Eight people will receive £1,500 per person and the scheme will be available for applications for the 2020-2021 financial year from Monday 16 December.
Scots aged 25-34 are the least active according to new survey
seven in ten people in Scotland are not doing as much physical activity as the NHS recommends.
UK General Election 2019 – Results
All the results across the UK (including Orkney and Shetland in detail)
An Orkney Faerie Story
“For ages an army of spirits, once so near, has been receding farther and farther from us, banished by the magic wand of science.” Sir James Frazer, The Scape Goat.
Should you worry about being killed by a meteorite?
Michelle Knapp of Peeskill, New York, USA had a job for the body shop when a 12 kg extraterrestrial object hit her Chevrolet Malibu
Alistair Carmichael Re-Elected as MP for Orkney and Shetland
Alistair Carmichael won the seat for the Liberal Democrats with 10,381. Robert Leslie for the SNP came in second and polled 7,874.
Poetry Corner: Nine Little Figurines
“Two little figurines – having a look round”
Aberdeen University Professor Elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor John Speakman has been elected a foreign Academician in the Chinese National Academy of Sciences – the first ever from a Scottish University to be elected.
Applying to University ? Don’t Miss the Deadline
the deadline is 15th January for starting in 2020.
Film Corner with Njal Heddle: Knives Out
“Knives Out is an entertaining, subversive take on the classic whodunnit genre, despite it not being the most memorable.”