Police are growing increasingly concerned for an elderly ‘keen hillwalker’ who was last seen on Thursday in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. View email online

Subscribe today Aug 8, 2021 Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week. There are increasing concerns for missing 84-year-old hillwalker last seen leaving Crianlarich Hotel Police are growing increasingly concerned for an elderly ‘keen hillwalker’ who was last seen on Thursday in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Boris Johnson ‘nearly swept out to sea and drowned’ during holiday in Scotland last year, according to recent report Boris Johnson had to be rescued after getting into trouble while out on the water on a paddleboard or canoe during his holiday in Scotland last year, it has been reported. Best dog beds 2021: stylish, comfortable dog beds for all kinds of dogs, and every owner’s budget It can be a challenge buying your dog a bed they love - we’re here to help Promoted by The Scotsman Recommended Spending on Union Jack flags flies high under Boris Johnson leadership in bid to boost national symbol The Government has spent more than £163,000 on Union flags in two years as part of its drive to boost pride in the national symbol. Coastguard teams including helicopter launched after ‘screams’ heard along the Fife coastline A major search operation was launched after reports of ‘screams’ heard along the Fife coastline, but nothing has so far been found by rescue teams including a helicopter. Scotland on Sunday letters: Drugs act has been an abject failure Sturgeon rightly argues for Westminster to change the drugs laws (McColm, August 1, Scotland on Sunday). The high drug death rate in Scotland is shameful but the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 is a reserved matter and has been an abject failure. The Act favours criminalisation, which deprives people of treatment and helps criminal drug gangs. Obituary: Andy Scott, skilled blacksmith dedicated to preserving craft’s traditions Andy Scott, blacksmith. Born: 24 September, 1931, in Selkirk. Died: 8 July, 2021, in Borders General Hospital, aged 89. Boris Johnson ‘nearly swept out to sea’ during holiday in Scotland last year, according to recent report Reports have come through that Boris Johnson had to be rescued after getting into trouble on either a canoe or a paddleboard on his holiday in Scotland last year. The personal approach works best in business – George Mackintosh As someone who sold video conferencing systems in 1990 and set up a conference call service in 1992, I’m well qualified to talk about the inadequacies of virtual meetings! Even back then I’d sketched out a “hierarchy of meetings” conceding nothing betters a face to face. On reflection maybe I shouldn’t have sold out of that business and waited to scoop the pandemic opportunity! But we all have to ask the question: how would you rather interact with people in business? I’d say person-to-person – physical always trumps virtual in my book. Boris Johnson ‘nearly swept out to sea and drowned’ during holiday in Scotland last year, according to recent report Reports have come through that Boris Johnson had to be rescued after getting into trouble on either a paddleboard or canoe on his holiday in Scotland last year. View more news

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