32 THE COURIER &ADVERTISER THE COURIER & ADVERTISER COMMENT 33 COMMENT FRIDAY, AUGUST 14,2020 FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020

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Avisitor reads aprogramme in 100 years ago 2Albert Square, Dundee,DD1 1DD front of awork titled ‘Murmurations #23: 10,000 selfies (with apinkwall At the monthly meeting of Laurencekirk Town Council, the in Los Angeles)’,byartistStephanie Town Clerk (Mr W.J.C Reed, solicitor) submitted a report on the Potter Corwin, that forms partof progress being made with the municipal housing scheme, in the Personal loss at heart the Aesthetica ArtPrize exhibition course of which it was stated that, while one of the contractors was on show at York ArtGallery in considerably behind, the mason was five weeks in advance of his Yorkshire. Picture: PA. contract time. It was agreed to request the architect to use every of railway tragedy means to facilitate the progress of the work, with the view of making the houses available for occupancy at Martinmas. he scene of the Stonehaven rail crash wasaflurryof T activity yesterday. Twoseparate investigationsare nowongoinginto the tragedy. 50 years ago The first has been orderedbythe Lord Advocate and Passengers on the 4.54pm Perth-Dundee bus yesterday had a lucky involvesPoliceScotland,British Transport Police and the escape when it crashed through a fence and ended up in a field. The Office of Rail and Road,the independent economic and accident occurred 300 yards on the Perth side of Kinfauns Garage, health and safety regulator for the industry. when the driver braked suddenly to avoid a car. The bus skidded on In parallel, theRail Accident InvestigationBranchwill the wet surface. The 36 passengers were uninjured, as were the bus carry out its ownindependent safety probe to determine driver and conductress. Half the crashed bus partially blocked the road and single-line traffic was in operation for just over an hour. what wentwrong andwhat lessons might be learned to The bus was slightly damaged. ensure greatersafety on the UK’s railnetwork. Grant Shappsand MichaelMatheson, the UK and Scottish transportministers respectively,visitedthe siteyesterday to understand the scale of the tragedy for 25 years ago themselves. Ultimatelythey, and theirsuccessors, will have to action Dundee experienced an explosion of noise and colour as Scotland’s whatever recommendations the investigatorsbring Chinese community made their contribution to the city’s water forward. festival. Shoppers in the city centre at lunchtime could not fail to And there were messages of sympathy and condolence miss the 40-foot silk Chinese dragon which paraded around the from various quarters,including from the Queen who, as a town accompanied by the traditional Chinese lion and drum. The ornate dragon, last seen in the city at the Dundee 800 celebrations regular visitortoScotland, knowsthe area well. seven years ago, was a gift from the Chinese government to the It wasaresponse that demonstrates the gravityofthe Confederation of Chinese Associations of Scotland. situation. Send letters to – Letters, The Courier, 2 Albert Square, Dundee, DD1 1DD, or email [email protected] But the emergence of the firstdetails of threevictims of LETTERS TO THEEDITOR Letters should be accompanied by an address and a daytime telephone number. The Courier retains the right to edit letters. LocalMatters Wednesday’s crash overshadowed everything else. One year ago At itsheart,the Stonehaven trainderailment is an supported by 54% of presidency would see a Trump himself. intensely human story. 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