Morag Lindsay

Aberdeen

Head of comment at The Courier and Evening Telegraph (Dundee)

dog botherer, Perth area editor @thecourieruk, write a bit for @ScotsMagazine. moragwlindsay at the other place 🧵

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Perthshire primary school turns away pupils as £6m new classrooms lie empty

6 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Parents say their children are being turned away from Longforgan Primary School while new classrooms sit empty. The Perthshire school reopened after a £6 million refurbishment in 2021. The council investment was supposed to increase pupil capacity and provide 20 additional nursery places. But the education authority has turned down 10 placing requests for Longforgan Primary next term, despite having plenty of space.
Debate: Should fake meat be served in school dinners?

6 days ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Perthshire mum Lauren Houstoun saw red when her son’s school phoned to say there was nothing for him on that day’s lunch menu. Lauren and husband Andrew don’t allow their three children to eat fake meat – at home on the farm or in school dinners. So the Blairgowrie businesswoman made a packed lunch, delivered it to the school, then got down to the business of changing the system.
Perth Museum funding row ends in £100k deal for culture charity

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Culture chiefs have accepted the lion’s share of a controversial bailout from Perth and Kinross Council. Culture Perth and Kinross is getting £100,000 from a £170,000 funding package originally set aside for the Perth Museum cafe. The sum will go into the charity’s general funds, rather than the museum. And it follows months of wrangling over whether or not it should be receiving any additional taxpayers’ money.
Errol market trader and Fife shopkeeper

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Tributes have been paid to a much-loved market trader following his death after a short illness. Scott Goring was a constant presence at Errol Sunday Market for more than 30 years. The proud great-grandad lived in Kinghorn with his wife Jane. But every Sunday, the couple crossed the Tay to Errol airfield to run their market stall selling children’s toys. Errol Sunday Market said it had lost “a true gentleman and one of its own”.
Perthshire mum's school dinners petition gathering support

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Support for a Perthshire mum’s petition demanding better school dinners doubled in 24 hours. Lauren Houstoun says she’s been blown away by the backing for her campaign to bin fake meat from school meals. More than 2,300 people have now added their names to the online petition. And the Blairgowrie mum-of-three was reminded why she’s doing it on Tuesday. Lauren launched her crusade after Kirkmichael Primary had no alternatives to processed meat substitutes on the menu last Tuesday.
Perth Museum chief admits false 2 million visitors claim

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

The boss of Perth Museum has apologised after she overstated the number of people visiting the city centre since the attraction opened. Helen Smout, chief executive of Culture Perth and Kinross, told a council meeting there had been an additional two million visits between April and December 2024. In fact, the figure refers to the numbers collected on footfall counters installed on key shopping streets. The devices use cameras and sensors to track people’s movements.
Council considering options in £1 Perth boutique hotel deal

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Council bosses say they’re re-considering their options after agreeing to sell their former offices in Perth to a now-bust hotel developer for £1. Perth and Kinross Council struck a deal with a London-based firm to transform the empty building at 1-5 High Street into a boutique hotel. But as The Courier revealed, the preferred bidder, Henley Homes, is now in liquidation. The company named in the development lease has told us it “doesn’t exist” any more.
Perthshire mum's petition to improve school dinners

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

A Perthshire mum has launched a campaign for school dinners free of processed food. Lauren Houstoun saw red last week after her son’s school had nothing but processed meat substitutes on the menu. The mum-of-three sounded off in a post on social media, which quickly went viral. And now she has launched an online petition calling on the Scottish Government and local councils to improve school meals “to the standard growing bodies and minds deserve”.
Perthshire short-term let control area back on table

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

Council chiefs are making a second attempt to introduce a short-term let control area in northern and eastern Perthshire. The zone would require owners to obtain planning permission if they want to turn properties into holiday rentals and let them out via platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com. Councillors dismissed a previous bid last August.
'Wee Jessie Valentine' honoured by Blairgowrie Golf Club

1 week ago | thecourier.co.uk | Morag Lindsay

A Perthshire golf club is honouring one of Britain’s most successful female golfers. “Wee Jessie” Valentine died in 2006, aged 91. But her legacy paved the way for generations of girls and women golfers. The six-times Scottish Ladies Champion was voted the world’s number one lady golfer in 1937, at the age of 22. She designed a range of Dunlop golf clubs for women. And in 1959, the Perth-born legend became the first golfer to receive an MBE for services to the sport.