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Daily Record
06-05-2025
- General
- Daily Record
Lockerbie and District Rotary Club's annual Walk the Walk fundraiser to be held on May 25
The annual fundraising walk will see individuals and groups walk laps of Castle Loch to raise money for their charity of choice. Lockerbie and District Rotary Club's annual Walk the Walk event will take place on Sunday, May 25. Last year, more than 100 people took part in the walk around the Castle Loch Nature Reserve in Lochmaben. This is the 15th year this popular event has been held and in that time, more than £100,000 has been raised by walkers for their own groups, charities or clubs or other good causes. Entry for the walk, which runs from 10am to 1pm, is free and individuals or groups who would like to take part and support the charity of their choice should email Zoe Roberts at zoeroberts@ or mobile 07918 679268. Sponsor sheets are available. Registration will also take place at Victory Park in Lochmaben on Sunday, May 25 from 10am. The route follows the Castle Loch footpath and starts and finishes at Victory Park. Walkers can complete one, two or three laps of the loch.
Edinburgh Reporter
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Knitter who transforms Edinburgh postboxes is off to run the London Marathon
The knitter who creates the colourful toppers for the postbox at the City Chambers is off to London on Friday to power walk the London Marathon. Margaret MacLeod, a retired secretary who lives in Tranent, is well known for her eye-catching handiwork on the postbox in the quad on the High Street, and also another postbox on Ravelston Dykes. She spoke to us as she was preparing to travel to London – but not before she had changed over the topper at the City Chambers. Margaret MacLeod Fundraiser Photo Alan Simpson The colourful scene which now greets people passing by to be married in the Registrar's Office is a wedding theme, giving them something to chuckle over, and have their photos taken beside. Margaret said: 'When I retired, I always wanted to do the local postbox in Tranent, just for a bit of fun. 'It just went a bit mad, and now I can't stop – when I'm not out training, I'm twiddling with a hook.' Margaret MacLeod Fundraiser Photog Alan Simpson She explained that the base for the topper has to be crocheted, not knitted, and admitted the first one she made looked a 'bit like a fishing net'. She recently joined a crochet class in Portobello to improve her crafting skills, having taught herself to crochet from YouTube initially, but she has now been taught 'to read a pattern properly'. Her colourful toppers are now an important part of her impressive fundraising efforts for cancer charities, and the topper on one of the two postboxes in Tranent which she looks after is a reflection of her power walk coming up this weekend. She is depicted on there almost crossing the finish line. Margaret's marathon creation in Tranent She has been a dedicated supporter of the charity 'Walk the Walk,' which organises the Moonwalk in Edinburgh and elsewhere, and she has participated in numerous charity events in Scotland and elsewhere for almost two decades. Margaret said: 'This is my 19th year. I've probably raised about £40,000 over the years.' Her accomplishments include completing the Edinburgh Moonwalk every year since 2007, the New York Marathon four times, and even walking around a lake in Iceland at midnight wearing a decorated bra – all to raise funds for charity. The energetic 64-year-old power walks the marathon distance in approximately six hours and said she keeps fit by wild swimming, weights training with a personal trainer and just walking. She is also a member of Haddington Running Club. Two years ago she walked 100 miles of the Camino de Compostela trail with her son, and later this year she will travel to the Netherlands to do The Nijmegen Marches which is a 100 mile military march, again with Walk the Walk. She revealed her plans for creating new toppers which will feature turtles and toadstools to replace some of her current designs – probably after the marathon. You can support Margaret in her fundraising here. The topper in Carlaverock Avenue in Tranent Like this: Like Related
Chicago Tribune
21-04-2025
- Automotive
- Chicago Tribune
Community news: Golden Apple for area principal, car show in River Grove, more
Prospect School principal receives Golden Apple Award Kristin Cummings, principal at Prospect School in Clarendon Hills, recently received a Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership, one of six finalists to earn the honor in Illinois. She and the other finalists received their award earlier this month from the Golden Apple Foundation during its Celebration of Excellence in Teaching & Leadership at the Q Center in St. Charles. The event honored ninth to 12th grade teachers and pre-K to 12th grade school leaders. The awards are presented in honor of Golden Apple board member Stanley Golder. Cummings, who has more than 25 years of experience in education, including being a principal for seven years at a Title I school. She has increased student performance through professional learning communities that allow teachers to collaborate on student data and talk about best practices. Illinois Assessment of Readiness reading scores rose to 81% from 72% over four years, according to a news release. Beyond academic achievements, she helps lead an annual toy drive at Prospect for Hope Children's Hospital, with students collecting toys for children who have medical challenges. She also heads up clothing, book and food drives for the People's Resource center and Prospect's sister school, William Penn Elementary School. Car show