconic feat of engineering in action is still drawing huge numbers of visitors, boosting the economy of the area and helping put Falkirk on tourists’ ‘to-see’ lists the world over.

“The Falkirk Wheel is the jewel in the crown of Scotland’s canal network and now, with The Helix and The Kelpies nearby, the area has even more to offer.

With the chance to take a turn on the incredible Wheel or stand in the shadows of the largest horse sculptures on the planet, Falkirk and Grangemouth is fast becoming a vibrant hub of sustainable tourism with the Forth & Clyde Canal

at its heart.

We can’t wait to welcome even more people to the area in 2015.”

As well as the opportunity to take a one-of-a-kind boat trip on the Wheel, the surrounding area boasts a wide variety of activities available come sun or storm.

The visitor centre features a café serving up home-made, locally-sourced savouries and sweet treats, as well as taking visitors through the history of both the Wheel and the nation’s 200-year-old canals.

For the more adventurous, the Wheel also plays host to water zorbing, a variety of woodland walks and cycle routes, and the remains of the Antonine Wall – the northernmost fortification of the Roman Empire – is also nearby for those looking to slake their thirst for history.

Scottish Canals also has big plans for the future and 2015

will see the attraction’s visitor centre revamped as well as the expansion of the Wheel’s ever-popular water play zone, which already features a mini canal and an array of splashtastic contraptions designed to help children explore the engineering and principles of water displacement behind the world’s only rotating boat lift.

Designed to celebrate the history, geography and role of Scotland’s canals, the new water play zone will feature two new pools; water dodgems; water cannons; and a giant map of Scotland made of natural stone and featuring the country’s five canals.

Visitors will be able to steer model boats through the pools, manoeuvring their craft through the miniature canals complete with model lock gates and a rotating bucket wheel representing The Falkirk Wheel when the attraction opens this spring

The dates on when these seasons begin and end can differ depending on who you ask.

People in Australia and New Zealand for example, consider September 1 as the beginning of spring.

The Irish on the other hand believe that spring begins on February 1, when they celebrate St Brigid’s Day. The following details apply only to the Northern Hemisphere. Seasons in the Southern

Hemisphere are opposite.

In order to be consistent and to make forecasting easier, meterologists divide the year into 4 seasons of 3 months each: • spring - starting March 1 and ending May 31, • summer - starting June 1 and ending August 31, • autum - starting September 1 and ending November 30, and • winter - starting December 1 and ending February 28 (Feb 29 in a Leap Year).

These seasons are known as meteorological seasons.

Astronomical seasons Astronomers and scientists on the other hand, use the dates of equinoxes and solstices to mark the beginning and end of seasons in a year.

Like meteorological seasons, there are 4 astronomical seasons in a year: • spring - March equinox to June solstice, • summer - June solstice to September equinox, • fall (autum) - September equinox to December solstice,

and • winter - December solstice to March equinox.

Equinoxes and solstices Seasons occur because of the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis - around the June solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is titled towards the sun.

This causes summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Southern Hemisphere on the other hand, is tilted away from the sun and therefore, experiences winter.

The opposite occurs around the December Solstice, when the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, while the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away.

The solstices and equinoxes, on the other hand are caused by the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. March equinox: The March equinox occurs when the sun crosses the true celestial equator – or the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from south to

north on a day between March 20 and 23.

In other words, the Sun moves north of the Equator during the March equinox.

June solstice: The June solstice is also referred to as the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

This is the time when the Sun is at its furthest point from the Equator and the Earth’s north pole tilts towards the Sun. September equinox: The September equinox is also referred to as the autumnal, autumn or fall equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.

It is known as the spring or vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

It occurs on a day between September 21 and 24 when the Earth’s axis of rotation is perpendicular to the imaginary line connecting the centres of the Earth and the sun.

December solstice: The December solstice marks

DYNAMO BIKES FOR SCHOOLS A SCHEME educating chil-

dren about the importance of energy efficiency has resulted in pupils pedalling pushbikes equipped with dynamos to print work.

This will take place in all 120 schools in the Scottish region and is hoped to deter people from wasting paper.

An education officer outlined the scheme’s benefits: “In our quest to achieve ambitious carbon targets in Scotland, projects like this take us another good step towards our goals whilst having the additional merit of preparing the next generating to be more aware of the environmental challenges we face.”

Six printers are connected to pushbikes so that pages can be printed from pedalling.

Organisers say it takes five seconds to print one sheet of paper if you pedal hard.

It is hoped children will become more aware of how crucial energy consumption is in this day and age.

Organisers say they can assure you that the children will not print out any more than they have to from now on, because it’s hard work.

A key priority for councils is to provide the best start in life for all children, and they are committed to reducing our carbon emissions.

This exciting initiative offers a win-win situation, linking sustainable energy use and increased physical activity.

It lets children see just how much of their own energy is required to print a document.

“This scheme is educating the next generation in saving energy and being greener because the effects of global warming are only going to become more obvious in the decades to come the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

It also sometimes called the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.

It occurs on a day between December 20 and 23.

At this point, the sun appears directly above the Tropic of Capricorn, and the days are shortest at locations north of the Tropic of Cancer.

South of the Antarctic Circle the Sun is visible 24 hours per day.

Seasons in the southern hemisphere are opposite to those in the northern hemisphere.

For example, the March equinox, also popularly known as the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, marks the start of spring in the northern hemisphere but the start of autumn in the southern hemisphere.

The same rule applies for the other three seasons.

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It’s set to be a record breaking year for the Savvy Shopper!

AS the cost of raising a child continues to increase above the rate of inflation, savvy families of Glasgow turn to Jack & Jill in a bid to make their money go further.

Over 700 Glasgow mums and families took part selling and saving in their local Jack & Jill Market last month, a nearly-new baby & kids market, and many more will be getting ready again for more smart savings to be made at this month’s Glasgow Jack & Jill Market event on Saturday 7th March, 10.30am-1pm, at Bellahouston Sports Centre.

Local Mum of three, Claire McNaughton, whose youngest daughter was born 12 weeks early is the newly appointed local Marketing & Events Manager running the monthly community market in Glasgow to help local mums and families reduce the cost of raising children.

“I have always been a dedicated Jack & Jill shopper and when Ruby-Mae was born at 28 weeks it was so important to me to be able to get quality preemie clothes for her as they are so expensive to buy new and are not widely available in high street shops.

It is so rewarding now to be able to see other mums saving on quality items for their kids just as I do.”

Local Glasgow Mum, Kerry, who sold at the last Bellahouston Jack & Jill Market is very positive: “This was my first experience at a Jack and Jill Market, I was really impressed with how organised it was.

Plenty of email updates beforehand to help prepare and very helpful staff on the day.

I was amazed at how many stalls there were and how friendly they all were.

It was just the right length of time and was busy the whole time. I managed to sell nearly everything I brought, shoppers were keen on good quality children’s items and I now have an empty cupboard under the stairs! Delighted.” Kerry Crichton, 40, mum of three.

Thrift Is The New Cool According to a new study carried out by CEBR for Liverpool Victoria it now costs an average of £120,000 to raise a child from birth to age 10.

Myles Rix, managing director of Protection at LV said: No parent wants their child to go without and given a significant chunk of a family’s income is spent on children, it is important that parents take steps to secure their household’s financial future.”

But, when the going gets

tough, the tough get going.

As the cost of raising children soars, an increasing number of Smart Money Mums in Glasgow and across Scotland have beefed up their selling and bartering skills in a bid to make and save money.

A trend is emerging where mums and dads are now much happier to choose selling and shopping at local car-boot sales and market days, as a cost-effective alternative to the high street for what their children need.

Over a third of parents are now choosing to buy and sell second-hand, according to recent figures.

This month’s Glasgow Jack & Jill Market event is on Saturday 7th March, 10.30am-1pm, at Bellahouston Sports Centre.

Stalls can be booked at: www. jackandjillmarket.co.uk

SHETTLESTON MONEY ADVICE SHETTLESTON HOUSING ASSOCIATION MONEY ADVICE SERVICE (SHAMAS) IS HERE! In the last 6 months, advisors Bernadette and Michael have helped the residents of Shettleston deal with over 500k in debt.

To book your free, confidential money advice appointment, contact Michael 0141 763 2812 or Bernadette 0141 763 2996.

In 2014, Shettleston Housing Association was awarded 5 years funding from the Big Lottery Fund to provide the Shettleston community with a free Money Advice Service.

The project aims are to provide a holistic financial inclusion service to the community including:• helping residents with debt problems, • help to reduce rent arrears • Help to reduce gas and electricity arrears • Help with budgeting •Help with opening a bank account • Help accessing subsidised home contents insurance • Providing advice on affordable credit • Helping residents become

digitally included.

Experienced, Financial Inclusion Co-ordinator Bernadette Sweeney and Financial Inclusion Advisor, Michael Fraser were recruited to deliver the service to the community.

Bernadette has been working in the field of money advice for over 20 years.

Michael has worked in the field of insolvency for the past 5 years.

Bernadette and Michael say that many people experiencing financial difficulties are embarrassed and don’t think anything can be done about their situation, Bernadette believes that there is still a stigma about being in debt but she said that there is always a solution.

The response to the service has already proven hugely successful, with many tenants and residents in the community seeking help on a variety of issues.

They have also set up an outreach clinic at the local Trussel Trust food-bank to provide frontline on the spot advice.

SHAMAS is also an accredited food bank voucher distributor for the residents of Shettleston.

Furthermore, they are cur-

rently in discussions to offer additional outreach surgeries in the area to help as many people as possible.

Bernadette and Michael have assisted residents with applications to a variety of charities which has resulted in residents receiving new white goods and awards to reduce electricity and gas arrears.

Some of the feedback from people accessing the service, • “ I feel as if a weight has been lifted, I didn’t know where to turn • “ The advisor listened to me and didn’t judge me” •“ I wont be worried about opening letters any more” SHAMAS are keen to spread the word to the Shettleston area that the service is now available and free to access for residents of Shettleston. Bernadette and Michael are committed to, “assisting the people of Shettleston plan and work towards a better life for themselves and their families”.

DON’T HESISTATE TO CONTACT THEM TODAY TO ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT IN THE OFFICE OR A HOME VISIT ON 0141 763 2996 OR 0141 763 2812

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Report on the Youth Achievement Event 20th February 2015 Ian McLaughlan Youth Scotland’s Chief Executive opened the event with an update on the Consortiums input to the awards delivered across Scotland. This consortium is one of 60 operation agencies across Scotland in 2014 it delivered • 78% of Dynamic Youth Awards in Glasgow this is 12.3% of the total awards being delivered across Scotland • 76% of Youth Achievement Awards in Glasgow this is 9.8% of the total awards being delivered across Scotland 60 people attended the event with 37 completing and handing in evaluation forms.

6 partner organisations: - Kelvin College, Fuse, FARE, PEEK, Active East and Connect 2 delivered the 4 workshops showcasing their work 11 partner organisationw supported the market place stalls:- Youth Scotland, CK:UK, Royston Youth Action, Glasgow life, North East Health Promotions Team, Connect Community Trust, YoMo and workshop partners.

Ian reported on the flexibility of the awards and their fit to the Curriculum of Excellence and the link to skills that employer are looking for in an employee.

The aim of the event was to increase the awareness of the awards to employers, employability staff and anyone that is interested in the awards.

YoMo Project oordinator Linda McGlynn closed the event by explaining that the partnership approach to the delivery of the awards supports the success of the consortium aim to raise the attainment of the young people that need it the most across the North East of Glasgow.

Thanks to all that support on the day and the evaluation feedback support future events.

SHAPE YOUR FUTURE. SHAPE YOUR COMMUNITY.

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Use the power of sport to inspire young people and empower them to make positive lifestyle choices SCOTTISH Sports Futures (SSF) is a National Scottish charitable organisation supporting young people from early interventions right through to training and employments.

Each SSF programme is available locally across the North East of Glasgow and have a focus at different stages of a young person’s development.

Education through sport provides the platform to motivate young people to lead safe, healthy, active lives.

The 9th of March marks the beginning of Legacy Week, an opportunity to celebrate the success of the Commonwealth Games and share a multitude of good news and positive differences the games have made to the lives of young people in the North East.

All SSF partners and young people involved in programmes will be involved in celebrating all the local activity and exciting new developments available locally during this week.

You will be able to follow this on social media, using the following hashtags will be used on all social media in the run up to and during legacy week: #SSFlegacy #legacy2014. These will be used on all social media in the run up to and during legacy week The Minister for Sport will be visiting SSF programme Active East to meet and hear himself from young people on the 9th of March and the SSF staff team will be supporting the GHA and FARE Legacy Games at the Emirates Arena on the 13th March where the most recent programme Healthy Powerful Communities will be launched.

FOURTEEN is a £3.5m programme funded by Spirit of 2012, a charity set up by the Big Lottery Fund to connect events to promote participation in communities.

Spirit is passionate about increasing opportunities in sport, physical activity, culture and the arts, volunteering and social action as a way to tackle disadvantage and promote happiness and wellbeing.

Fourteen is part of Spirit of 2012’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games legacy programme; instigated by Spirit’s investment in the Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games and its legacy around the UK. The programme is investing in 14 communities across the UK to increase participation through a range of activities locally focusing on wellbeing and health, challenge perceptions of disability, leading to greater social cohesion. Six of the communities are in Scotland. Given Glasgow’s status as the Commonwealth Games host city, Spirit is supporting three communities in Glasgow.

Where are the Fourteen communities in Scotland?  Calton (Glasgow)  Ruchill & Possilpark (Glasgow),  Gorbals (Glasgow)  Dumbiedykes (Edinburgh),  Caithness (Highlands),  Islay and Jura (Argyll & Bute) What is the aim of Fourteen?

The aim of Fourteen is to extend the reach and legacy of Glasgow 2014, connecting people and communities and increasing wellbeing. It will inspire communities to do more by building on existing strengths and developing new ideas.

We want to support people to join in and get involved, because evidence tells us that participation has a posi-

tive impact on people’s wellbeing & happiness and helps build stronger communities.

How will Fourteen work?

The programme is not a conventional grants programme: it is community-led. Each community will be allocated around £250,000 over the 3 year lifetime of the programme. And will decide how they want to increase participation in one or more of the following areas: social action and volunteering; grassroots sport and physical activity; culture activity and arts; youth leadership and personal development. All activities will be inclusive and aimed at supporting local people in developing their potential and feeling able to actively contribute to their community.

The money will be a resource budget for the community and a representative group of community members will decide how to spend it to best meet the programmes outcomes and local priorities identified by the community.

Who will deliver Fourteen in Scotland?

Fourteen will be delivered and managed by Foundation Scotland, one of 48 community foundations throughout the United Kingdom.

What is the role of Foundation Scotland?

Foundation Scotland will support the work as a ‘critical friend’ or coach, supporting the representative group or ‘panel’ to make Fourteen work in their community, ensuring decision making is accountable and monitoring and reporting on progress and lessons learned. Communities will also be supported to grow their budgets by securing other funding so they can achieve the biggest possible impact and build and sustain local capacity.

How did you choose the Fourteen

communities?

Identification of the communities was based on evidence and intelligence, for example deprivation statistics, participation rates, willingness and capacity to engage in this kind of development project and other relevant evidence. Fourteen builds on the infrastructure and enthusiasm that already exists within many communities.

What kind of activities will Fourteen fund? What can Fourteen communities spend their money on?

The communities decide locally how to increase opportunities for participation for people in their community.

These can be cultural, sport, volunteer-

ing and youth based activities. They may be part of a longer term project or one-off events, designed to bring fun to people’s lives and improve the wellbeing and happiness of individuals and the community as a whole. Each community will decide how to run or combine these activities to achieve the aim of increased participation by people within their area. We expect all 14 communities across the UK develop approaches that reflect their particular local needs and circumstances.

How long will Fourteen operate?

The programme will be implemented over a three year period from February 2015.

Are there any limitations on what

they money can support?

Fourteen will not fund major capital projects and must not be used to replace statutory funding. Some of the funds can be used towards equipment costs where this will enhance and enable participation.

So what happens next?

Each community is now beginning to consult with local people and establish an inclusive and representative group to oversee and direct resources provided through Fourteen. Work will also begin on finding out people’s views and developing a plan to ensure the resource budget meets the local priorities identified by the community.

Spirit of Calton A Fourteen Community

Creating a community legacy from the Commonwealth Games Around £250,000 to invest in sports, culture and arts, volunteering and social action The Calton Community will decide on what and how to spend the money......

