Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Just what doctor ordered
A TRIP to the pub was just what the doctor ordered for a former Angus GP when he turned 100.
Dr Donald D Pennie, who is housebound, had just one wish when his family asked what he wanted for his birthday.
The Forfar community stalwart wanted to go to a local watering hole to celebrate the milestone.
He had not been over the doorstep for more than three years apart from hospital visits but his carers came up trumps and ensured he made it to his own party.
He was joined in the pub by the employees from Castle Care and relatives – who travelled from far and wide – including his granddaughter Fiona, who arrived from London.
When asked beforehand what he intended to drink when he got to the Stag bar in Forfar, he said: “Well first I’ll have a sherry, then a gin, and I’ll finish it off with a dram.”
Dr Pennie, who is known for his sense of humour, later said he thought that might have been “excessive” and instead stuck to two gin and tonics.
He said it had been the perfect way to mark his big day.
“It was certainly a day that I will remember in the years to come,” he said.
“My recipe for reaching 100 is a gin every day since I was 26 years old.”
A YOUNG woman with severe asthma has climbed Ben Nevis just two weeks after she was let out of hospital.
Diane Robb, of Arbroath, was diagnosed with asthma when she was four and is on numerous medications.
The idea for the climb came from her best friend Mathew Cochrane, who has cystic fibrosis and successfully made the climb several years ago and challenged Diane to do the same.
Diane said: “It was amazing but it was also really tough. I suffer from brutal asthma. My
A MAN who was feared to have bee n br uta l ly attacked in the West End had fallen from a nearby window, a Police Scotland investigation has found.
An area of the pavement on Perth Road had been cordoned off by officers near St Peter’s Street on September 25.
The footpath was closed for several hours following the incident which happened shortly before midnight.
The male casualty involved was released from hospital before being arrested and charged in connection with a domestic incident, and is expected to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court today.
A spokeswoman for the force confirmed there were no “suspicious circumstances”.
She said: “Following inquiries in relation to a man found injured in the St Peter Street area of Dundee on Wednesday, September 25, there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding this incident.”
A number of pictures taken at the scene had shown a major