Top award for Emily

A TALENTED teenager proved to be best in class after she scooped a top national education award.

Emily Lynch, 16, of Monifieth High School, won the Scottish National Five category of the British Education Awards 2019.

She won by excelling in the classroom alongside volunteering with a broad range of outside groups.

Emily said: “It was a shock to win but I am very proud.

“I was up against two other girls in the final and they had worked as equally as hard as me.”

Emily achieved six A grades i n her Scottish National Five exams. DOZENS of city clubs and sports people have been awarded a share of £17,000 recently thanks to fundraising efforts at the annual Dundee Sports Dinner.

The charity dinner recognises the achievements of local sports people and organisations.

Representatives from the Tayside beneficiaries were presented with a cheque at Dundee Airport.

Some of the organisations who benefited include Brae Riding for the Disabled, Broughty United FC, Dundee City Aquatics, HOLY ROOD’S business q ua ngo h a s de fe nded itself against accusations it let dow n doomed construction firm McGill over a £2 mi llion bailout before the company’s collapse last week.

Scottish Enterprise came under fire from politicians yesterday after refusing to give the Dundee firm a loan asked for in November.

McGill only found out it would not be bailed out a week before entering administration on Friday, putting local councils and private clients on the back foot.

MSP Jenny Marra said the organisation had not considered the “context” in which the subcontractor operated, branding the decision a “disgrace”.

Ms Marra also criticised business minister Jamie Hepburn in Parliament after he claimed McGill had failed to adhere to time constraints related to the loan application. He said McGill hadn’t provided the relevant financial information “in time” to justify the bailout.