Working together to invest in the Calton To find out more and hear how you can get involved come along to one of our Calton Community Events.

At the events you can: put ideas your forward; celebrate the Calton; get information on how you can get involved in the Spirit of Calton; and enjoy some free food, refreshments and good company!!

When and Where?

Tuesday 3rd March, 6.30pm— 8.30pm PEEK Project, Abercromby Business Centre, Suite 5 & 6, 279 Abercromby Street, Glasgow, G40 2DD Wednesday 4th March, 10.30am—12.30pm Calton Area Association Flat, 231 Stevenson Street Thursday 5th March, 7.30pm—9pm

Calton Heritage and Learning Centre, 423 London Road, Glasgow, G40 1AG

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ARE YOU A CREATIVE PERSON? Creativity exists within all of us – even the most logical, linear thinkers.

However, some of us hone our creative sides a little more than others, and learn to know how to capture and express that imaginative energy.

Creative people cover a broad spectrum of personalities, from the stereotypical starving artist to the entrepreneurial businessman.

They share some common traits that allow them to bring that creativity to life,

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Last Chance for Community Groups in Glasgow to Enter Awards There’s still time for community groups in Glasgow to enter an awards programme and secure their share of a funding boost of £75,000 for organisations making a real difference in their local areas.

Clydesdale Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards - now in their third year of funding - were launched earlier this year.

Community groups in Glasgow could receive a share of £75,000 by entering the initiative. Clydesdale Bank will make donations to registered charities and not-forprofit organisations in each of the three categories: financial education, employability and environment.

The awards are open to a range of organisations across the third sector who can demonstrate their support for the local community. This includes groups promoting access to financial education, helping to upskill people for the workplace or aiming to improve and protect the environment.

There will be an overall winning group in each of the three categories which will secure £10,000 of funding, along with three highly commended that will each be awarded £5,000.

Debbie Crosbie, Acting Chief Executive of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks and Chair of Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Foundation, said: “Clydesdale Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards aim to recognise and support the invaluable contribution that voluntary and charitable organisations make to their local communities and there’s still time for groups in Glasgow to enter the awards.

“The standard of entries last year was fantastic and we look forward to continuing our support for local communities again this year.”

Clydesdale Bank’s sister organisation, Yorkshire Bank, will also award £75,000 to local organisations as part of the programme. This brings the total funds available for community groups up and down the country to £150,000.

For further information about Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Foundation’s Spirit of the Community Awards or to enter, people can visit www.cbonline.co.uk/foundation or go into their local Clydesdale Bank branch to receive an application form.

The closing date for applications is Friday 6th March 2015 and the winners will be announced in summer 2015.

20 Things Creative People Do Differently: 1. They work when the work comes to them…meaning that they only paint, draw, write, sew, dance, or write out business plans when they feel like it. Creative people know the mind performs best in small bursts of concentrated work.

2. They like their job. Many creative types turn to entrepreneurship to make money, because it full fills their soul while still allowing them to earn.

3. They see inspiration in everything. They see the world as their oyster, and have a knack for finding inspiration in the most unlikely of places.

4. They never stop questioning. Creative people have highly active imaginations, and ponder the big AND small questions in life.

5. They aren’t afraid to fail.

They don’t even see failure as a bad thing, because they know that the only way to grow in life is by putting yourself out there and making mistakes.

6. They are very independent people. They feel totally confident walking their own path in life.

7. They are risk-takers. Creative people just love doing new things, they actually seek out opportunities because this makes them feel alive. It unlocks new doors of creativity, and might even give them insight into undiscovered talents.

8. They use their pain to fuel their passion. Creative people feel inspired by what they learned from their setbacks, and transmute the negative energy from the pain into some-

thing positive.

9. They practice self-development. They read self-help books, practice mindfulness, meditate, do yoga, and say positive affirmations. They know that a positive attitude is the cornerstone of achieving a high level of creative success.

10. They daydream. Creative people let their minds wander, and don’t ask any questions until later. They know that daydreaming can lead to the most profound, unparalleled ideas.

11. They aren’t afraid of being different. They know they’re different, but they wouldn’t have it any other way.

They own their uniqueness, and feel honoured to show it off.

12. They only want friends who uplift and inspire them.

They don’t want to be around people who don’t have dreams and visions – they seek out friendships with people who they can bounce ideas off of and who truly understand them.

13. They often act before they think. Despite the stereotype of creative people, most of them actually take huge leaps of faith without going through all the scenarios in their minds first. Why? Because they know that they must live it, not just think it, in order to reach their goals.

14. They do things most people aren’t willing to do. They don’t give up easily, they put themselves out there, they fail over and over again but see it as growth, and they put in hard work even when they’re tired.

Creative people are troopers; they have a strong will and don’t let anything stand in their way.

15. They have a “yes” mentality. They say yes to life, because they know this will create more opportunities for them. They do things even when they’re scared or unsure – they realize that momentum coupled with a positive attitude create the perfect mixture for exciting things to happen.

16. They have a strong work ethic. They might work fifteen or more hours a day, depending on how they feel. They know that dreams don’t work unless they do.

17. They are complex people.

They might feel that no one understands them, but they don’t care. They have an intricate web of personality traits and deep emotions, but they feel proud to have so many layers.

They think this makes them a more interesting person!

18. They get bored with the same old routine. They thrive off of new experiences, and actually cringe and feel caged in by doing the same things at the same time, day in and day out.

19. They move around a lot.

They don’t like staying in the same place too long, because their creative energy thrives off of new places, faces, and activities.

20. They are highly emotional, intuitive people. Most creative people identify with a sensitive person. They feel things very deeply, and let out their emotions through their creative work.

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Hello, Duchess!

Duchess of Duke Street – class act for food, drink and fun

THERE’S ONLY ONE Duchess in the land who greets everyone with hearty food, a choice of fine Scottish ales, a Sunday Roast and … yes, a Quiz Night every week. Add live music, DJ nights, the warmest of welcomes for families and children, plus a dog-friendly attitude and more besides, and you know

you’re in the rarefied company of The Duchess of Duke Street, newest jewel in an area that’s becoming trendier by the day.

This newly opened public house is perfect for all occasions. Enjoy an intimate meal for two, a drink with friends or the full-on family outing – here you have a restaurant that is flexible and can cater to your needs, whatever they are.

Duke Street’s newest and probably most poshly named restaurant and bar, serves up a deliciously mixed menu. The Duchess prides itself – maybe that should be herself - on serv-

ing contemporary and classic dishes, late night nibbles and a wide selection of tasty tipples in a relaxed and distinctive setting. If you’re looking to make an uncommonly good escape from the hustle and bustle of the day to day then get down to The Duchess.

Versatile

Everything is ready to cater for a broad range of events and functions, including corporate days, birthday parties, ceilidhs, meetings, retirement celebrations and many more – the experienced staff know how to help you achieve the mood you want.

Offering outstanding value for money and a cheerful welcome to everyone who comes

in through the door at number 380, this superbly furnished and decorated pub-restaurant is already earning appreciative reviews on social media.

“The menu offers a great choice,” commented one customer. “And I’m a veggie.”

“Felt most welcome,” said another visitor, “Enjoyed my pint and I’ll be back.”

Entertaining If live music is your thing, then you’ll be in perfect harmony with The Duchess, what with an acoustic night that welcomes everyone, every Tuesday from 9pm to midnight, hosted

by David Burns and providing free drink for performers. Plus there are DJ slots Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9pm.

Value

Dine with The Duchess and you savour value for money.

Lunch Menu is a tempting £5, served from 12 - 4pm. The Market Menu, served from 4-9pm offers two courses £9.50, three courses £12.50.

You shouldn’t miss the Sunday Roast with the Most - serving until 9pm, two courses £9.50, and three courses £12.50.

Weekend Brunch provides even

more value on plate - serving from 11am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday, so you can forget the cooking and the dishes, relax and let a Duchess do the work.

You’ll discover generous Promos too – a bottle of the Duchess’s house wine is £10 all week. Monday through Thursday there’s the Vodka Mix, Jim Beam Mix, and bottle beer all £2.

Cocktails are stirring stuff at The Duchess - £4 a cocktail for Jam Berries (raspberry, strawberry, marmalade, honey); and £6 a cocktails for Cosmopolitan, Margarita, White Russian, Zoom, Gin Buck, Cuba Libre, French Martini, Sailoretto, Bloody Mary and Pina Colada.

Winning The Duchess knows the answer to the question of a brilliant Quiz Night – have it hosted

by Gerry Lyons, every Thursday evening from 8pm then follow it up with a DJ set. Plus £50 and £25 bar tab for first and second places.

Name Game As everybody (well, almost everybody) in the East End knows, the original Duke of Duke Street was James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, whose lodgings overlooked the street in the 18th century. Previously called Carntyne Road, the highway was renamed Duke Street in 1792. You can’t have a proper Duke without a Duchess, so now there is one, right on your doorstep and a very classy one at that - The Duchess Pub & Restaurant, open from 12 noon to midnight, Monday to Friday, and 11am to midnight Saturday and Sunday.

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GENN Wedding Feature

Warning for Gay Couples Planning to Pop the Question

Wedding Transport Guide: The Etiquette of Who Travels with Whom

GETTING to and from the church is an important factor when making your wedding plans.

This article is not about the different types of wedding transport that are available to you but more about who should be travelling in your chosen mode of transportation.

After you have discussed and chosen your means of transport, whether it is by wedding car, horse and carriage or even

THE wedding industry needs to adjust to avoid putting off potential clients and coming across as discriminatory According to a survey conducted by Gay Wedding Planner (www.gayweddingplanner.org. uk) more than 90% of gay men and lesbians feel that the wedding industry is discriminating against gay men with terms such as bridal suite, bridal favours and bridal party.

With more than 5,000 gay marriages expected in 2015, that translates into over 10,000 gay members of the population that were directly affected by an industry that needs to adjust to the fact that gay weddings are here to stay.

Gay Wedding planners for gay weddings throughout the UK, claims the results show that the wedding industry is upsetting for gay couples planning their wedding.

The wedding industry needs to adjust to avoid putting off potential clients and coming across as discriminatory.

In many cases this is simply a case of investing in updating signage, marketing literature and retraining staff.

Unfortunately, there can also be deep rooted bigotry and a reluctance to change.

Gay couples planning to get married with wedding planning help.

This is no different to wedding planning for straight couples in that it reduces the stress of wedding planning during the engagement and on the wedding day, but it also means that the engaged couple do not have to deal with prejudice anti-gay wedding suppliers and discriminatory terms.

These terms include (with alternatives): - Bridal Suite – Wedding Suite - Bridal Favours – Favours/ Wedding Favours - Bridal Party – Attendants, Best Friends, Wedding Party - Bridegroom – Groom(s) - Bride and Groom – Happy Couple, Brides and Grooms, Grooms and Brides The full wedding planning service cost depends on many factors, but it is definitely something all couples engaged to get married should seriously consider.

The wedding planning services on offer are a small price to pay, especially when compared to overall spend, the fact that you only have one chance to get it right!

Should negate the cost

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Wedding Party Transport The people that normally need transport during the wedding are the Wedding Party and this usually consists of the following: • Bride & Groom.

• Best Man. • Bride’s father.

•Bride’s mother.

•Maid of Honour & Bridesmaids.

•Wedding Transport - Plan of Action

require quite a bit of research as well as a large chunk of your budget.

Travelling to the Wedding Reception If you do decide that you would like to arrange for transportation to the reception venue for your wedding guests, there is a typical order to follow: The Bride and Groom usually arrive first at the reception to greet their guests as they arrive.

The next to arrive should be the Best Man and the Bridesmaids in order that they can make any last minute arrangements to the reception.

Shortly after the Best Man and Bridesmaids arrive, the Bride’s parents should traditionally arrive together in the same transport however in today’s society; families are made

if you have asked your friends and family to take their own cars you will need to make it clear to everyone who is going where.

As with any important occasion, the essential people, in this case the Bride and Groom will of course require transport to and from the various venues.

up of many variances so this will probably be down to your family structure.

Make a back up plan if one of your bridesmaids falls ill and is unable to attend the wedding.

Remember that most wedding guests will make their own way to and from the reception so don’t be too concerned about how they will get there.

Concentrate on your own transport.

There is a traditional etiquette to follow in relation to the wedding transport but this does not have to be followed to the letter.

A Bride might like her young child to accompany her and her father to the church for instance. Go with the flow, follow the traditions if you wish but in the end you should do what you feel is comfortable!

Drawing up a plan of action can be useful to hand out to everyone so all the wedding party know where they are going and with whom.

Some couples will organise for larger modes of transport (i.e. mini buses or coaches) to transport their wedding guests from place to place but this will

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GENN Wedding Feature Creative Wedding ideas before the “I Dos” • Your aisle runner is an opportunity to amaze. Show off your love story! Or dress it up in a way that reflects your venue; for a beach wedding, Try sprinkling smooth-edged sea glass along the sand so that the whole aisle twinkles.

• For romantic atmosphere, project slow-moving images — think flowing water or clouds — onto a sleek fabric chuppah, wedding arch, or aisle runner.

• Use a length of linen fabric in one of your wedding colours for an aisle runner and it’s easy on the budget.

• Reserve ceremony seating for your most important guests by placing name cards on their chairs. If you want to give these guests extra-special treatment, write a personal note on each card • Worried that the littlest flower girl won’t make it down the aisle on her own? Have a junior bridesmaid pull her in a classic red wagon.

• Hot summer ceremony?

Have your wedding programs printed on paper fans.

• Use a silver tray carpeted with moss for the ring-bearer’s pillow. Or, reflect one of your favourite hobbies, like this baseball-inspired pillow.

• If you don’t like the idea of

getting birdseed or rice in your hair, give guests beach balls, sparklers, pinwheels, or mini-flags for the big send-off.

• Have someone who is near and dear to you do a reading — perhaps a special love poem — or sing from a favourite opera.

• Don’t be afraid to be creative with your ceremony music, everything from a single flamenco guitarist to a full jazz band.

• Pre-ceremony, don’t offer food or booze; keep it low-key with glasses of ginger lemonade •A tip for ensuring that all eyes really are on you: Go for all-white flowers, such as delicate lily of the valley, in your bouquet.

• Want to decorate with ice

but are working on a budget?

Ask to embellish your drinks with ice cubes that have edible flower petals frozen inside • A Spirited Cocktail Hour.

You can create your signature drink based on colour. If you’re having a wedding with a peachy palette, try bellinis; if you’ve gone for something blue, offer a cocktail spiked with curaçao.

• Fab Food If you want to be sure that guests will be ready to get up and dance, serve no more than two courses at the table — and keep the food light and full of flavour • A Ravishing Reception Use lighting to alter the feel of a space. Try having the colours and brightness change over the course of the night to set different moods.

• Use your wedding colours on everything, from the ink on your invites to the shades of your bridesmaid bouquets to colourful yarmulkes. Then surprise guests with unexpected colour accents on the garnish for cocktails or even the hue of the first-course soup.

• Ask your videographer to set up a stationary camera and let guests record messages: Then you have a video guest book!

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WEDDING GUEST STYLE AT GLASGOW FORT WITH wedding season fast approaching, Glasgow Fort has shared its tips for guests to attend the nuptials of friends and family in style.

From bold florals, to hats and fascinators, to jumpsuits and chunky jewellery – there are outfits for women of all ages, styles and budgets to feel fabulous on the big day.

• Bright: Bright dresses, skirts and even jumpsuits look great in wedding photos. It is a day to celebrate and have fun with fashion. There are so many options now and it is unlikely you will turn up in the same dress as another guest. Whether you are looking for a fitted pencil dress, maxi dress or something a bit different – there is an array of styles on offer at Glasgow Fort.

• Comfortable: Weddings are long days for the guests as well as the couple. Your outfit needs to be comfortable and take you from leaving your house in the late morning to rolling home in the early morning in comfort and style. If it’s colder, remember a chic pashmina or jacket and pick well-fitting outfits.

• Dancing shoes: A gorgeous pair of shoes should be admired and adorn your feet for the length of the day. It seems a shame to break up the outfit once the dancing starts. Try on plenty of pairs of shoes and wear them in around the house before the big day so your feet are comfortable, protected and, most importantly, stylish all day long.

• Don’t upstage the bride: While it is important you look fabulous – the big day is all about the couple, especially the bride. Looks to avoid include anything that may look too bridal or like a bridesmaid dress or anything that might end up being a

little too revealing.

