Loving tributes to Jenny Wood Allen at Dundee funeral

Posted 13.01.11 @ 04.55pm

The funeral of Dundee marathon runner, community leader and older folk's inspiration Jenny Wood Allen took place at Douglas and Mid-Craigie Parish Church, Dundee, on Wednesday. (...)

Record-breaking marathon runner Jenny Wood Allen

Andrew Argo and Norman Watson Posted 31.12.10 @ 06.56am

Jenny Wood Allen, the former Dundee councillor who became a figure of inspiration for older people all over the UK through taking part in London Marathons in her 80s and 90s, passed away on Thursday at the age of 99. (...)

Hi ho, silvers are away for Team Scotland

Norman Watson in Delhi Posted 09.10.10 @ 10.03am

Scotland's shooters could have done with the Lone Ranger's silver bullet as they agonisingly lost the Commonwealth Games silver medal to England by a single millimetre. (...)

'Undentable' army soldiers pass through Perthshire

Dave Lord Posted 15.06.10 @ 09.11am

Army officers devastated by a colleague's death in Afghanistan are in the midst of an epic fund-raising effort in his memory. (...)

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