The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Tributes paid to ‘lovely lady’ after body is discovered in Fife village
Tributes have been paid after a body was found in Saline. Police were called out to the Kinneddar Park area of the village shortly after 4.50pm on Wednesday following the discovery of a body in Bickram Side, the access road to the former Comrie Colliery site.
The police are yet to formally identify the woman but she has been named locally as Dorella Brodie.
Anxious family members had reported Dorella missing after she was last seen leaving her home on foot, wearing a rucksack at around 3pm on Tuesday.
Following the news, many have taken to Facebook to pay tribute to Dorella, described by one as a “lovely lady”.
A friend wrote: “So sad she was an amazing woman”, while another described Dorella as “one of a kind” and “a true angel”.
Residents in nearby Kinneddar Park, just yards from where the discovery was made, say a number of police vehicles were seen arriving at the scene shortly before 5pm.
“The area immediately around the top of the old pit road was cordoned off by police who remained there throughout the night,” said one resident.
A neighbour added: “At first we hadn’t a clue why there were so many police about at the pit road but later we saw the police announcement confirming that a body had been found.
“The blue lights of the police and emergency vehicles were clearly visible from the house and police presence remained there all night.
“It’s very sad indeed and such terrible news for the family.”
The immediate area around the entrance to
Bickram side remained taped off throughout yesterday as officers continued their investigation into the death, which they say is “unexplained but not suspicious”.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “We were made aware of concern for a woman at Kinneddar Park area of Saline shortly after 4.50pm on Wednesday March 10.
“Emergency services attended but the 57-yearold woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Her death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious.
“A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course.”
People spent more time tending their gardens last year – but faced familiar pests and diseases attacking prized plants and veg, the Royal Horticultural Society said.
The charity’s 25th annual pest and disease ranking – based on inquiries from gardeners – reveals that slugs and snails, a mainstay of the rankings over the years, topped the list in 2020.
It is the first time they have been in first place since 2017, as gardeners reported damage to crops such as potatoes and beans.
Vine weevils were in second place again but the box tree caterpillar, which strip box plants of their leaves, slipped to third place in 2020 from first in 2019, as reports of the invasive species fell 40%.
The RHS said research had found box tree caterpillar spread slowed last year following rapid growth into northern England and Wales.
On the plant disease front, honey fungus was again top of the ranking, followed by pear rust, then leaf spot and canker of Prunus.
The RHS said its gardening advice service had an 88% increase in pest and disease inquiries last year as people spent more time in gardens amid the pandemic and lockdown restrictions.
Andrew Salisbury, principal entomologist at the RHS, says: “With gardens taking on a more important role in supporting wellbeing and the environment it’s important that research into management and mitigation of them continues and our rankings help inform this focus.”
The designer of Glastonbury’s world-famous Pyramid Stage has died at the age of 83, the festival’s founder said.
Bill Harkin, who worked as an architect for British Leyland, came up with the idea for the structure after seeing it in a dream.
His death was announced by Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, who did not provide further details.
Paying tribute to Harkin, Eavis said: “His enthusiasm and dedication led to what we have now – thank you so much Bill!”
The stage, which is now synonymous with the Somerset-based festival, was originally built in 1971, when an estimated 12,000 people attended and it was free to get in.
Harkin arrived at Glastonbury late the previous year while delivering products to health shops in the area.
He met promoter and festival co-founder Andrew Kerr and they “both became aware of very powerful feelings of spirituality and agreed the need for a new age of looking at life towards a utopian society,” according to Eavis.
It was after “more intense discussions these conversations led to the idea of a large music festival with a pyramid as centre said.
He added: “I liked the idea but was slightly wary of the reality, although was captivated by their childlike excitement.
“Bill was a top-flight architect working for British Leyland car launches at the time but he soon became caught up with the festival to be named Glastonbury Fair, and came up with the very first pyramid at Worthy Farm.”
The original Pyramid Stage was built from scaffolding and metal sheeting. It was upgraded in 1981 but burned down in 1994. stage,” the founder
The Pyramid Stage returned in 2000, described on the festival’s website as being four times the size of the original and “100 feet high and clad in dazzling silver”.
The structure uses four kilometres of steel tubing and weighs more than 40 tonnes.
It has hosted the world’s biggest music stars, including The Rolling Stones, Oasis, Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce and Metallica, among many others.
Glastonbury has been cancelled for two years in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is set to return next year.