• Headwear: As well as a traditional hat, there are some lovely modern styles as well as fascinators, head pieces and fun hair slides and clips to top off your wedding outfit.

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HISTORY OF MOTHER’S DAY

EARLY Mother’s Day celebrations can be dated back to the spring celebrations to honour Rhea, the Mother of the Gods, in ancient Greek civilization, according to some sources.

In 1907, Anna Jarvis held a private Mother’s Day celebration in memory of her mother, Ann Jarvis, in Grafton, West Virginia.

In 1908, she played a key role in arranging a church service that attracted 407 children and their mothers. A Mother’s Day International Association was founded in 1912 to promote the holiday in other countries. Mother’s Day has grown increasingly popular since then.

Many people believe that Mother’s Day is now largely commercialized, with card companies, flower shops, gift shops, restaurants, hotels, and department stores advertising promotions and special deals for this event. Anna Jarvis, in her lifetime, unsuccessfully filed

a lawsuit to stop the over-commercialization of Mother’s Day. There are various ways to show an appreciation for mothers and mother figures on Mother’s Day. They include white carnations, which Anna Jarvis asked to be the official symbol for the day, as well as the International Mother’s Day Shrine. This shrine is dedicated to the preservation of motherhood. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located together with a museum at Grafton, West Virginia, and aims to preserve, promote and develop the spirit of motherhood.

Mother’s Day is an annual public holiday in countries such as Costa Rica (August 15, on the same day as Assumption Day), Georgia (March 3), Samoa (second Monday of May), and Thailand (August 12). Restaurants and cafes may be busier than usual as some people take their mothers out for a treat.

MOTHER’S DAY RECIPES

MOTHER’S Day is the perfect time to pamper your mum with some delightful meals. Here is a great Mother’s Day recipe idea While you prepare your Mother’s Day recipe think of how much pains your mother take every day as she cooks goody goody food for you.

Mothers day gives you an opportunity to show how much you love and care for your Mom. Surprise your mother by trying out this recipe for Mothers Day. Remember your mother is always going to appreciate your feeling behind the dish that your preparing, she will not mind even if you add a little more or less of salt or have the

dishe a little over cooked. Give special attention to how you serve the meal for mum. Mothers pay attention to every detail so add the fragrance of flowers and a dash to the meals with a special table cover or the best china that you possess.

Lemon Chicken Recipe Chicken is a high-protein, low-fat meat (particularly the breast part) that makes a sensible part of a good meal. Take off the high-fat skin and dress your chicken up with the spicy flavors of lemon juice, rosemary, and garlic with this easy recipe.

Ingredients 4 no: Boneless skinless chicken thighs or breast (thawed)

GENN M-O-T-H-E-R “M” is for the million things she gave me, “O” means only that she’s growing old, “T” is for the tears she shed to save me, “H” is for her heart of purest gold; “E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining, “R” means right, and right she’ll always be, Put them all together, they spell “MOTHER,” A word that means the world to me.

Howard Johnson (c. 1915) Only One Mother Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky, Hundreds of shells on the shore together, Hundreds of birds that go singing by, Hundreds of lambs in the sunny weather.

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the world wide over.

Author Unknown And Grandma’s too...

While we honor all our mothers with words of love and praise.

While we tell about their goodness and their kind and loving ways.

We should also think of Grandma, she’s a mother too, you see....

For she mothered my dear mother as my mother mothers me.

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2 cloves: Garlic 2 tablespoons: Fresh rosemary (1 tablespoon dried) 2 tablespoons: Margarine 1 tablespoon: Olive oil 2/3 cup: Lemon juice Pepper to taste Salt to taste Method 1.Take a heavy frying pan and mix margarine and oil together; heat over medium-high heat until margarine melts.

2.Stir fry garlic and rosemary in the oil/butter mixture for 2 minutes and then add lemon juice and bring the mixture to a boil.

3.Add chicken and fry until it becomes brown on all sides.

4.Add salt and pepper to

taste.

5.Decrease heat to low, cover, and cook for 20 - 30 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.

Followed with Easy Pie Ingredients 1 cup: Sugar 1 cup: Flour 1 cup: Milk 1 stick: Butter, melted 1 can: Peaches (or any favorite fruit), drained Method 1.In a bowl, combine sugar, flour and milk.

2.Pour mixture over butter, stir and press into pie pan.

3.Add peaches. Cook in bottom of oven at 450 degrees until brown.

My Mother Kept A Garden My Mother kept a garden, a garden of the heart, She planted all the good things that gave my life it’s start.

She turned me to the sunshine and encouraged me to dream, Fostering and nurturing the seeds of self-esteem...

And when the winds and rain came, she protected me enoughBut not too much because she knew I’d need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good example always taught me right from wrongMarkers for my pathway that will last a lifetime long.

I am my Mother’s garden.

I am her legacyAnd I hope today she feels the love reflected back from me Author Unknown

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It’s about showing her how much she means to you with a token of your appreciation, not showering her with expensive gifts.

So to make sure you don’t forget your mum this Mother’s Day, take note on when it is as it changes every year!

This year Mother’s Day is on Sunday March 15 Mothering Sunday, sometimes known as Mother’s Day, is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It is exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday.

Mother’s Day, is a day to honour mothers and mother figures, such as grandmothers, stepmothers and mothers-in-law.

Many people make a special effort to visit their mother.

They take cards and gifts and treat her to brunch, lunch or high tea in a cafe, restaurant or hotel.

People who cannot visit send gifts or cards to her.

An important part of Mothering Sunday is giving cards and gifts.

Common Mother’s Day gifts are cakes, flowers, chocolates and other such treats.

Some people do not give a physical gift, but choose to treat their mother or grandmother to a special meal, beauty treatment or fun outing.

Specially decorated Mother’s Day cakes are available in many stores. Many schools, Sunday schools and children’s organizations help their pupils to prepare a handmade card or gift for their mum.

Public life Mothering Sunday is not a bank holiday in the United Kingdom.

Public transport services run to their usual Sunday timetables.

Cafes, restaurants and hotels may be fully booked a long time ahead, as many people treat their

mother to a special meal on Mothers Day. Those wishing to eat in a restaurant on Mother’s Day should always reserve a table in advance.

History Mothering Sunday was originally a time when people returned to the church, in which they were baptized/ christened or where they attended services when they were children.

This meant that families were reunited as adults returned to the towns and villages where they grew up.

In time, it became customary for young people who were working as servants in large houses, to be given a holiday on Mothering Sunday.

They could use this day to visit their own mother and often took a gift of food or hand-me-down clothing from their employers to her.

In turn, this moved towards the modern holiday, on which people still visit and take gifts to their mothers.

Traditionally, people observed a fast during Lent. Lent is the period from Ash Wednesday until Good Friday.

During the Lent fast, people did not eat from sweet, rich foods or meat.

However, the fast was lifted slightly on Mothering Sunday and many people prepared a cake to eat with their family on this day.

Tradition in the UK is to bake a Simnel cake.

This is a light fruit cake covered with a layer of marzipan and with a layer of marzipan baked into the middle of the cake.

Traditionally, Simnel cakes are decorated with 11 or 12 balls of marzipan, representing the 11 disciples and, sometimes, Jesus Christ.

One legend says that the cake was named after Lambert Simnel who worked in the kitchens of Henry VII of England sometime around the year 1500

MOTHER’S DAY TRIVIA

Mothers Day Trivia: On Mothers Day Anna Jarvis who started Mother’s Day celebrations also filed a lawsuit in an effort to stop the over- commercialisation of Mother’s Day. She lost her fight. Anna had hoped for a day of reflection and quiet prayer by families, thanking God for all that mothers had done.

Julia Ward Howe staged an unusual protest for peace , by celebrating a special day for mothers. She wanted to call attention to the need for peace by pointing out mothers who were left alone in the world without their sons and husbands after the bloody Franco-Prussian War. Japan’s Imperial family trace their ancestry to Omikami Amaterasu, the Mother of the World.

Ancient Egyptians believed that ‘Bast’ was the mother of all cats on Earth, and that cats were sacred animals.

In the Bible, Eve is credited with being the ‘Mother of All the Living.’

In the vast majority of the world’s languages, the word for “mother” begins with the letter M. Mothers Day Trivia: Believe It or Not Records Mothers Day Trivia: Youngest Mother The youngest mother whose history is authenticated is Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at an age of 5 years and 7 months. The child was raised as her brother and only discovered that Lina was his mother when he was 10.

Mothers Day Trivia: Oldest Mother On April 9, 2003, Satyabhama Mahapatra, a 65-yearold retired schoolteacher in India, became the world’s oldest mother when she gave birth to a baby boy.

Satyabhama and her husband had been married 50 years, but this is their first

child.

The baby was conceived through artificial insemination using eggs from the woman’s 26-year-old niece, Veenarani Mahapatra, and the sperm of Veenarani’s husband.

Mothers Day Trivia: Most Surviving Children Bobbie McCaughey is the mother who holds the record for the most surviving children from a single birth.

She gave birth to the first set of surviving septuplets four boys and three girls -on November 19, 1997, at the University Hospital, Iowa, US. Conceived by in vitro fertilization, the babies were delivered after 31 weeks by cesarean in the space of 16 minutes.

The babies are named Kenneth, Nathaniel, Brandon, Joel, Kelsey, Natalie and Alexis.

Mothers Day Trivia: Shortest Interval Between Two Children Jayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children born in separate confinements. She gave birth to Joseph Robert on September 3, 1999, and Annie Jessica Joyce on March 30, 2000. The babies were born 208 days apart.

Mothers Day Trivia: Longest Interval Between Two Children Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children.

She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 and Joseph on November 20, 1997.

The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart.

The mother was 60 years old when her son Joseph was born.

Mothers Day Trivia: Highest Recorded Number of Children The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to

the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 confinements, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.

Mothers Day Trivia: Highest Number of Children in Modern Times The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are documented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but dropped from later editions.

Mothers Day Trivia: On Women and Motherhood 24.8 is the median age of women when they give birth for the first time - meaning one-half are above this age and one-half are below.

The median age has risen nearly three years since 1970.

A woman becomes pregnant most easily at the age of eighteen or nineteen, with little real change until the mid twenties.

There is then a slow decline to age thirty-five, a sharper decline to age forty-five and a very rapid decline as the women nears menopause.

The odds of a woman delivering twins is 1-in-33.

Her odds of having triplets or other multiple births was approximately 1-in-539.

When the female embryo is only six weeks old, it makes preparations for her motherhood by developing egg cells for future offspring. (When the baby girl is born, each of her ovaries carries about a million egg cells, all that she will ever have).

August is the most popular month in which to have a baby, with more than 360,000 births taking place that month in 2001.

Tuesday is the most popular day of the week in which to have a baby, with an average

of more than 12,000 births taking place on Tuesdays during 2001.

Mothers Day Trivia: Strange But True about Celebrity Mums and Kids Katherine Hepburn’s father was a surgeon and her mother was a dedicated suffragette and early crusader for birth control.

Elvis Presley, was a mama’s boy.

He slept in the same bed with his mother, Gladys, until he reached puberty.

Up until Elvis entered high school, she walked him back and forth to school every day and made him take along his own silverware so that he wouldn’t catch germs from the other kids.

Gladys forbade young Elvis from going swimming or doing anything that might put him in danger.

The two of them also conversed in a strange baby talk that only they could understand.

Many of the sweaters worn

by Mr. Rogers on the popular television show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, were actually knitted by his real mother.

Eric Clapton was born to an unwed mother and to shield him from the shame, Eric grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister.

Mothers Day Trivia: From the Animal Kingdom A female oyster over her lifetime may produce over 100 million young.

A mother giraffe often gives birth while standing, so the new born’s first experience outside the womb is a 1.8-meter (6-foot) drop.

Just like people, mother chimpanzees often develop lifelong relationships with their offspring.

Kittens are born both blind and deaf, but the vibration of their mother’s purring is a physical signal that the kittens can feel - it acts like a homing device, signaling them to nurse.

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Heart patients’ scars in the frame as Mental Health Minister opens photo exhibition at Kelvingrove in CHD Awareness Week

THE Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health is opening a photo exhibition of adults in Scotland born with a heart condition, baring their scars in celebration of life last week at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

The exhibition, called Scarred FOR Life, was created by three friends with CHD, Dr Liza Morton, Caroline Wilson and Jenny Kumar, on behalf of adult heart charity The Somerville Foundation, to raise awareness of how congenital heart disease (CHD) impacts on adult life and to change the perception of scars.

CHD describes any heart condition present from birth.

It is a diverse group with a wide variety of conditions varying in severity.

It is the most common complex birth defect, which affects 1 in 125 babies and has no cure.

In the 1940s, only 20 per cent of infants born with a heart condition survived, whereas today around 90 per cent are now reaching adulthood.

Jamie Hepburn MSP is officially declaring the exhibition open – during CHD Awareness Week - before an audience of specially invited guests, including the ‘models’, their families and friends, congenital cardiac professionals and members of the Falkirk Round Table who made the exhibition possible raising £10,000 for the charity’s

work in Scotland with a fundraising cycle to Paris.

Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, said: “This is a very moving and valuable exhibition which shows the human face of congenital heart disease, a condition which affects thousands of people in Scotland.

The people who have courageously volunteered to feature in these photographs are a real inspiration to us all.

Dr Liza Morton, who is a model in the campaign and also Scottish campaign manager for The Somerville Foundation, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that Mr Hepburn is officially

launching the Scarred FOR Life exhibition.

With more adults than children now living with CHD, his support demonstrates the importance of focusing the lens on adults with CHD – a population estimated at 16,500 in Scotland.

“The participants’ stories movingly convey both the vulnerability and sheer strength of character needed to survive, mixed with a healthy dose of gratitude to be alive.

We hope this campaign makes people more aware of the condition, the charity and the huge challenges we face – physically and mentally - especially as many of these adults require unique, lifelong care and support.”

The models who represent a diverse range of heart conditions are: Karen Maclachlan (25), a graduate from Glasgow; Heather McDougall (29) a research scientist who lives in Fife; Scott Burrell (36) a development scientist from Lanarkshire ; Liza Morton (36) a psychologist from Falkirk ; David Magennis, a language teacher who hails from Aberdeen; Caroline Wilson (39) a journalist in Glasgow; Maggie Ross (43) a senior outcome development worker from Glasgow and Roderick Skinner (72) a retired EU civil servant from Fife.

Scarred FOR Life is open to the public from February 13th to March 15th 2015 in the Central Hall at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

Andrew Graydon - Nutrition for fat loss

In the last 2 issues I’ve covered the importance of fitness and the basics of a fitness programme. Now I’m going to shed some light on nutrition, which is possibly the most important aspect of reaching a fat loss goal.

In order to lose body fat we need to put ourselves in enough of a calorie deficit to lose a significant amount of weight but not so much of a calorie deficit that we begin to burn through muscle mass instead of body fat. A good approach to ensure we burn fat instead of muscle is to aim for a calorie deficit of around 300 kcal per day, amounting to 2100 calorie deficit per week with the potential weight loss of 1lb per week. A calorie deficit can be obtained by either increas-

ing activity level, lowering calories obtained through diet or a combination of the two.

When tailoring diet towards weight loss we want to aim to get the majority our carbohydrate sources from slower digesting sources as they require more energy (kcal) to break down and digest. So basically we are burning extra calories by simply eating!

Slower digesting carbohydrate sources include: Sweet potato, wholegrain rice, wholewheat pasta and many others.

These slower digesting carbohydrates also have something in common with lean protein sources in the way that they are satiating which means they leave us feeling fuller for longer. This is something that you don’t

get with quick digesting, sugary foods which leave us feeling hungry quickly after eating leaving more opportunity or need to over eat.

When it comes to meal timing for fat loss it is much more beneficial to go for the ‘little but often approach’, aiming to have a greater amount of smaller meals instead of 3 larger meals. The frequency of the smaller meals keeps your metabolism running fast throughout the day.

Fats should be included in any diet regardless of whether you’re aiming for fat loss.

Fats are essential in the diet and despite the name they will not cause you to get fat (unless you overeat). Don’t get me wrong, some fats are much better for you than others, the ‘good’ fats contained in food sources such as avocado’s and nuts are beneficial to overall health and fat loss, they also provide us with an energy source.

In conclusion when altering your diet for fat loss you want to aim to ease your way in to a calorie deficit (nothing too severe).

Make sure that you ensure you have a balanced diet consisting of enough lean protein, slower digesting carbohydrates and healthy fat sources.

