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Category: Features
Sunny side up: pursuing your passions with Café Strange Brew owner Laurie
Love coming up with your own brunch creations or dream of the day you get to become your own boss? Laurie Macmillan has turned both into a reality. We speak to the Café Strange Brew founder about her path to owning multiple businesses and her favourite thing to make in the kitchen.
Mental health: Understanding anxiety as you return to school
As you return to school, feelings of stress and anxiety are normal, but it can be hard to recognise them or know how to react if this is the first time.
Results day: The importance of self care in staying positive
As you await your results coming tomorrow (4 August), looking after your physical and mental health is extremely important. Grab a cuppa and get ready to relax in the lead up to your results.
Results day: Helpline offering support across Scotland this results day
If you are worried about results day, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) have you covered with their free results helpline.
Back to school: What to expect when school starts
The countdown is on to the first day back at school after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed classes will start again on 11 August.
Exams: What to expect from this year’s results
Now that the summer holidays have started the countdown to results day is on. We look at what you need to know about this year’s unusual results day and what to do if you are unhappy with your grades.
Get employed: New calls to guarantee jobs for young Scots
As lockdown restrictions begin to ease and we get used to the new normal, there are new calls to guarantee jobs for Scotland’s young people.
Watch as the UK comes together to #ClapForOurCarers
Last night, thousands of us around the country came together to clap for those on the frontline of the Coronavirus outbreak: the NHS medical staff treating patients, the carers, support workers and all key workers at this time.