内容摘要：It is hoped the theatre will reopen in mid-2026.

It is hoped the theatre will reopen in mid-2026.

He was in a few silver bands, attended Scargill's rallies and vividly recalls "going around the soup kitchens at Sanquhar, at Kello Rovers, and all the towns to show support".On the strike's outcome, he adds: "I went back to work a week before the end of the strike, so had to drive through those gates and cage buses, which wasn't fun.

"Within a few years all the collieries closed, and that way of life, that culture, which was a big part of lowland Scotland, was completely eradicated."Did it do any good? I look around here in East Ayrshire and it still is an economically-deprived area. Thousands were employed through the pits, that's gone and not replaced."Jim Campbell was 44 when the strike began, and spent a year struggling to make ends meet with his three sons also being on strike.

The 84-year-old from Kirkconnel is a staunch believer that while striking was the right thing to do, Scargill made a fatal error."Scargill should have called a vote, that's where he went wrong, but sadly he was too arrogant," he said.

Jim had spent stints at three different mines from 1954, and feels the miners strike was "the toughest time".

He said: "We were all living together, none of my sons were married then. Only my wife was working but we had to pay full rent, so it was hard, very hard.The Northern Lights are caused by the interaction of the solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and our planet's magnetic field and atmosphere.

Country music singer Lisa McHugh has told how her baby daughter spent 10 "horrendous" days in hospital after contracting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).is a common, but highly infectious, respiratory virus that affects the breathing system, particularly in young children and older adults.

"You feel so helpless, and it's the most horrible feeling for a parent to go through, to not be able to fix what's going on or help," said Ms McHugh.According to the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland, there have been more than 1,000 cases of RSV in infants under the age of one since 30 September 2024.