Aim to eat smaller meals more often (Around every 3 hours, depending on the person) instead of 3 large meals. Get more active to raise your activity level.

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Kieran Fallon’s Healthy Mouth Column

Thou Hell o’ a’ diseases

This was how Robert Burns described toothache, an ailment he suffered on occasion and a pain many of us also will have experienced.

But what causes toothache and how should we treat it, or better still prevent it?

Pain in a tooth is usually caused by pulpitis.

The ‘pulp’ is the soft tissue in the centre core of a tooth which contains tiny blood vessels and nerves, indeed people often refer to this as ‘the nerve’ of the tooth.

Pulpitis simply means inflammation of the pulp.

This inflammation can be caused by such things as physical injury to a tooth but most commonly it is the result of dental caries (tooth decay) which is caused by consuming sweet foods and drinks too frequently. The bacteria in the mouth also like sugar and then they excrete acid on to the teeth which begins the process of decay.

This carious process causes a cavity or hole in the tooth which dissolves deeper and closer to the pulp causing pulpitis. In the earlier stages this is ‘reversible pulpitis’ in which the pain might only come when hot or cold drinks or food enter the cavity.

The pain can usually be controlled by keeping the cavity clear of food etc and by taking simple pain-killers such as Paracetamol or Ibuprofen.

At this stage the problem can usually be resolved by having the tooth filled by your dentist so make an appointment as soon as possible. Toothache is a clear warning that something is wrong and it should NOT be ignored - the

cavity will not simply go away without professional dental treatment.

If you do not attend for dental care the caries will progress until the bacteria infect the pulp causing ‘irreversible pulpitis’ which, as the name suggests, cannot be treated by a simple filling. At this stage toothache is often constant and severe and may not respond to any attempts at pain relief even using strong pain-killers.

Now the patient’s desire to visit the dentist is really urgent and they are usually hammering on the surgery door or crying on the phone begging for an emergency appointment.

The dentist may have no other option but to remove the tooth, however sometimes it is possible to save the tooth by removing the infected pulp in a process called endodontics (root-canal treatment).

All too often the severe pain of irreversible pulpitis occurs at night or on the weekend when a dental appointment is hours or days away. The severe pain should still be managed with the simple pain-killers mentioned earlier; stronger painkillers to not really work well on toothache and can cause dizziness and nausea. DO NOT exceed the recommended dose of any pain-killer as the consequences can be serious.

It’s really best to prevent the risk of toothache by following three simple rules: avoid sugary drinks and food, brush and floss your teeth regularly and visit the dentist for regular checks.

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Music

With Mark Johnson

TIME FOR T T in The Park have announced their lineup for this year’s festival.

This year the festival moves to the controversial new location of Strathallan Castle, which has been in the news due to complaints about the site’s suitability to host the event over concerns about a flood plain and noise levels from locals, including the 5 star Gleneagles Hotel.

T favourites Kasabian, David Guetta, Avicii, The Libertines, The Script, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Prodigy and Stereophonics all return to take the headline slots.

Scottish representation

HOTLY tipped singer songwriter Kathryn Joseph brings her own brand of pop to King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on Thursday 5th March.

The elusive singer is gaining a reputation for her haunting melodies and dark pop songs.

Having recently done a session on BBC Radio Scotland’s

announced so far comes from rockers Twin Atlantic, who are regulars on Raadio 1 and have a headline show coming up in May at the Hydro, Admiral Fallow, who have a new album coming out this year and Idlewild, who are touring their newly released album “Everything Ever Written.”

The lineup seems to be sticking to the T formula from recent years, which is T in the Park favourites from previous years and additional big pop acts popular on the pop radio stations.

So far the Slam tent has yet to announce its lineup, which usually takes the crop

of the techno and house scenes and is very popular accross the weekend.

The main stages will be graced by the likes of Fatboy Slim and Annie Mac. As ever there is a large indie representation with Hot Chip, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Modest Mouse, The Vaccines and The Wombats.

Enter Shikari represent the rock scene, while Seasick Steve makes an appearance for blues and roots.

Other crowd pleasers such as The Proclaimers and Jamie T should keep the punters entertained with their well respected and lively shows.

Tickets on sale now

Vic Galloway programme and having received rave reviews her piano based sound is making waves across the Scottish music scene.

Kathryn Joseph plays King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on Thursday 5th March Tickets £9 For more information visit kathrynjospeh.co.uk

FALLEN MADONNA The 35th BRIT Awards were held in London thsi week with Madonna stealing the headlines for her tumble.

In a scene resembling This is Spinal Tap, the Like a Virgin singer’s wardrobe malfunction caused an international storm.

Her cape, designed and given to her by Armani, didn’t open causing her to fall on stairs and tumbling to the stage in what was the last live performance of the night.

She showed her professionalism by carrying on and finishing her performance despite looking clearly in pain.

Other performances included a bleep ridden Kanye West, who avoided a repeat performance of his Derek Zoolander moment at the Grammy’s.

Not everyone was impressed with former Oasis and Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher tweeting “Kanye West. Total s**t. LG x.”

Taylor Swift performed as well as picking up her first Brit.

It was a good night for Sam Smith, who despite legal wranglings with Tom Petty in a plagiarism case scooped two awards.

He also took to the stage.

Two piece rockers Royal Blood peformed and picked up their award from Led Zeppelin man Jimmy Page.

Ed Sheeran performed

70s Prog Rock and Space Rock fans will be spoilt with a double header coming to ABC. Space rockers Hawkwind and Dutch Yodel proggers Focus team up at the ABC on Wednesday March 4th.

The archetypal space rock band Hawkwind’s droning longform sound and themes about urban alienation and science fiction make them stand out as one of the best examples of the genre.

Focus werefounded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, most famous

“Bloodstream” and also picked up two awards.

Tax dodgers Take That and solo artsist George Ezra performed but didn’t pick up any

awards.

Best female solo artist Paloma Faith performed after winning her award at the third attempt.

Category

Winner

British male solo artist

Ed Sheeran

British female solo artist

Paloma Faith

British group

Royal Blood

British breakthrough act

Sam Smith

Critics’ Choice

James Bay

British single

Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

British album of the year

Ed Sheeran - X

British artist video of the year

One Direction - You and I

Global success award

Sam Smith

International male solo artist

Pharrell Williams

International female solo artist

Taylor Swift

International group

Foo Fighters

British producer of the year

Paul Epworth

for the yodelling instrumental “Hocus Pocus.”

Reformed in 2002 without guitarist Jan Akkerman the current lineup still display all the hallmarks of class of the original lineup and with a reputation as an excellent live band are definitley worth seeing.

Definitely one of the most dynamic live acts I’ve ever seen going from pin drop quiet to explosive rock with ease.

Hawkwind and Focus play ABC on Wednesday 4th March Tickets £25

ABOVE is the festival poster for Reading and Leeds festival with only the female artists.

Next week I’ll look

at sexism in the music industry in a special feature involving prominent people in Scottish music.

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Your Horoscope Predictions

By Eris

Aries

(21 March - 20 April)

Libra

(24 Sep - 23 Oct)

If you were unable to capitalise on the influx of planets into your sign last week, or even if you just wish these trends could have lasted for a little longer don’t despair, as the main players in this drama are sticking around, through until the end of March and even beyond. This is the window of opportunity you have been missing for so long, but try not to be impatient or imagine it is a once in a lifetime chance, as you’ll only undermine your best efforts.

Three planets in your opposite sign put the focus on your one-to-one relationships. Those of an intimate and personal nature are especially back in the spotlight, although any association where you and another person interact directly as individuals, will also be covered by this heading too. Business partnerships are not exempt, neither are situations where you’re seeking reliable and unbiased advice; for example from your doctor, a financial advisor or a trusted counsellor.

Taurus

Scorpio

(21 April - 21 May)

The action this week takes place behind the scenes. From the outside it may look like little is happening, but that belies the truth. Rather like a seed germinating beneath the surface of the soil, fundamental developments are occurring out of sight, since the roots of a new cycle are being put down. The import of these events is fundamentally emotional, as you come to terms with your needs and expectations, primarily on a subliminal level at first. It may be that in the past others have not appreciated, how they have interfered with your peace of mind.

Gemini

(22 May - 21 June)

(24 Oct - 22 Nov)

Saturn is a motivational factor and forms the perfect spur. Now travelling through your money sector it concentrates your mind on your financial affairs, causing more concern than would seem warranted at the moment. Ever since last July, you have been especially fortunate as opportunities to further your ambitions in a multitude of ways have been numerous, particularly when it comes to your professional interests and career choices. Some of these you have accepted eagerly, while others you have let pass.

Sagittarius

(23 Nov - 21 Dec)

A favourable configuration, highlights the spectrum of human relationships and interpersonal interaction. Friends, acquaintances and any neighbourhood issues are especially in the frame; together with those links that characterise your working life and also, your most intimate and personal affairs. Your closest associations are going through a testing period, where what remains between you is held up for review. A few emerge stronger and will shrug off future challenges, while others have clearly seen better days.

Much is made about the harsher qualities of Saturn, including for instance: the constraints, restrictions, limitations and difficulties with which this planet is traditionally associated.

These are regularly mentioned within the context of your outgoing and exuberant nature, highlighting the inherent differences and occasionally jarring contradictions you are likely to encounter as a result. However, Saturn in itself is far from all bad.

When implicated in some sympathetic alignments involving other planets, the outcomes are easier to countenance.

Cancer

Capricorn

(22 June - 23 July)

Your professional affairs predominate, as the cosmos encourages you to better yourself, improve your material circumstances and struggle ever on towards your goals. For many there is an emphasis on your employment affairs, either in terms of the choices you’ve made previously, or when it comes to the necessary experience and qualifications to make your ambitions a reality. Your best option is to cultivate an individualistic angle, since your opportunities are more lucrative and your progress most substantial.

Leo

(24 July - 23 Aug)

(22 Dec - 20 Jan)

Abundant activity on the domestic front keeps you on your toes. The pace is frenetic and no sooner do you have your schedule sorted, then something shifts the goalposts and leaves you playing catch-up. It’s exhausting, unsettling and bewildering; yet the presence of Venus on the midpoint between Mars and Uranus, means you’re acquiring the ability to remain sanguine and objective, as you can see some good coming from it in the end.

Every time you put yourself out for a family member, you accrue good karma for the future.

Aquarius

(21 Jan - 19 Feb)

This week it is helpful to bear a few guidelines in mind. Firstly, by thinking positively and optimistically, believing in your heart that events are in your favour and matters will turn out as you want, you’ll be adding your own input to the collective power of those cosmic undercurrents that go to ensure this is the case. Secondly, it is always important to stick to your principles and not to sell out in the interests of short-term gain, or to lose sight of what really counts.

Mercury continues its protracted stay in your sign, running from the early days of January through to the middle of March. It is the planet of communication, ruling thought and your logical mind, so your thinking is unusually lucid at the moment, your memory is better than normal and you are able to unpick complex concepts if you have to, while holding the details in your mind. This is an excellent period to make important telephone calls, deal with outstanding correspondence, to negotiate and sign contracts or for buying and selling generally.

Virgo

Pisces

(24 Aug - 23 Sep)

Taking your personal viewpoint on the sky this week, you’ll find the majority of planets over towards the western horizon, the direction in which the Sun goes down and every planet sets. This puts the emphasis on other people, rather than taking an independent stance. You may feel quite frustrated and resentful at times, because of the apparent need to gain approval for every step you want to take, or the ease with which your competitors and adversaries are able to undermine your plans.

Just a Thought

MAKE THE BEST OF YOURSELF SEEING people surviving through the worst problems can be the inspiration you need to correct your behaviour.

In most cases, looking at a nearby problem can influence you and help you think differently.

In fact, who knows? A jolt in life can lead you to change your way of thinking.

How to improve bad behaviour Correct your bad behaviour and change your interaction with other people!

Many people have problems with their behaviour, smaller or even important, leading a life they certainly had not dreamed.

Their colleagues avoid them and friends don’t bond with them… until they understand that the only one to blame is themselves.

The following tips will “open up” the road to happiness, as long as you improve the way you’re thinking…

Focus on a behaviour issue … and not on all of them!

If you try to solve two main problems of your behaviour simultaneously … you will probably make mistakes!

It is important to set a target, which triggers your “wants” toward your interaction with others.

You can either deal with the issue yourself, or ask the help of a professional, so as to focus on the issue and to win the favour of life.

Be honest with yourself

To effect change make a promise to yourself and consciously try, to tell the truth to yourself and you will realize that the weight of your problems will lighten.

You may need to deal with the consequences of your actions to proceed but do not deter.

Clear your mind and locate the source of the problem you are facing, so that you can focus on the centre of it!

Don’t be afraid, but admit your mistakes!

You must first recognise the problem before change can begin Correct what you don’t like in everyday life To be able to resolve any issues of your behaviour, you must first remove as many of the things that “revive” it!

If you see that your job is making you angry maybe it is time to look for something new, and if the cause is debt then perhaps you should stop overspending and or go and seek debt advice and help.

Try in every way to get rid of those things that cause you distress or make you lose control of your life.

Change your attitude to life … recording your behaviour!

Music, work and the media can guide your attitude, as strange as it may sound!

Therefore It is useful to keep a diary in which you can record thoughts and feelings on a regular basis.

This way, you can evaluate

The Genn Crossword

your current behaviour and mistakes in your attitude so as to weaken your negative behaviour and begin to detect the triggers and outside influences that effect your attitude.

Pay attention to your life ideals Everyone has a set of ideals, which govern their lives and should work therapeutically, although they do not always work as should.

It’s up to you to bring your behaviour closer to your ideals, so you can adjust your actions but also your reactions based on a better version of you.

If you follow a life filled with values such as self- respect or the appreciation of others, you will be able to deal with difficult issues with self-criticism and courage.and commence change Find incentives for good behaviour To be able to eliminate the bad behaviour out of your life, you must have a positive incentive each day.

In particular, you should spend at least five minutes a day studying your attitude and the reactions that need to change.

Incentives, are all around us however, you have to be aware then you can find them everywhere… from a conversation with a friend, or volunteering, to simply listening to music while walking in nature!

With these you will be able to get as much power required for the change in your attitude.

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1. Sent iced tea as a lure, essentially (7) 5. Loose ends (5) 8. Exercises authority over regulations (5) 9. Hang on a minute, sounds like animal feet (5) 10. Found in any long fabric (5) 11. Flown in the wind like hawks (5) 12. Time out corner (6) 14. Keep bees in Western Somoa, endless cereal grass (6) 18. Take a chance first off, its a stroll (5) 20. Sounds like a way in to worship (5) 22. Quick rhyming music, who’s who in short (5) 23. Musical passage contains main trombone (5) 24. All involved in veto talk (5) 25. Provokes with sharp points (7)

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It has been said money makes the world go around, although gravity and love are alternative agencies preferred by some. Material wealth provides a yardstick, by which folk active in the world of work can judge their progress, since those with a thriving career are presumably well paid. A big house, expensive car and frequent holidays incline the casual observer to assume you are a person of significance. Of course, this isn’t always true and there are millions of workers on low wages without whom society would collapse.

Don’t try to look like other people The key to move towards the improvement of your behaviour, is to accept the elements of yourself and find the strength to control your thoughts.

Project your own identity and don’t feel that you must try to look like others, because if you do, you will be frustrated and will hold a bad attitude to life and others.

Besides, if you are not at peace with yourself … how will you become a better human being?

Contrary to traditional belief, life isn’t merely a random sequence of events that involuntarily happens to us.

Our thoughts, words, and actions largely create what happens to us.

We have the incredible power to help mould our lives based off of our thought processes.

Once you learn to master your mind, you can begin to master your life “What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing.” – Joseph Prince Who you become as a person is heavily influenced by what you think and believe.

Positive thinking breeds the same, as does negative thinking.

Always stay true to yourself and never sacrifice yourself for anyone.

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EAST END MAN WINS £10k

CLYDE 1 “Pay Your Bills” winner, Steven Gallagher, a Mercedes-Benz mechanic from Carmyle, was left speechless after he discovered he had landed the £10,000 top prize.

Steven nearly lost out on the windfall as he was busy helping his daughter, two-year old Cassia, get ready for nursery when the initial call from the station was made.

When he spotted the missed

call from an unknown number, the cogs started to turn and Steven wondered if he had let that all important phone call evade him.

