Cookbook has right ingredients for MND fundraiser
During lockdown Oban’s Inner Wheel club compiled a recipe book using tried and tested favourites from friends and family.
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Barry gets his happy ever after thanks to caring community
The MND sufferer from Fort William now wants to thank the local community for rallying round to help him and his wife Rebekah have a wedding to remember.
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Big appetite for Inner Wheel’s cookbook
Donations from Oban Lorn Rugby Club, Oban Rotary Club, Bid4Oban and various individuals helped get the first 100 fundraising copies of A Taste of Oban printed. They sold out so quick that 200 more have just come off the press.
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Brian’s family welcomes scientists’ breakthrough
Scientists have discovered a problem with MND patients’ nerve cells could be repaired by repurposing drugs approved for other diseases
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Firefighter steps up for pal Brian
Retired firefighter Brian MacDonald was just 43 when he lost his MND battle in July last year, once gyms can reopen his friend Grant Carnachan is taking on a fundraising charity in his memory
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For the love of Brian: Oban boosts MND funds
A Justgiving appeal for Brian MacDonald quickly smashed its total and grew to more than £7,000 now helping MND Scotland keep up its fight against the condition.
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Coronavirus halts Brian’s ‘cure’ trial
The retired firefighter, diagnosed last year with the devastating condition, had signed up with the likes of rugby legend Doddie Weir to take part in the largest ever trial of drugs tackling motor neurone disease.
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Brian backs clinical trial to fight his MND
If selected the retired firefighter, who got his shock diagnosis last year, could be joining the likes of rugby legend Doddie Weir whose namesake charity has already raised £5m for research into the disease.