Cheryl Peebles
Senior Features Writer, Schools and Family at The Courier and Evening Telegraph (Dundee)
Senior features writer (schools and family) The Courier and Evening Tele. Scottish Specialist Reporter of the Year 2024. Enthusiastic (but not speedy) runner.
Articles
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Cheryl Peebles
In 2020 I was pulled out of school following the decline of my mental health. I was just 14. In the years before I had struggled with my attendance. Some days I was unable to get out of bed but had no idea why. On others I arrived at school only to have panic attacks then harass my mum with texts pleading to go home. Sometimes I considered walking the four-hour journey home. I couldn’t understand what was wrong. I couldn’t explain my feelings because I didn’t fully know how I felt.
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1 week ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Cheryl Peebles
IT guy Paul Creegan is dressed in a mesh cropped top as he waits to practise his song. Nearby Robert Oakes is having his make-up done. He’s dressed in a skirt and fishnet tights. Ellen Ryder, who works in a clothes boutique, is about to portray a drug addicted stripper. Becoming the cast of RentThey are members of Dundee-based Thomson-Leng Musical Society who are about to present Rent.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Cheryl Peebles
I’m guessing I’m among a majority when I admit my smartphone goes where I go. Even just to different rooms in the house. So when I decided to go smartphone-free for five days it turned out to be a bigger challenge than I anticipated. I rely on it for everything from shopping and snaps to banking and boredom-busting. But I lose hours a day mindlessly scrolling, whether through social media, news or shopping apps.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Cheryl Peebles
Welcome to Last Class 2025 and our primary seven photographs for Fife schools. Summer holidays are almost upon us – and for thousands of children across Tayside and Fife that means the end of their primary school days. Before they make the big step to secondary school, P7 pupils across our patch posed for photographers. And now we bring you Last Class 2025 Fife.
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2 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Cheryl Peebles
Welcome to Last Class 2025 and our primary seven photographs for Perth and Kinross schools. Summer holidays are almost upon us – and for thousands of children across Tayside and Fife that means the end of their primary school days. Before they make the big step to secondary school, P7 pupils across our patch posed for photographers. And now we bring you Last Class 2025 Perth and Kinross.
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It was prom night last night for @BerthaParkHigh's first cohort of S6 leavers. We had a photographer there and here are the results. Good luck Class of 2024 in whatever paths you take! https://t.co/fvUYiXzYaT via @thecourieruk