What followed were a few nail-biting minutes before Steven got another phone call, from Clyde 1 breakfast show presenter George Bowie, who confirmed Steven’s suspicions were correct and that he was the lucky winner of “10k”.

Steven said: “I was abso-

lutely over the moon when I found out I had won. I couldn’t believe it. It was the best phone call but it’s all a blur now!

“I listen to Clyde 1 every day so to be told by George Bowie I’d just won £10,000 is a dream come true. I’m just glad I didn’t miss my chance by not answering the phone!”

Steven has decided not to splurge the cash and instead plans to invest it in property.

His daughter Cassia would prefer it was spent on a pink pony but dad’s investment into the little one’s future is commendable.

“Our phone has been red hot since I won! Our daughter’s nursery even got in on the act by sending a jokey ransom note asking for the money in exchange for her!

It’s amazing how many of our friends and family listen to Clyde 1 and how quickly

good news travels.” added Steven.

Clyde 1’s Knoxy headed down to Steven’s house to celebrate with his family and to present the cheque.

She added: “It was fantastic getting to meet the winner and his adorable little girl Cassia!

Pay Your Bills has been a brilliant competition to kick start the year and really helped beat those January blues!

It is just the first of many

big promotions and events Clyde 1 has got planned for 2015!

Lots more to come!”

Pay Your Bills ran on Clyde 1 in the early New Year to help those tuning in get through the cold, dark days of January.

Every day listeners had the chance to have their bills paid, up to the value of £500, before the big jackpot winner of £10,000 was announced last week.

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Honey And Their Healing Powers can Cure Almost All Diseases BEES give us the most precious and most widely used natural remedy.

Practically, honey can be found in almost every household.

Although it is commonly used as a sweetener for tea, honey is an extremely efficient remedy, and it is used both orally and topically.

Experts would agree that honey is also an effective cosmetic agent.

There are many types of honey, and each of them has different healing properties.

It is biocatalyst and assists in food digestion.

Of course, this applies only for real and organic honey, not those fake types that unfortunately, can be often found on the market.

Organic, natural honey can be of great use in the treatment of many diseases.

Below are some types of honey and it may help you to choose the type that is best for you.

•Linden honey Linden honey is clear, almost translucent and it tastes sweet Relieves respiratory problems and it is especially efficient in the treatment of colds and flu.

Promotes sweating, positively affects digestion, relieves spasms and soothes pain.

It is useful for kidney problems because it stimulates the excretion of toxins from the body.

People with heart malfunctions should not use linden honey.

Special recommendation: if you suffer from asthma, eat a teaspoon of grated horseradish and linden honey.

•Mountain Honey Mountain honey is largely appreci-

ated for its medicinal properties.

It is obtained from unpolluted mountain herbs and it is very popular due to its healing content.

Mountain honey has strong antimicrobial properties, even when diluted in a ratio of 1: 150.

Use it to boost immunity, treat respiratory problems – relieve cough, sore throat and sinuses.

In folk medicine mountain honey is used to disinfect skin infections and wounds.

It helps in the treatment of gynecological inflammation caused by viruses and bacteria.

Take a tablespoon of honey once a day.

To strengthen your organism drink

a cup of warm milk sweetened with some mountain honey at least half an hour before your breakfast • Hawthorn honey Hawthorn honey has brown color and pungent flavour It is recommended for patients with heart malfunctions because it regulates blood pressure, helps in cases of atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, damaged heart muscle and myocarditis.

It is widely used for its calming effect.

To decrease cholesterol level make a paste using hawthorn honey and Ceylon cinnamon powder.

Spread it on a slice of bread instead of jam and eat it for breakfast.

Euodia (Honey/Bee tree) honey Eu-

odia honey is widely used.

It is similar to acacia honey, but it has a specific fruity flavour and does not crystallize.

Euodia honey has high nutritional value and it is especially beneficial for people with high blood pressure.

To treat high blood pressure eat equal parts of honey and walnuts (100 grams) for 45 days.

•Calluna (Heather) honey Heather honey is dark yellow.

It has a pleasant taste and kids love it.

It is efficient in the treatment of rheumatism and problems with the urinary tract and kidneys.

Helps in cases of respiratory disorders.

HOUSING BOOST FOR EAST END A LOCAL housing association has unveiled its biggest-ever new homes boost for the east end of Glasgow.

Two hundred homes have been bought by Thenue for its tenants at the former Commonwealth Games Village in Dalmarnock.

The tenants have spent the last few weeks moving into

their new homes and more will follow in the coming weeks.

The former Games Village has been transformed into much-needed housing creating a new and vibrant community which is a lasting legacy of Glasgow’s hugely-successful Commonwealth Games last year.

After the athletes moved out

the homes were refitted with kitchens and The properties along with other housing providers properties join a number of privately sold properties by City Legacy – a consortium of housebuilders which built the development. Two hundred and fifty private homes have now been sold.

Nicola Sturgeon said:

“This award-winning new housing development provided a fantastic home for the sporting stars in Glasgow last summer and I am delighted to be able to meet some of the new residents who will be making their new home in this community. The transformation and regeneration of Dalmarnock is an important part of the lasting legacy of the Games. With the Athletes’ Village, the new community hub, the Cuningar Loop woodland, the sporting venues, businesses, jobs and investment, the East End can continue to thrive.”

Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “This is a special day for Glasgow, as we mark the first residents of the Athletes’ Village. The Athletes’ Village will always have a special place in the hearts of Glaswegians when we think back to the fantastic Commonwealth Games, but today we look to the future, and an exciting new neighbourhood for Glasgow.”

Glasgow City Council will also build a primary school and nursery school on two sites within and beside the Athletes’ Village.

If you are a smoker, make sure you use the benefits of heather honey.

Combine it with heather tea to cough out mucus from the respiratory organs.

• Manuka honey This type of honey is literally the icing on the cake. Manuka honey is produced from the flowers of the evergreen Manuka tree that grows only in New Zealand.

It is considered to be the healthiest type of honey in the world.

It has stable, powerful and unique antibacterial properties, which are not present in any other type.

It helps in the fight against the most resistant bacteria such as MRSA, as evidenced by numerous consumers throughout the world, who, thanks to manuka honey, avoided limb amputation.

It is effective in the treatment of many diseases and boosts immunity.

Take a tablespoon of manuka honey every hour to treat acute inflammations.

Recommendations re-honey The recommended daily intake of honey for adults is 60-100 grams, divided into three equal parts (in the morning, during the day and before bedtime).

The recommended daily intake of honey for children under the age of 10 is 30 grams, also divided in three parts.

Dissolve the honey in your mouth before swallowing it.

When adding honey to hot drinks, make sure the liquid is not warmer than 40 degrees Celsius because otherwise it may lose its healing properties.

NEW WEBSITE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN DECIDING where to take children with learning disabilities on days out can be difficult, but a new website has been launched to make the process easier A new website aimed at families who have children with special needs and/or disabilities has been launched.

SENDirect is a review site similar to Trip Advisor, in that it allows visitors to search family activities and other things by postcode, price range, age suitability, health services, specialist equipment, childcare and more.

Hundreds of parents were involved in the development

of SENDirect, as they helped to decide what sort of information they would find useful when it came to researching services.

Users can rate each service based on their experience, and then it’s made visible for everyone to read.

The site will allow parents to do research before a day out and avoid any unnecessary trouble A site which shows families exactly what to expect before they arrive at an activity or event will come in very handy, and hopefully it’ll lead to more children doing what they love and enjoy

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Local Police News OFF ROAD MOTOR BIKES SEIZED

OFFICERS from Easterhouse Police Office working in conjunction with officers from the Police specialist off road motor cycle team have reported 8 individuals to the Procurator Fiscal and seized two off road bikes this week and seizure notices served on others.

In recent weeks, police have received reports about vehicles being ridden on footpaths and pavements in Robroyston and Barmulloch areas.

On Wednesday 11 February, four persons, three of them under the age of 16, were detected by police in the vicinity of Wallacewell Quadrant in possession of a quad bike following complaints that a quad bike had been used in the area.

The owner of the quad bike had previously been served notice under terms of the Antisocial Behaviour Etc (Scotland) Act 2004 and the quad bike was seized.

Over the course of the weekend of 14 and 15 February officers caught 4 others using off road bikes in Robroyston Park and the vicinity, these individuals have also been charged with offences in relation to their use.

One had their motor bike seized and the others were served with notices advising that seizure will be pursued if the bikes are found being used illegally in the future.

Inspector John Gormlie, of Easterhouse Community Policing Team, said “We are spelling out the rules to everyone who owns one of these machines so they know how and when they can safely use their mini-moto or quad bike.

Anyone found using these bikes illegally will be dealt with robustly.”

The team of officers have also spoken to others who were clearly intending to unload off road bikes from vans and trailers to use in the area and advised them of the consequences.

Anyone riding these bikes in public must be over 16 and have a valid driving licence.

They must also be insured and the vehicle must have a valid MOT certificate.

Bikes can be used on private land without the above, providing the land owner has given

permission.

Pavements, country lanes, parks, football fields, waste ground and shopping centres are not considered private land.

A rider using a bike on private land without permission or in a public place such as a park, will also face a charge of riding on land other than a road.

It is also an offence to push a motorbike on a road or footpath without insurance, MOT or valid driving licence.

The police have the power to seize bikes from anyone caught using them illegally, including those who cause alarm or distress to others while riding these bikes.

Notices can be issued to riders advising them that if they are caught riding a quad or mini-moto illegally again, the bike could be seized and crushed and the rider could face prosecution.

Inspector Gormlie added, “People have been riding their quad bikes on the footpaths and parks in both areas creating a danger for residents and pedestrians.

We have had near misses in the past and want to put a stop to it before someone is seriously injured.

For the avoidance of doubt there is no standing permission from Glasgow City Council for the use of these machines in any public place and we have confirmed with local landowners that they have not granted permission for their land to be used either.

I would appeal to the public to let the police know when and where these bikes are being used so we can use our resources in the best way possible.

If you know who is riding the bikes or can give us a good description, get in touch using 101.

The more information we have, the better.

Information can also be given anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

MARYHILL FOOD BANK BREAK IN

POLICE in Maryhill are seeking assistance from the local community after the Maryhill Food Bank was broken into last month.

Several bags of clothes, money and vouchers were tak-

en from the charity foundation which services the local community.

Police are appealing for witnesses linked with this incident and are asking anyone with information to call Crimestoppers or 101.

Police Inspector Alex Hutton adds “If anyone has approached you to purchase items which you think may be stolen, please pass this information on.” The communities Inspector also requested members of the public to be vigilant at car boot sales or any open markets to again report anything suspicious or that may be linked to this incident.

APPEAL FOR WITNESSES FOLLOWING SERIOUS INCIDENT IN WELLHOUSE

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident which left four people injured on Saturday night in the Wellhouse area of Glasgow.

At around 10pm on Saturday 14 February police received several calls regarding a large scale disturbance at Trondra Place near to Ware Road, Wellhouse.

It would appear that there had been a house party near to this location and a disturbance has escalated leaving 4 people requiring hospital attention.

At this time three 22 year old men have been treated in

hospital with stab wounds and a 17 year old woman is reported to have a facial injury.

DC Lyn Ferguson from Shettleston CID is the officer leading the enquiry and said“At this time the events of Saturday night have left four people requiring hospital treatment following an incident which appears to have no clear motive other than alcohol fuelled meaningless violence.

I would urge anyone with information about those involved or responsible to contact the CID at Shettleston CID by telephoning 101.

Alternatively information can be passed, in confidence, to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

FAST FOOD RESTAURANT TO BEEF UP SECURITY

A FAST food giant is fighting a ruling ordering it to beef up security at it’s Argyle Street outlet in Glasgow.

Police Scotland said the McDonalds restaurant, located in a notorious crime hot spot dubbed ‘the four corners’, has become a drain on their resources, and they have had to implement hourly patrols in the area because of the volume of complaints.

Incidents include violent assaults, homophobic attacks and various breaches of the peace.

On one occasion a drug addict lay dead in the restaurant’s toilets for five hours be-

fore police were informed.

A spokeswoman for McDonald’s said “The safety of our customers and colleagues is of paramount importance to us and we will continue to work in partnership with the council, police, and local community going forward.

McDonald’s could be forced to employ bouncers at one of it’s restaurants where a drug addict lay dead for five hours.

Council chiefs previously told McDonald’s to have four security guards on duty every evening following a surge in complaints from in and around the premises.

The move came after Police Scotland recorded over 200 incidents in just 14 months.

POISON TENNIS BALL WARNING FOR PET OWNERS

AN ANIMAL charity are urging parents and pet owners to be vigilant after tennis balls filled with poison were discovered in a Glasgow park.

A member of the public contacted the SSPCA after finding the balls which had holes cut in them and contained blue pellets thought to be rat poison.

Animal welfare officers for the charity are now investigating the discovery at Festival Park in the Pacific Quay area.

Just weeks ago, a devastated family told how their beloved pet had to be put to sleep after eating meat laced with par-

acetamol.

An undercover inspector for the SSPCA said: “The person who found them placed them in a nearby bin but unfortunately someone took them before we could remove them.

Police Scotland have been made aware of this.

“It’s possible the balls were left to target rats but there is an obvious danger to dogs and children and this was a very reckless act.

“We are looking for information as to why the balls were in the park and who may be responsible. We are also keen to identify the person who took the tennis balls from the bin.”

Anyone with information is being urged to contact the Scottish SPCA animal helpline on 03000 999 999.

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RIGHT TO BUY ABOLISHED IN SCOTLAND

Scottish ministers fund purchase of run-down housing SCOTTISH ministers and Glasgow City Council are channelling more than £9m to buy up flats in a plan to tackle poor housing conditions.

A total of four blocks of 579 flats will be purchased in the city’s district by a local social landlord, £4.3m comming from the Scottish government and £5m from the council.

The Housing Association will own the properties, 50% of which are currently privately rented, and let them at social rent.

The Property Acquisition and Repair Programme is designed to address problems such as poor landlord management, overcrowding and vacant properties.

The funding from both the city council and the government will be paid in 2015/16 and 2016/17.

Quote from economic development ‘The council has already invested substantial sums in maintaining the housing stock , but it is clear that difficulties with the way property is being managed have not gone away.

‘By securing this funding we can now implement the strategy of bringing tenement blocks into the social housing sector so they can be managed properly.’

The £4.3m for the pilot initiative will allow the Housing Association to acquire property, which will enable it to then take on more factoring responsibilities and ensure a more effective maintenance regime.’

New pensions reforms open up opportunities that could revolutionise social housing Standard.

A TRANSPARENT and ethical alternative for the community minded people who want to do some good with their money.

New property initiative is launched to provide transparent, fixed retirement income through funding former disused let properties.

From April 2015, UK pension rules are changing; anyone retiring after this date will be able to choose how they use their pension savings, which has opened up a new spectrum of financial opportunities for ‘pre-tirees’.

The Real Estate Annuity Plan (Reap) is a brand new property based financing arrangement where people approaching retirement, who are looking to make more from their pension savings, can lend their money to a mutual society which renovates derelict properties to bring them back into habitable use.

In return for supporting a programme that brings affordable homes to deprived areas, Lenders (Annuitants) will receive a fixed income at a rate above all of the current traditional insurance or pension based annuity plans.

This can provide a no-fee, quick and easy way for Annuitants to secure a fixed income offering a flat interest rate of 7% p.a. on the money they lend to the programme; which has a £15,000 entry level and is repayable on 90 days notice after the initial five year period.

The social benefits of the programme comes by way of the money being used to fund much needed affordable housing within former derelict properties that have been renovated up to the Decent Homes

The organisation behind the new scheme commented: “The upcoming pension reforms will allow people to have much more control over their retirement pot enabling them to make smarter and more informed choices – however, much of the literature regarding the changes has been confusing to say the least.

Until now, retirees have had to leave their money with annuity providers who, as well as paying low rates of income during their lifetime then, when they die, they retain some or all of the money.

We believe this offers a clear, transparent and ethical alternative for the millions of community minded people who want to do some good with their money; they will now be able to direct their funds to a socially responsible society that pays a fair rate of interest in return and gives all of their money back to them or their beneficiaries.”

For over twelve years, the organisation has specialised in acquiring long-term empty properties in low socio-economic regeneration areas, and renovating these to provide, decent, low-cost housing.

