Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Bothy ballads concert
SINGERS and enthusiasts from near and far will take part in singing sessions and an old songs and bothy ballads concert in Falkland Community Hall from Friday-Sunday.
Chris Wright of Dundee will give a talk about the importance of local folk songs in education, while Leyden and Jane Cassidy will lead a workshop on the Ulster song repertoire.
Among the performers will be Aileen Carr of Blairgowrie, formerly of Ceolbeg and a capella group Palaver.
Other participants include Maurice Leyden, of Belfast, Aly Macrae, originally from Darvel, and up-and-coming folk singer, Iona Fyfe, originally from Aberdeenshire.
Past bothy ballad champion Geordie Murison of Stonehaven will also be entertaining.
Concert spokesman Pete Shepheard said: “The organisers are also very pleased to have enlisted Dr Julia Bishop of the Elphinstone Institute in Aberdeen who will introduce the riches of the Carpenter Collection in a talk on Sunday morning.”
The six-month-old girl was left in a critical condition following an incident that took place at St Vigeans Road, Arbroath.
Police Scotland said the infant’s injuries were being treated as “unexplained”.
The child was taken to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children i n Edinburgh, and a police spokesman today confirmed the child was now “stable”.
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident and inquiries are continuing.
Arbroath East and Lunan councillor Derek Wann said: “I don’t know the full circumstances behind the incident, but it’s certainly very good news that the child is now in a stable condition.
“My best wishes go out to the child’s family.”
Lois Speed, an Independent councillor for Arbroath East and Lunan, said that she was “glad” to hear of the positive update on the baby’s condition.
She added: “This is the first update that I have heard on the baby’s condition.
“I’m glad to hear the baby has overcome its serious injuries and is now in a stable condition.”
People living in and around St Vigeans Road described seeing a large police presence outside a property on April 28.
Neighbour Shirley Spink, 59, said at
A BABY who was taken to hospital with serious injuries is now in a stable condition, according to police.
the time: “I saw police and an ambulance outside the house. “They were there all day. “I couldn’t understand what was happening.
“I’m shocked and upset to hear that a baby has been hurt.
“I hope and pray that she is going to be OK.
“You don’t expect things like that to happen in a town like Arbroath and next door to you.”
Another woman added: “There were police all over St Vigeans Road and another two police cars in Cairnie Loan.
“There were also police officers looking through back gardens. I didn’t know what was happening, but something was obviously kicking off.”
Another neighbour said she heard a baby girl had been hurt. She said: “I was told police were called to a house because a baby had been hurt.
“I saw lots of police cars and officers and there was also an ambulance outside a house.”