revs up in River Grove Triton College hosts its annual car show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 in the West Campus parking lots at Fifth Avenue and Hemingway Drive in River Grove. Voting for the competition begins at 10 a.m. Competitors vie for Best in Show, Best Truck, Best Student Care, Peoples Choice and Beat Paint Job. Winners will be named at 12:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free, and there's no fee to be an exhibitor. Exhibitors check in from 8 to 10 a.m. Register to show off a vehicle at Advance registration closes at noon April 25. During the show, hundreds of car enthusiasts from across the Midwest are expected to attend and show off their vehicles. The show will feature antique and classic cars, trucks and modern vehicles, as well as special awards, food, music and fun for families. Food and beverages will be sold. Tobacco, pets and alcohol are not allowed on the campus. Triton's Automotive Program offers associate degrees as well as several certificate options. Tours will be available at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in the T Building. They include an automotive faculty member giving a brief program overview followed by a 50-minute walking tour. Registration is required for the tours. Check-in starts 15 minutes before each start time. The rain date is May 4. Information is at 708-456-0300, Ext. 3062, or by emailing carshow@ Raise money for counseling by joining Walk the Walk Walk the Walk for mental health steps off at 9 a.m. May 18 at The Community House, 415 W. Eighth St., Hinsdale. The 1-mile 'color walk' raises money for the counseling center at The Community House to provide 'equitable access to life-changing mental health services for children, young adults, and families in need,' according to a news release. An expo with local vendors, colorful opening ceremony and fun takes place before the walk begins, and music, games and food trucks will be available afterward. Participants can walk alone or create a team; everyone receives a free event T-shirt. New this year are prizes for raising money: a baseball cap for raising $100 and a hoodie for bringing in $250 or more. Register at or by calling 630-323-7500. Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra performs Gershwin George Gershwin's piece 'An American in Paris' opens the Elmhust Symphony Orchestra's final performance of the 2024-25 season at 7 p.m. May 3 at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Road, Elmhurst. The program, conducted Music Director Stephen Alltop, also includes Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's 'Sinfonietta for Strings (II and III),' Gershwin's 'I Got Rhythm Variations featuring Sylvia Wang on Piano and Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition.' The evening begins with a pre-concert talk at 5:45 p.m. to offer insight into the musical selections. The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra is a community-based professional ensemble. Tickets cost $35 to $45 for adults, $32 to 42 for older adults and $12 for students with ID. Visit or call 630-941-0202. 'Midsummer Night's Dream' hits stage BrightSide Theatre presents 'A Midsummer Night's Dream at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25 to May 11, at 2 p.m. at Meiley-Swallow Hall, 31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville. The show, a new version of William Shakespeare's comedy, includes three songs with original music that incorporates his text. Tickets cost $32 to $37 and are available at or by calling 630-447-TIXS.
BBC News
14-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Breast cancer pill 'step forward', say Berkshire survivors
Two women who had breast cancer say a new pill which helps reduce its spread is a "step in the right direction".Nina Barough, from Wokingham, who founded breast cancer charity Walk the Walk and Samina Hussain who runs Slough-based charity Sakoon Through Cancer said it was "heartwarming and joyful" is used to treat incurable breast cancer and has shown to have slowed the disease twice-a-day pill, which is for the most common type of advanced breast cancer, has been approved on the NHS and could potentially benefit up to 3,000 women every year. Ms Barough said she had had breast cancer "almost 30 years ago" and the medical advancement was "great news".She said: "Nothing was targeted, the knowledge that there was different cancer and all the different nuances that you have today that have been identified where not identified then."It's just heartwarming to wake up and see this news..."It just takes us another step further for treatments to be so efficient in helping people to live longer." Breast cancer survivor Ms Hussain, who runs workshops and support groups for south Asian women in the Thames Valley, explained she had surgery for a lumpectomy, in which only the area of the breast with the cancer is was followed by chemotherapy for more than six months."I ended up with a blood clot and I just became very isolated, very slow as an individual cognitively and physically," she said."There is a sense of relief, sense of joy, that actually we are moving forward with medicine."We are taking into account women's health and really listening to how much the side effects can destroy a person."BBC health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson said capivasertib was considered "groundbreaking" for some women with advanced breast cancer."It was designed to combat the most common type of the disease known as HR positive with a particular gene mutation."Trials have shown that the drug shrinks tumours in 23% of women and doubles the time treatment remains effective." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