“The potential introduction of financial support by many retirees, rather than just from a relatively small group of ethically minded investors, is a tectonic shift that isn’t just a small tweak to the system, it has the potential to revolutionise social housing within the UK. As part of the new programme, annuitants will be invited to visit the properties they have funded and see how their money has been used first-hand

Bond aggregator makes offer to small landlords A GROUP of small Scottish housing associations is set to consider a new type of club bond, which would see landlords raising a minimum of £500,000 each through the deal.

Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) is due to meet with consultancy Dunfermline Housing Finance and bond aggregator Carduus to consider the joint deal that is expected to raise a total of at least £10m.

The £500,000 threshold is expected to attract small landlords that find it difficult to raise the millions of pounds seen in bonds with big housing associations, such as Wheatley Group’s recent £300m deal.

The lowest raised by a housing association to date through the UK’s biggest bond

aggregator The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) was £1m.

Dunfermline Housing Finance, said the move would ‘open up bond finance to small community-controlled housing associations’.

In a deal currently being offered solely to landlord members of the GWSF – which represents small landlords owning as little as 250 homes – associations will be invited to join the aggregated bond, run jointly

by Carduus and Dunfermline Housing Finance.

The spread over gilts (the price minus the cost of government borrowing) to be around 1.6% – the same as Wheatley Group’s debut £250m bond in November.

Participants in the bond, which is expect-

ed to be issued before September, will be asked for asset security of 115%. The proposed deal, which is yet to be agreed by the GWSF, comes at a time when Scottish housing associations are struggling to access mainstream private finance.

Last March, Inside Housing revealed that Nationwide – the second largest lender to Scottish social landlords – wants to reduce its exposure to the sector and is looking to re-price existing loans.

A director of the GWSF, said: ‘Any initiative that is going to make private finance easier for smaller associations is something we would be keen to explore.

Carduus is preparing to launch its own club bond this year, with formal loan offers totalling at least £120m

Helen McGregor House, 65 Pettigrew Street, Shettleston, Glasgow G32 7XR. Telephone: 0141 763 0511 www.shettleston.co.uk

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Dr Don’s View

your Member of the Scottish Parliament

Bob Doris MSP For Glasgow Region [SNP]

The column which cuts though the garnish LESS than 10 weeks to go, and as you can see, the gloves are off and the slagging match has begun, not on policy, but mainly due to the fact that they have almost run out of pledges and promises.

It’s now a war on personalities resulting in Prime Minister’s question time at the moment being like a school debate trying to score as many points as possible at the expense of one another’s faux pas.

Instead of developing vote winning strategies, we are being treated to sideshows about tax evasion by the wealthy and MPs forgetting to get receipts for their expenses.

Miliband is described this week by Janet Daley of the Telegraph as a self-opinionated first year politics student.

Indeed, I for one am totally bored of listening to his MBA textbook platitudes about an ideal world described in abstract ideological terms.

It’s a bit like reading the traitorous ramblings of Lenin, and we all saw where that led to.

It’s good to preach about an ideal world and social equality, but when he is asked how he is going to fund it, his philosophy dissolves into a sticky mess.

Sadly, dyed-in-the-wool Labour supporters are faced with a conundrum; they want to vote Labour but cringe at the thought of Ed Miliband in No 10.

With the exception of Scotland, who is in the throes of a social revolution, a bloodless coup, or dare I say it, a Scottish Spring, 1/3 of England will still vote Labour regardless of what is promised because they still see the Tories as a ruling elite.

Some would cheerfully cut off their voting arm rather than change sides.

Miliband is depending on that.

The other 1/3 will still vote Conservative as they abhor the socialist principles of the pseudo red brigade.

Cameron is depending on that.

England also has to deal

with a social class divide compounded by a north v south divide.

The election south of the border is about who will attract the most votes from the remaining 1/3 of the electorate, but that’s where we might find some referees.

UKIP will appeal to those who are willing to pull out of the EU and fed up with having to pander to minority groups, but its biggest support will be from those who want to see some decisive action with regards to immigration.

The Greens will still attract the tree huggers and friends of the earth. Plaid Cymru will appeal to those who still feel Wales has always had a bad deal and will want to be treated on par with Scotland in devolved powers, but it all still points to a hung parliament.

All sides of Westminster have already accepted this inevitable fact and preparing their strategies accordingly.

The bad news is that it might mean another election next year if it doesn’t work.

Meanwhile, here in Scotland we are still waiting for the Brown/Murphy Laurel and Hardy touring show which is supposed to convince us that voting for the SNP is a bad idea.

For whom?

Jim Murphy, the yet to be elected MSP and aspiring First Minister is still wandering around, fortified by his expenses paid for Irn Bru refreshment, trying to get as many column inches as he can by uttering pie-in-the-sky statements.

Now he is going to give Glasgow a cross rail and wants to allow alcohol at football matches.

He doesn’t even appear to have made up his mind if he is going to stand for his own seat in East Renfrewshire.

One frustrated pundit was quoted as saying “will the real Jim Murphy stand up?”

It might sound a bit submissive, but unlike South of the border, Scotland has only two meaningful choices.

Vote Labour and give Ed

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Miliband 40+ MPs he can count on to troop slavishly into the voting corridors regardless of whether his policies are good for Scotland or not, or vote to increase the SNP presence at Westminster to make sure that whoever gets into No 10 is compelled to pay full attention to Scottish concerns.

I would like to say that this is going to be an exciting election, but I fear it’s going to be nasty.

The Conservatives are banking on their plans for the economy. Labour on the other hand, whilst supporting some elements of the Tory manifesto, are attacking it on the grounds that the proposed cuts in public services are going to hurt those who are already suffering from the austerity packages.

To an extent Labour are right in their thinking, but their proposed funding will take the country back to enormous borrowing again.

Whatever Ed Miliband promises, don’t forget, he was an advisor to Gordon Brown’s last Labour Government which left the country bankrupt and trillions in debt (The national debt was under £1 Trillion in 2010 when Gordon Brown left office but is currently at £1.5 Trillion - ed) .

The battle in England will be for the middle ground who are not convinced by David Cameron’s economic figures and see no visible improvement in salaries or employment prospects.

Both main parties’ ratings have almost been tied to approximately 30% for months and each will have to come up with some policy which will have measurable benefits in the short to medium term if they want to see some movement.

Although I like the sounds of the Tory plan for compulsory community employment for 18- 20 year olds, that, and all the other pledges which have been promised to date by both parties will not see the light of day till 2016 or later, and that’s not going to motivate anyone.

What we are getting is a pattern of populist, headline grabbing statements, which don’t seem to address what potential votes are concerned about.

This plethora of pledges which appear to be formatted ‘on the hoof’, prompts my quip of the week from Will Rodgers: “If we got one tenth of what we are being promised, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.”

Right now the UK Parliament is not fit for purpose nor will it be till after May 7th.

Maybe the rise of the minority parties might bring some sense of purpose to it all.

In the meantime, the candidates are on the campaign trail.

Take a few nights off Coronation St and Eastenders to attend some of their meetings, and make your vote count.

Watch this space Dr Don

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OVER the last few weeks, a real choice has emerged ahead of May’s general election.

Our First Minister has shattered the consensus between Labour and the Conservatives on austerity.

To date, both parties have been trying to outdo each other to slash public spending, with the most vulnerable in society bearing the brunt as usual. Nicola Sturgeon, however, has outlined a more socially just alternative which would provide additional spending public services while still reducing the UK budget deficit.

With modest increases in public spending of about 0.5% in real terms, debt and deficit would still fall as a percentage of GDP and allow up to £180bn to be invested in infrastructure, innovation and in growing the economy, up to 2020.

It is looking increasingly likely that the UK election will lead to a minority Labour Government, reliant on SNP MPs for support.

That is the outcome that polls suggest people in Scotland would prefer, and would strengthen the hand of the SNP to shatter the unhealthy Westminster consensus on cuts.

The more SNP MPs we elect, the more power and influence we can deliver for Scotland.

More significantly, it will allow us to protect those on whom austerity has had a disproportionate impact: women, people with disabilities and people on low incomes.

In other news, at the start of February the Scottish Government passed its budget for the coming year.

As will now be the norm, this was

done in the face of a real-terms cut in the block grant from Westminster.

The budget will also support a variety of local initiatives, including new health centres in Maryhill and at Woodside, as well as continuing to meet national priorities such as 1000 additional police officers, no prescription charges, free school meals, mitigating the impact of the Bedroom Tax and supporting a Council Tax freeze which has saved the average household £1200 since 2007.

Bizarrely, having asked for £100m extra for the NHS, Labour voted against a budget which actually committed an additional £383m!

I was particularly pleased to see £51m set aside to guarantee that teacher numbers will be maintained.

Over the years, Glasgow City Council has shed hundreds of teaching posts, despite being given money from the Scottish Government to retain them.

This year, councils were not given the cash upfront, and now have to demonstrate how they will prevent teacher numbers from dropping.

I very much hope that, this time, Glasgow City Council do the right thing.

There was pressure on the Council from SNP councillors who sought to use £5.2m of financial reserves to ease pressures on school transport, education and social care in the city.

Unfortunately, this was rejected by the ruling Labour administration, who decided to implement cuts of £4.6m.

It seems as if Labour are wedded to austerity at all levels of Government.

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Charity Wrestling Night Maryhill netball club

MARYHILL netball club are shooting for the stars after reaching the semi-final of the Scottish cup following a nail biting performance in Strathaven this week against Avon netball club.

The girls eventually won 8 -5 in this well fought game having beaten previous competition: 22-14, 50-1 & 34-4.

Head coach, Angela Carrick, said she is absolutely delighted for the girls and the impact this has had on the club.

“We are a small club who were formed just 3 years ago and this year is the clubs 1st competitive year; to be in the semi-finals of a Scottish cup in your 1st year is an outstanding performance and a testimony to the hard work that the girls have put in.”

Hello Tom, Thank you for your recent coverage of our school, it is greatly appreciated.

Sadly one of our mentors and British wrestling legend, Drew McDonald, recently lost his life to cancer. To help his family out at this sad time, and to

show our respect and appreciation for what he done for our business, GPWA are hosting a charity event in his honour.

It will be held in Wood Street, Dennistoun on Friday, March 6th.

Tickets are available on the day at the door, though as as

it may sell out, people are best getting tickets from La Cala Bar, Meadowpark Street, priced at £7.

It’s sure to be a great night for a great cause.

Thanks again.

Barry at Glasgow Pro Wrestling Asylum.

THANK YOU FROM WHITEHILL BOWLING CLUB Dear All I take this opportunity to thank all those members who took part and those who did so Much to help raise funds for Stobhill Kidney Patients Association in Whitevale Bowling Club Charity Tournament on Sunday the 28th of July 2014 As the final donation has now been received into the association’s bank account the total Raised from this tournament was £3200.00 and cannot thank you all

enough for your support and your very generous donations for this event.

I would also thank the following Bowling Clubs who entered rinks Auchinairn, Belvidere, Bisopbriggs, Carmyle, Croftfoot, Riddrie, Springboig, St Rollox, Westerton. Santander, Royal Mail, S.K.P.A. Whitevale Ladies. St Rollox Ladies , And those rinks who entered under their companies Names, and to the bar staff and caterers from

MAMS DELI and those who did so much in Selling the raffles tickets everywhere your help is very much appreciated to our Sponsors Thank you once again for the support And as Whitevale Bowling Club have once again given me permission for this tournament Next year which will be held on the last Sunday in July 2015?

My Sincere Thanks to all Dougie Brennan Whitevale Bowling Club

NEW GYMNASTICS FACILTY OPENS IN MARYHILL SAPPHIRE Gymnastics Club has opened a brand new facility in Lochburn Road, Maryhill.

The dedicated 16,000 sq ft set-up has a number of attractive features, including three individual halls - two of them matted - changing areas, coaches room, a meeting/conference room, kitchen, shop first aid and toilets.

Sapphire can offer suitable space and seating (up to 12 people) for training courses, and provide a projector/screen, tea and coffee.

Secretary Maxine Lessani would be interested to hear from other sporting organisations who wish to hire, relocate or expand.

The Academy is located at 26 Lochburn Road, and they can be contacted at 0141 230 9269.

Every one of them should be extremely proud of themselves but just as important are the other club members who have pushed and supported each other along.

We are delighted at the support that we’ve received from parents and especially pleased to see so many dads coming along to support their daughters.

The dads are great, they get so emotional and are surprised at just how competitive and physical the sport is and how easy it is to get caught up in the event.

The club recently received funding from Glasgow city council area budget which allowed them to buy the members tracksuits and also support the cost of coaching badges, necessary to allow

the club to develop.

But for now, we are anxiously awaiting to see who our semi-final opponents are and are planning a trip to either the Orkney’s or Kirkcaldy.

The club train on a Wednesday evening in Cleveden high school, Kelvindale from 6/8pm for younger members and 7/9pm for older girls.

Anyone interested in joining the club can come along to our sessions or contact Angela via Glasgow netball web site for more information.

Our members come from all over: Maryhill to Royston, Bearsden/Milngavie so it doesn’t matter where you live, whether you’ve played netball before or you’re brand new everyone is welcome from aged 8 years +.

LADIES CHARITY MORNING

TOLLCROSS RUNNERS

GARROWHILL Bowling Club Ladies Section are holding a Charity Morning at Douglas Drive on Wednesday, March 11.

The ladies host two yearly functions - every March and October - and last year raised £3450 for Cancer Research at the Beatson.

The 2015 charity has still to be decided, and an October date finalised.

FREE 5K RUN ORGANISERS of a local weekly 5K race are urging North Glasgow residents to join them and improve their fitness.

Runners have been enjoying the free events on paths within Springburn Park every Saturday morning.

Anyone interested should pre-register at www.parkrun. org.uk/springburn.

VOLUNTEERS have been providing essential help to runners at Tollcross Park on a Saturday morning.

To become involved or join in the free running sessions, go to: parkrun.org.uk/tollcross for more details.

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FREE TASTER SESSION SAPPHIRE Gymnastics Club are holding a FreeTaster Session on aerobics at their Lochburn Road facility on Wednesday, March 4, at 7.30pm.

For more information, call 0141 230 9269.

Meanwhile, the Sapphire’s Annual Floor and Vault Competition is scheduled for Sunday, April 26.

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NEW BUSHYTAILS CHIEF FINNART OFFER SUPPORT SEEKS BRIGHTER FUTURE TO BROKEN LEG PLAYER

NEW Foxley Bowling Club President Andrew Shea is determined to forge a closer link with the local community next season.

IN-COMING Foxley Bowling Club President Andrew Shea has outlined ambitious plans to involve the local community more next season.

Bushytails celebrated their Centenary last year, but are taking stock of a report which reveals clubs are closing at a rate of one a month.

Some are cashing in by selling unwanted land to housing

developers.

Mr Shea was invested with his badge and chain of office at the Foxley Annual General Meeting by Past President Gary Cochrane, who highlighted a host of 2014 positives.

The list included a Centenary friendly against Cardonald Bowling Club (confirmed as an annual fixture), Foxley’s appearance on STV Glasgow’s

Riverside Show, and a Civic Reception from Glasgow City Council.

A number of Community Days to engage with local residents are in the pipeline, and the first is due on Saturday, May 2.

Members are also being directed to view and use a new club website: www.foxleybc. com.

Robbie Shea, who has been appointed to take charge of media communications, revealed: “The AGM was very lively and positive, and members are looking forward to welcoming new bowlers into the club, and growing the sport at Foxley.

“Andrew proposed Willie Gilligan as his Vice-President, and presented him with his club badge.

“Our Secretary and long-standing member, Bill Campbell, has been delighted with the response to Fun Nights at the club.

Carpet Bowls, dominoes, and a quiz are part of the proceedings every Friday from 7.30 pm.

“Teams are drawn at random each week, and the winning team receives a free drink.

A league table is also running throughout, scores are compiled and there will be a prize for the eventual winner.

“You do not have to be a member to attend, so the message from Bill is - come on down!”

GET FIT SOON... Eoghan Kenny, pictured in the corner of the family sofa, receives a welcome visit from team-mates at Finnart Under-15s following an operation on his broken leg.

FINNART Under-15 players have responded with offers of support for a team-mate sidelined following a training ground accident.

Bridgeton-based Eoghan Kenny sustained a horrific leg break during a Friday evening session at Crownpoint, and required on operation less than 24 hours later.

The young defender, who has been outstanding this season, had bolts inserted into his leg during surgery and was released from hospital wearing a protective knee brace.

Finnart coach Jamie McGowan revealed: “It was horrible.

The boy slipped as he struck the ball during a shooting drill with nobody near him.

