Tag: outdoor activity

Scots recognised in national volunteer awards

Health

Roderick Holly - November 24, 2021

BBC’s Fiona Stalker hosts Paths for All’s annual volunteer award ceremony Volunteers have been recognised for their work to improve the health of local communities...

Volunteer-led project brings Rabbie Burns’s poem to life

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Roderick Holly - September 8, 2021

AN ICONIC route led by Robert Burns’s Tam O’Shanter has been revived with the help of Scotland’s national walking charity. The restored path was funded...

Scots take to nature to help improve mental wellbeing

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Roderick Holly - May 13, 2021

WALKING in nature and embracing the outdoors are key to boosting wellbeing, says Scottish charity on Mental Health Awareness Week Throughout the last year, most...

Schoolgirl falls 90ft after horror handlebar flip

Deadline News Journalist - December 9, 2009

By Rory Reynolds A TEENAGE girl is tonight in hospital after flipping over her bike handlebars and plunging 90-feet down a gorge. The 16-year-old high school...