Editor Jill Buchanan talks us through the headlines from The Falkirk Herald.
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00:00 Hello, I'm Gill Buchanan, the editor of the Falkirk Herald, and I'm here to tell you about
00:05 some of the stories that are making the headlines in our print edition, which is on sale now.
00:10 Our last edition of the year, and we catch up with the Thomson family from Lyon Lees.
00:15 In August we told how Dad David denoted a kidney to son Dee. Mum Helen brought us up
00:20 to date on how both are doing. Unfortunately for some families, their Christmas meal was
00:25 not what they'd hoped for, and many left a Falkirk restaurant after waiting hours for food,
00:30 and neither none or only starters had appeared. Two apprentices from Ineos have received awards
00:36 for their dedication and hard work. Meanwhile, some of their colleagues played Santa to a
00:41 green with charity with donations of gifts. A pilot project at Easter Cariners Primary School,
00:48 where people prepare and eat breakfast together each morning, has proved successful,
00:52 with literacy rates improving as teachers say youngsters are ready to work on a full stomach.
00:57 Pupils at Denny Primary School took part in their first ever pantomime at the end of term,
01:03 and we've got photographs from the event. We've also pictured galleries from Santa
01:08 and White Cross and at New Carin Court Nursing Home, as well as a Boxing Day Santa Dash.
01:14 Historian Ian Scott recalls how Christmas used to be celebrated locally,
01:19 and it makes interesting reading as always. And in sport, we have details of a successful
01:25 boxing night for the Sparta Boxing Academy members. All these stories and much, much more
01:30 are in a print edition which is on sale now and also online at www.falkirkherald.co.uk.
01:38 May I take this chance to wish you all the very best for 2024, and we look forward to seeing you then.
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