His left leg buckled under him and snapped the top of his shin.

The knee cap moved a few inches away from its normal position, too.

We managed to calm Eoghan down and following a 50 minute delay waiting for an ambulance to arrive, he was taken to hospital and eventually released on the Sunday.

“Eoghan is a very popular team member and was looking forward to playing at the Easter Blackpool Cup, which we won two years ago.

He joined us from Jimmy

Johnstone Academy in the summer of 2014, and was definitely in the running for our Player of the Year award.

We have a bit of defensive cover in his absence, but Eoghan has been solid at the back and is strong.

Prior to Tuesday’s training session, we all went to his house as a wee surprise.

He was really chuffed, and so were his folks.

It is such a shame for him.

He will be missing for quite a while, but more importantly it is a big year for Eoghan with exams at school.

As a club we all want to wish him a speedy and successful recovery.”

ASHFIELD OF DREAMS

THE men behind a new era for Glasgow Tigers say they’re powering ahead full throttle with the redevelopment of the speedway club’s stadium.

Just over five weeks remain until the Tigers take on Edinburgh Monarchs as the tapes go up on the 2015 season.

The club and their Ashfield Stadium home were bought by brothers Gerry and Michael Facenna, of city firm Allied Vehicles, in December and they launched a major overhaul of the venue.

And significant progress has already been made, with workers on-site every day to ensure it’s ready

to go on Sunday, March 29.

Developments so far include the addition of a new roof for both the main grandstand and the fourth-bend enclosure - where new toilets and snack facilities have been added - as well as improved drainage and electricity for the stadium, floodlights and the construction of a new pits area for the riders.

It’s anticipated that work will continue right up until the day of the Edinburgh meeting, when fans will have their first chance to sample the new facilities and the new-look Tigers team - led by recent recruit Richard Lawson as their No 1.

Gerry, who has spent much of the last couple of months helping with work at the stadium, said: “The redevelopment plan is a major undertaking and we’ve only had 12 weeks from buying the stadium to the start of the season.

“We’re making great progress ow and I think fans will be delighted by the difference they see by the time we open against Edinburgh at the end of March.

“My brother Michael and I both see this as something we really want to make work for Glas-

gow and especially for the local community. We’d like to say a huge thank you to all the contractors, workmen and volunteers working so hard to get the 2015 Tigers off to a roaring start.”

Tigers co-promoter Colin Hamilton says there is “something new every day” at Ashfield.

He added: “Gerry and Michael are hands-on and they’ve both been involved with all the things that are happening in the stadium.

“They know what’s needing done and it’s going to be such a big difference to the speedway going forward. Everybody’s looking forward to the first meeting against Edinburgh on March 29.”

On Saturday 28th February, Tigers fans will have the chance to meet the owners and some of the riders for the first time, at an event hosted by the newly-formed Glasgow Tigers Supporters’ Group.

The event, in the Ibrox Suite of Ibrox Stadium from 7pm, will be attended by both Gerry and Michael, along with Lawson and fellow new signing Aaron Summers.

It will also feature the latest additions to the Glasgow Tigers Hall of Fame.

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BUDHILL COMPLETE SIGNING SPREE QUINN ENDS NORTH CUP HOPES

FULL HOUSE... a terrific response as Budhill Football Academy register their players with the Scottish Youth Football Association BUDHILL Football Academy embarked on a transfer day deadline all of their own last month - and signed over 150 players!

The enforced winter shutdown - depriving various young teams from training outdoors - was pushed to one side in a hectic registration shift at Our Lady of Peace School, Hallhill Road, Barlanark.

Chairman and Head Coach Billy McNaught told GENN Sport: “We took expert advice

on this matter from Scottish Youth Football Association Chief Executive Mr David Little, who highlighted the importance of having parents/guardians/children together under the one roof.

“By doing so, all the kids can play football, but more importantly are insured through the SYFA. “Such a setting also allowed us to conduct our club Annual General Meeting.

You could say it was a very busy two hours!

“We have been working hard, and most of our age groups are going into the Central Lanarkshire Youth Football set-up.

There is also great progress being made with two disability teams, and three squads of Wee Buddy’s (aged 3-4 years).”

Meanwhile, Budhill Football Academy have been issued with their Disability Inclusive Course certificate by the Scottish Football Association.

Coaches completed their training last September.

FOCUS:EUROSCOT CUP DRAW

PETERSHILL could be heading to Glasgow’s South Side in the sponsored Euroscot Engineering Central League Cup - if favourites Pollok dispose of First Round opponents Rossvale.

That clash will go ahead in Springburn, where ‘Vale play their “temporary” home games when Peasy are away.

The Central District Second Division club are chasing their first-ever junior football promotion.

Petershill secured a 2-1 victory at Newlandsfield Park in the sponsored New Coin Holdings West of Scotland Cup last season - Paul McQuilken hit their late winner - and they would relish a repeat result against Tony McInally’s squad, who are clear favourites to win the Super First Division championship following top-flight relegation.

Pollok crushed Renfrew 5-0 in the Euroscot tourney last year, but immediately conced-

ed the cup-tie after discovering they had fielded midfielder Willie Howie, who had not fully served a domestic suspension.

MARYHILL, forced to withdraw from a Third Round meeting against Kilsyth Rangers due to a lengthy injury list, play Neilston.

The winners host a Bellshill Athletic side now under the guidance of Brian McGinty (ex-Pollok), and former Clydebank and Maryhill defender Sinky Soutar.

SHETTLESTON, beaten on penalties by eventual cup holders Clydebank, should be looking to progress against struggling Ashfield at Saracen Park.

GLASGOW PERTHSHIRE are away to Benburb.

VALE OF CLYDE, handed a First Round bye, entertain Rutherglen Glencairn or Clydebank in Round Two. Finally, there is an all-Saints meeting looming, when St Anthony welcome ST ROCH to

McKenna Park, Govan.

FULL DRAW:First Round - Cumbernauld United v East Kilbride Thistle; Port Glasgow v Blantyre Vics; Rossvale v Pollok; Arthurlie v Shotts Bon Accord; Greenock v Kilsyth Rangers; Maryhill v Neilston; Rutherglen Glencairn v Clydebank.

Second Round - Rossvale or Pollok v Petershill; Maryhill or Neilston v Bellshill; Ashfield v Shettleston; Dunipace v Arthurlie or Shotts; Lesmahagow v Port Glasgow or Blantyre; Vale of Leven v Yoker Athletic; St Anthony v St Roch; Carluke Rovers v Newmains; Cambuslang Rangers v Wishaw Juniors; Cumbernauld or East Kilbride v Forth Wanderers; Benburb v Glasgow Perthshire; Kirkintilloch Rob Roy v Johnstone Burgh; Renfrew v Greenock or Kilsyth; Thorniewood United v Larkhall Thistle; Vale of Clyde v Rutherglen Glencairn or Clydebank; Lanark United v Royal Albert.

STAR SET FOR LEAGUE DEBUT

A NEW Boys’ Club have completed preparations for their competitive league debut.

Eastfield Star will enter a 2004 age group into next month’s Glasgow and District Sunday set-up at Toryglen Regional Football Centre.

Coaches Darren McEwan and Allan Clacher were encouraged by the player-response at

two Glasgow Green trials earlier this months, and also have a sponsor in place.

Said Darren:” Considering the weather and underfoot conditions, we were more than happy with the numbers who managed along.

“We did our homework in the build-up through a Facebook page, and by putting flyers into

primary schools within a fivemile radius of Glasgow Green.

“Both myself and Allan have previous coaching experience at this level - I have also been involved with our amateur setup - and we’ve received another tremendous boost by securing The Real McCoy Bar and Bistro, based at London Road, as our sponsor.”

BROOMHOUSE substitute David Quinn slotted home a late winner as Broomhouse F.C. ended the Fosters Scottish Amateur Cup hopes of North Region hosts Nicolls A.F.C. Bridge of Don welcomed ‘House for a Sixth Round clash against a team sitting second-top of the Aberdeenshire Division One (East) League.

Given the recent winter weather, the only drawback for both teams was a bitterly cold

wind blowing across Denmore Park.

Apart from an early scare, Broomhouse goalkeeper Don Scott had a quiet 90 minutes.

His opposite number had more to do and produced two fine saves before the interval.

In truth, the Caley League team’s finishing was well short of their usual high standard.

A Glasgow replay looked on the cards until Quinn, a second half substitute for Dylan Porter,

blasted home Kyle Stewart’s long throw-in with four minutes remaining.

Broomhouse F.C. would like to thank the North Region club for kindly agreeing to bring the kick-off time forward in order they could make their way back to Glasgow, and fully organise their anniversary Speakers Night at Shettleston.

Officials also appreciated the excellent travel service provided by Golden Eagles Coaches.

SHETTLESTON have won the Eastern Carpet Bowls League - with one week to spare, writes JACK HIGH. The 14-week domestic campaign has been hotting up since the winter recess ended.

Former champions North British suffered another shock defeat - back-to-back – when they lost against Springboig.

Shettleston ensured they could not be caught when they defeated Springboig 6-0 in Week 13.

There could be a long-term decision coming regarding the future of Whitevale remaining in the league.

See results section.

WEEK 11. North British 2, Shettleston 4 (4-8,3-13,9-5) ; Sandyhills 5 ,Mount Vernon 1 (4-4, 6-4, 10-5); Whitevale 5, Garrowhill 1 (8-5, 11-8, 5-5).

WEEK 12. Mount Vernon 6,

Whitevale 0 (8-6, 7-4, 16-1); Whitevale;Mount Vernon v Springboig 4, North British 2 Springboig.

Immediately after Week 14, (7-13, 9-5, 10-7); Garrowhill 4, the First Round of the Top 10 Sandyhills 2 (13-4, 2-5, 14-3).

WEEK 13. Garrowhill 4, competition will commence.

DRAW: Shettleston v Mount Vernon 2 (4-5, 13-2, 14-1); Sandyhills walk over Springboig; Mount Vernon v Whitevale, who pulled out of North British; Sandyhills v fixture due to lack of players.

Whitevale.Bye - holders GarSandyhills awarded 6 points rowhill.

Semi-Finals - Garrowhill and plus 9 shots; Shettleston v Sandyhills or Whitevale; 6, Springboig 0 (15-2, 13-3, 11-3).

Mount Vernon or North BritWEEK 14. North British ish v Shettleston or Springv Sandyhills; Shettleston v boig.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

WINTER CARPET BOWLS

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DRAW for the Second Round of the Scottish Amateur Football League Coronation Cup is: Whitehill v F.C. Argyle; Carlton YMCA v Bothwell and Uddingston Albion; Eaglesham B v Shawlands B; POBU or Strathaven Dynamo v Millbeg Villa; F.C. Clydebank v Inverkip Thistle; Rosehill Star v Rossvale or Tarbet; Duncanrig F.P. v Milton of of Colquhoun.

LOCAL amateur clubs will feature in the Jimmy Marshall Trophy Second Round:Shawlands or Motherwell Thistle v Drumchapel Colts; Haldane v Campbeltown Pupils A.F.C. ; Neilston or Busby v Clydebank or Goldenhill; Easthall Star or Oban Saints v Dunoon orJamestown;Eaglesham or Finnart A.F.C. v South Camlachie Y.P. or Kings

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Garrowhill

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192

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North British

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217

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Whitevale

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16

191

229

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Sandyhills

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168

236

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Mount Vernon

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Springboig

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Dates to be arranged.

HOLDERS Harvester A.F.C. are still going strong in the Fosters Scottish Amateur Sunday Trophy following their penalty kick win against Salvesen.

WESTERCOMMON Star A.F.C., in only their second national campaign, fell 1-0 to last 16 hosts Cross Tavern.

CASTLEMILK Dynamo beat Drumchapel Thistle 3-2, and CRANHILL United won 2-1 at Newtown East Calder.

GLASGOW City F.C. have switched their Premier Di-

vision home clash against Spartans, due on March 29, to April 29, and lost 3-2 against hosts Manchester City in a cracking pre-season match. Scorers: Lauder and McMurchie (pen).

BUDHILL Football Academy have put together a Partnership Proposal aimed at potential sponsors.

ASHFIELD defender Stuart Brodie has joined Cambuslang Rangers, and PETERSHILL loan signing, midfielder Dominic O’Halleron,is back at parent club, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. SAVEHANDS Goalkeeping Academy are looking for custodians (boys and girls), aged 8-12, 13-18 and over 18, at their centres.

Call 07738923403 or email: savehandsgoalkeeping@hotmail.co.uk

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FOXLEY Bowling Club are ready to trial a Community Day on Saturday, May 2, writes JACK HIGH. The idea is aimed at the local community, and affords people the opportunity to try out a sport which was hugely popular at last summer’s Commonwealth Games.

Members will be on-hand to explain the basics of bowls to newcomers, and offer them practical help.

The bowling club are hoping for a good response to generate local interest, when they hold a Race Night on Saturday, March 28, starting at 7.15pm.

Foxley had a hugely positive and well attended Annual General Meeting last month, and I am obliged to Robbie

Shea fora report, which included his brother, Andrew Shea, becoming President of the East End club, who celebrated their 100th birthday in 2014.

President - Andrew Shea.

Vice-President – Willie Gilligan.

Secretary - Bill Campbell.

Treasurer – Ian Taylor.

Match Secretary - Robert Shea.

Directors - Paul McCallum, Paul Kerr, Robert Barrie, Ian Duff, Michael Riley Snr, Jon Logan, Gary Cochrane, and Robert McLellan.

GARROWHILL will host the Glasgow North Eastern Bowling League Annual General Meeting on Friday, March 13 ( 7.30 pm).

A full turn-out of club delegates is essential.

The season will commence on Friday, May 1.

Garrowhill Ladies section are hosting a Charity Day on Wednesday, March 11.

Please rally round as the ladies always put in a great deal of preparation time at these events SHETTLESTON Bowling Club have their AGM at Culrain Street on Tuesday, March 10. Again it’s a 7.30 pm start.

OPENING DAYS: SATURDAY, APRIL 11 - Shettleston.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Garrowhill, Foxley and North British. * If YOUR club has announced a start-date, please let me know at GENN Sport.

RESULTS from the Scottish Youth F.A. National competitions sponsored by Trans World Soccer.

Fifth Round: Under-13 - Deveronvale 0, Wolves 3.

Under-14 - Rangers SABC 4, Hutchison Vale 1.

Under-19 - Arsenal B.C. 2, Monifieth 1.

Quarter-Finals: Under-13 Mill United 2, Gairdoch United 0; Tynecastle F.C. 3, Lewis United 0; Banks O’Dee 3, Glenvale 1; Wolves 0, Jerviston 2.

Under-14 - Blue Brazil 0, Tynecastle F.C. 1; Broomhill 5, Barrhead 0; East End United 0, Newcraighall Leith 1; Crossshouse1, Rangers SABC2.

Under-15 - Renfrew Vics 2, East Kilbride F.C. 0 AET; Lewis United0, Hamilton Accies3; Rothes 0, Crosshouse 3; Banks O’Dee1, Rossvale 0.

Under-16 - Bo’ness 1, Hillwood 1 (7-8 on pens); Hutchison Vale 3, Glenboig 2 AET; Spartans Red 0, Arthurlie Juniors 0 (3-2 on pens);

St Conval’s 1, Knightswood B.C. 2.

Under-17 - Syngenta 1, Glenboig 0; Harmony Row Red 3, Lewis United 3 (3-5 on pens); Leith 5, KSC Town2; Rossvale Thistle4, Cumbernauld Colts 1.

Under-19 - Clydebank F.C. 3, Arsenal B.C. 0; Antonine 2, Broxburn Athletic Colts 3; Dundonald Bluebell 3, Tynecastle F.C. 3; East End United 3, Gartcairn 3 (4-1 on pens). * COMING SOON. The Semi-Final pairings.

MUIRTON A.F.C. 2, SOUTHSIDE UNITED 2.

GLASGOW Colleges F.A. Challenge Cup. Muirton secured top place in their group, and missed a late penalty kick.

EASTHALL STAR 2, WESTERLANDS 4.

WEST of Scotland Amateur Cup, sponsored by Colville Park Country Club.

Scorers: Calum Ridge and Craig Smith.

MOTHERWELL THISTLE 5, EASTHALL STAR 5.

TWO late goals conceded by Star denied them victory.

EASTHALL STAR 4, DRUMCHAPEL COLTS 4.

Man of the Match Colin Gilmour (2), Calum Ridge, and Paul McLellan.

CARLUKE ROVERS 6, ASHFIELD 0.

ROVERS pushed the Possilpark club nearer relegation after they trailed early on.

Ian Watt equalised, and added two more as ‘Field were reduced in numbers.

Ryan Smillie added No 4, and to rub salt in the wounds Gordon Murphy bagged a double.

EASTFIELD STAR A.F.C. 4, GLASGOW RANGERS A.F.C. 3.

DOUBLES from Alexander Connor and top Player Dylan Barden.

Team Sponsor – The Real McCoy Bar and Bistro, 1281 London Road.

MARYHILL JUNIORS 3, CASTLEMILK B.C. 1.

FIRST league game in 10 weeks for the Under-21 team, who trailed at the break.

Second-half, Maryhill hit back through Ross Fleming, Aidan Darcey, and Conor Delaney.

CROSS TAVERN 1, WESTERCOMMON STAR A.F.C. 0.

LATE winner for Tavern in this Sixth Round Fosters Scottish Amateur Sunday Trophy (last 16) at Bathgate.

MARYHILL JUNIORS 2, ALBION ROVERS 0.

GREAT league result for the Under-21s, who had been unable to train or play for a fortnight due to the winter weather.

An Aiden Darcey volley put them ahead, and Matthew Hamilton’s second half header wrapped up the points.

GLASGOW CITY F.C. 2, RENFREW LADIES 2.

UNDER-17 Friendly. Oli Crawford and Rebecca Welsh gave City a 2-0 half-time lead.

GLASGOW CITY F.C. 6, QUEEN’S PARK 1.

DEVELOPMENT squad friendly at Toryglen.

Four goals from Carla Boyce and a J-LDearie double.

CLYDEBANK F.C. 3, ARSENAL B.C. 0. SCOTTISH Under-19 Youth Cup Quarter-Final at the local High School.

On target were Kevin McNaught, Jamie Grimes and Sean Stewart.

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LSK West of Scotland Cup, Round Two - Wishaw W Wands 0 Goldenhill 4; Bonnyton v Rossvale; Maryhill Juniors v Kirkie Rob Roy Juvs; Johnstone Burgh 3, Broomhill 0; Holytown Colts 0, Antonine 1; Pollok Juvs 1, St Peters G.N 1 (4-3 on pens); Dumbarton or Tower Hearts v Port Glasgow.

Round Three - Gleniffer2, Giffnock SC 1; Campsie Black Watch v Antonine; Baillieston Juniors v Pollok Juvs; Crookston v Harmony Row; Bonnyton or Rossvale v Bishopton; E.K. Rolls Royce v Goldenhill; Tower Hearts or Port Glasgow v Maryhill Juniors or Kirkie Rob Roy Juvs; Johnstone Burgh v Vale of Leven.

Birdston Kennels League Cup, Quarter - Finals - Rossvale v Bonnyton; Goldenhill v Harmony Row; Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers v Rutherglen Glencairn; Tower Hearts or E.K. Rolls Royce v Pollok or Baillieston Juniors.

Second Round - Antonine 1, Wishaw W Wanderers 3.

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Cup, Quarter-Finals - Rosebank v Renfrewshire Thistle; Barrhead Arthurlie v Giffnock S.C. or Westfield Colts; Maryhill Juniors or West Park v Albion Rovers; St Mirren v Bishopton or Crookston.

Round One - Maryhill 2, Calderhill 1.

Only Sport League Cup, Quarter-Finals - St Mirren 3, Bishopton 2; Renfrewshire Thistle v Castlemilk B.C. ; Holytown Colts v Calderhill; Erskine2, West Park 7.

Only Sport Golden Goals Cup. Second Round- Eastwood v Glencairn; Rossvale v Pollok; Antonine bye; Steins v Glasgow University; Port Glasgow or Kirkie Rob Roy Juvs vEKFC or Claremont; Baillieston Juniors v Johnstone Burgh; Goldenhill v Tower Hearts or Campsie; E.K. Rolls Royce v Vale of Leven or Kirkie Rob Roy 21s.

Premier Division - Steins 0, Campsie Black Watch 2; Rutherglen Glencairn 2, Bonnyton 3.

First Division - Eastwood 2, Glasgow University 0; Port Glasgow 0, Sauchie 1; Kirk-

ie Rob Roy 21s 1, E.K.F.C. 2 ; Eastwood 4, Kirkie Rob Roy 21s 1; Port Glasgow 1, Pollok Juvs 0; Claremont 1, Victoria F.C. 1.

Second Division - Maryhill Juniors 2, Albion Rovers 0; Albion Rovers 0, Maryhill Juniors 3; Barrhead Arthurlie 0, St Mirren 10; Erskine 1, Gleniffer 8 ; Bishopton 4, Castlemilk 1.

Third Division - Bridgend 3, Dumbarton Utd 3 ; Broomhill 0, Milngavie 1 ; Renfrewshire Thistle 2, Broomhill 0; Dumbarton 3, Rosebank 1 ; Crookston 4, Milngavie 4.

Trans World Soccer Scottish Under-21 Cup - Quarter-Finals - Rossvale 2, St Peters Giffnock North 2; Wishaw W Wanderers 0, West Park United 0; Antonine4, Baillieston Juniors1;Harmony Row Y.C. 1, St Mirren Y.F.C. 1.

National Lady Darling Cup. Quarter-Finals : Penicuik 3 Bishopton 4; Giffnock Soccer Centre 2, Victoria F.C. 4; Rutherglen Glencairn 5, Johnstone Burgh 0; Musselburgh Windsor 11, Gleniffer Thistle 2.

TRANS WORLD SCOTTISH CUP

WESTERLANDS 1, GLASGOW GIRLS F.C. 2.

PRE-season development friendly, with goals from Jodie Barbour and Nadine Peacock.

WELLHOUSE A.F.C. 8, DRUMCHAPEL COLTS 0.

GOOD Monday evening floodlight friendly for both teams.

Star of the show was four-goal Kieron Galloway, who was previously with the Wellhouse Under-18 team, and is attracting the attention of League selectors.

Additional goals from Robbie Peebles (2), Alan Clark and Rob Welsh.

FINNART A.F.C. 2, CAMPBELTOWN PUPILS A.F.C 3.

FINNART started well, and should have gone ahead through Jason McArthur.

Poor home defending saw them go behind.

Skipper Brian Blair equalised, and Ben Mills put them ahead.

Another mix-up allowed Campbeltown in for their second goal, and the winner followed a long ball into the Finnart area, which was missed by the usually reliable Brian Paton.

Second half, Finnart hit woodwork three times, and had four efforts cleared off the line.

Man of the Match - Philip Blair.

NICOLLS A.F.C. 0, BROOMHOUSE F.C. 1. FOSTERS Scottish Amateur Cup Sixth Round.

Late winner from substitute David Quinn at Bridge of Don. HOUSTON 3, FINNART 1.

RUSTY after a long spell without a competitive game (December 7) just about sums up the Under-15 team, who crashed out of the West Regional Cup (First Round).

A Jordan Wright free kick was followed up by Kenneth Crampsie to give them an interval lead, but on the resumption it was a different story.

The homesters netted with two headers, and as Finnart chased the game, hit on the break for their third.

Man of the Match - Persley Sojila, who was solid in defence.

PETERSHILL 1, IRVINE MEADOW 1.

PEASY went behind to a Ryan Deas goal (41 mins).

Loan signing Michael Daly equalised after 48 minutes.

Ex-Peasy midfielder Jordan Murch picked up two bookings.

CLYDEBANK 2, SHETTLESTON 3.

TOWN produced a stunning Scottish Junior Cup at Holm Park and deservedly so! Marshall (pen), Boyle and Martin put them three up before Carcary reduced the leeway with a spot kick.

Second half, substitute Stewart hit another before Barclay was sent off to leave Bankies a player down and heading out the cup.

BELLSHILL 3, MARYHILL 1.

UNDER new management, ‘Hill kept on course for the title through Holmes (16,80), and Tart (24).

LANARK 4, ASHFIELD 2.

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NINE-man Ashfield were 2-1 ahead at the break thanks to McLaughlin and Griffin.

Lanark, who last entertained the visitors in 2008, stormed back with Falconer (34), two Jarvie penalties (62,65) and Miller (75) doing the damage.

WELLHOUSE A.F.C. 3, HAMILTON F.P. 0.

POWERHOUSE second half display from the former Scottish Amateur Cup holders at Greenfield.

Brian Hughes put them ahead with a great goal.

Chris Hopkins rattled home a 30 yarder, and young Kieron Galloway beat his opponent 40 yards out before chipping home another outstanding goal.

Sixth Round Draw: Wellhouse v Milton.

ST ROCH 3, GLASGOW PERTHSHIRE 1.

LAST season’s top marksman, Jordan Logan, bagged a great double alongside Rab Maguire.

Mark Tait replied for ‘Shire.

EASTHALL STAR A.F.C. 1, OBAN SAINTS 4.

DESPITE the scoreline, Oban were made to work for this victory.

Goals: MacKay (2), Cameron and Bonar.

MANCHESTER CITY 3, GLASGOW CITY F.C. 2.

EXCELLENT pre-season friendly at City’s impressive facilities.

Hayley Lauder gave City the lead, and a Lauren McMurchie penalty rounded off the afternoon.

HAGHILL A.F.C. 5, EASTEND A.F.C. 1.

UNBEATEN Haghill run continued after they came back from an own goal (Brian Eaglesham).

The homesters upped their game and finished comfortable winners.

Willie McArthur equalised, and Willie Stewart hit a 25 yarder.

McArthur completed his hattrick (including a spot kick).

Calvin Scolincompleted the scoring.

FINNART A.F.C. 0, HALDANE 1.

A very evenly contested league game. Ben Mills shot wide in a great first half opening, and Haldane took full advantage 18 minutes from time, when a bad pass by Joe Chiwala was punished.

Finnart had a “goal” correctly ruled out for offside.

Man of the Match - Steven Wilson.

FINNART 3, CARBRAIN CLARETS 2.

SUBSTITUTE Kyle Campbell won the points with two magnificent goals after the Under-16 team came back from 2-1 down.

Man of the Match Kian O’Neil headed Finnart infront, but counters either side of the interval saw Carbrain take control.

With 15 minutes left, Campbell curled home a 25 yarder.

The same player struck again three minutes from time.

Ryan Martin was fouled just outside the area, and Kyle Campbell blasted in another superb effort!

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FINNART RAISE QUALITY STANDARDS

FINNART have become the latest East End club to collect the Scottish Football Association’s Quality Mark Award.

Bridgeton officials Jamie McGowan, Phil Blair and Stuart McKechnie attended a special presentation at Firhill Stadium.

Finnart have existed for over 35 years, and predominately focused on amateur football for much of that period – winning the Scottish Amateur Sunday Trophy eight times.

Over recent seasons, officials have added in the odd younger age group, and a fairly successful Under-21 team currently form the basis of their Scottish Amateur League squad.

Three years ago, Finnart decided to expand and develop the club.

This helped send out a strong statement within the local community.

Speaking exclusively to GENN Sport, Under-15 coach Jamie McGowan admitted:”To do this we advertised for kids to come along from the age of 3 years upwards.

“The response we received was incredible!

We held the first couple of sessions at Bridgeton Community Learning Centre, where coaches and players from the older teams helped deliver small games and basic football skills.

More importantly, it gave the boys and girls good fun.

“As the idea continued to grow on a weekly basis, bigger premises and a long-term let was required.

We moved into Dalmarnock Primary School, and even today some of our teams still train there.”

With a structure in place and harbouring ambitions of increasing the popularity of Finnart throughout the East End, officials approached S.F.A. Football Development Officer Gary Hocknull for advice in attaining theQuality Mark Certification.

Jamie revealed: “This has involved a lot of planning and sheer hard work.

“Our constitution was updated to include the younger kids

PLAYERS WANTED

GOALKEEPERS at Boys’ Club, Amateur or Junior Football level for specialist winter coaching sessions under floodlights at New Petershill Park.

To pre-register, please call 07403452960.

BUDHILL Football Academy (East End) are offering Football For Girls in four new age group teams.

Call them as follows: Under-15 – 07876128464, Under-13 - 07554232193, Under-11 – 07960344563, and Under-9 07734919930.

BUDHILL Football Academy 2003 team are moving up from 7-a-side to 11-a-side football, and will be signing new players.

Call 07453306788.

BUDHILL Football Football have spaces in other age groups for new talent.

Contact numbers are listed.

Boys born 2009 - 07515888624 Boys born 2008 - 07534522141.

Boys born 2007 - 07412964163.

Boys born 2005 - 07765538006.

Boys born 2004 - 07867507009.

BUDHILL Football Academy are S.F.A. Approved, have First Aid certificates, Child Protection clearance, and recently gained their S.F.A. Quality Mark.

Additional coaches are always welcome.

FINNART need goalkeepers born 2003 (one), 2006 (one), and 2007 (two).

Call Jamie Marr at 07903886708.

SHETTLESTON Juniors Football Coaching Academy require players in a variety of different age groups.

Youngsters will be coached three times a week at Greenfield Football Centre, Duror Street, and a Sunday afternoon (1pm-2pm) on the Juniors’ Greenfield Park.

Email:tracy@shettlestonjuniorsfootballclub.co.uk.

Coaches also welcome.

NEW East End boys’ team seeking players born 2004.

Call 07702131328.

and additional coaches.

We had to bring more on board, have them qualified to a suitable standard, and make sure of full Disclosure checks through the Scottish Youth Football Association.

“Most of the additional coaches are parents of kids.

They have noticed what we are trying to give back to their community, and Finnart will always develop the children’s skills.

“In total, we have added 30 coaches to our club since this started, and there are now 11 teams spread over nine different age groups.

That is an incredible 180 kids or so on our books!

“Through Coach Education, everyone holds their 1.1. Early Touches and Development Level qualifications.

We are really proud of this achievement - even more so since they have moved onto small-sided games within the GADYFL at Glasgow Green and Toryglen.

“We are not just a football

ON THE MARK... Finnart receive their S.F.A. Quality Mark at Firhill Stadium. Left to right - Phil Blair, Jamie McGowan, Louise Roe (McDonald’s), and Stuart McKechnie.

club, but try to develop these young people and give them experiences they will remember as they grow older.

“Our long-term aim is to get

PRESIDENT’S CUP

SUNDAY Central Amateur Football League have made the Quarter-Final draw for the President’s Cup:Drumchapel

F.P. v Kirkintilloch Rob Roy; Dumbarton Celtic v Calderside; Haldane v Fernhill; Newton Vale v Strathclyde Amateurs.

to the next step in the Quality Mark - which is already well under way - and help coaches increase their skills as more courses become available.

CHALLENGE CLASH

MARYHILL Black Star and Tynecastle A.F.C. will play the

COACHES WORKSHOP

CITY LEAGUE OPENER

GLASGOW City F.C. goalkeeper Megan Cunningham and forward Fiona Brown made their senior international debut in Scotland’s 4-0 victory

Centre on Wednesday, March 18.

Spaces are limited, and a pre-registration form is required for the free event, which will count towards Continuous Coach Development.

CHAMPIONS Glasgow City F.C. will open the new Scottish Women’s Premier League campaign at Hutchison Vale on Sunday, March 15.

City have arranged another pre-season friendly, and will meet Durham W.F.C. at New Ferens Park, on Sunday, March 1. Kick-off 3pm.

TEAM OF THE YEAR

GLASGOW Warriors, Glasgow City F.C. and City of Glasgow Gymnastics Club have been nominatedin the Team of the Year

category at the Glasgow Sports Person of the Year Awards, which will be held at the City Chambers on Friday, February 27.

Challenge Cup Semi-Final on Saturday, March 28.

CANDY CAPTURE

ST ROCH have swooped to sign 18-year- striker Babou-

PARTICK Thistle Academy Head of Coaching Scott Allison will give an overview of the SPL club’s training programme during a workshop/practical session at Toryglen Regional Football

By expanding the good name of Finnart, there will be a succession of kids playing their way through the years, and loving the game.”

carr Musa from Third Lanark Amateurs.

SENIOR DEBUTS

over Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile, City Youth Coach Jamie Doyle has successfully passed the S.F.A. C Licence course.

FUND-RAISING NIGHT

BRIDGETON Early Learning Community Centre is hosting an over 21 fund-raising night involving Finnart A.F.C. on Saturday, March 7.

Tickets are only £5, and the organisers tell me a top-class buffet will form part of the

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