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J.K. Rowling , born July 31, 1965, is a globally renowned author. She is best known for the Harry Potter fantasy series, the first novel of which was published in 1997, and went on to become a worldwide phenomenon including a series of movies. Through these books Rowling made children’s books a possible field for authors across the globe, completely changing the way we see the children’s novel. She donates to charities on a regular basis. Particularly towards MS groups, and during the recent Scottish referendum donated money to the Better Together campaign. In 2013 she released her latest book The Casual Vacancy. Andy Murray , born May 25, 1987, has been Britain’s number one tennis player since February 2006, and is currently ranked number six in the world. He is a two-time Grand Slam winner, and is arguably Scotland’s best sportsman. Born in Glasgow, Murray attended Dunblane Primary School, and was pre

Callum Ullman-Smith proves young genius still exists with his study of Palmate newts. Photo; Callum Ullman-Smith with best friend Smudge, playing on an x-box 360 in his family home. A 12 year-old schoolboy is making a name for himself in the scientific world after delivering a talk to experts at a conference in Edinburgh this week. (19 th of October) Callum Ullman-Smith, age 12, gave a talk about his study of the Palmate Newt to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Symposium in Edinburgh, on Sunday. Callum, who stated monitoring the unusual Palmate Newt population when he discovered it at the age of seven, has found fame on the BBC News, newspapers and online sites across the nation and some globally, including the New York-based online news site The Dodo. “I feel like I’ve done something important” For a near teenage boy this virtual fame has not gone to his head, he said: “I feel fine about it [fame], it was actually quite good fun. “I feel known. I fe

Glasgow Clyde College Students Fundraises for Brightest Star and Laurens Life Lines. A charitable group of students from the Events and Management course at the Glasgow Clyde College took it upon themselves to use an event opportunity to raise money for Glasgow based charities. The group worked together over several weeks to prepare the one day event to raise funds and awareness of Lauren’s Life Lines and Brightest Star. Organiser of the event and student Demi Graham, 16, or Barrhead high school, which is in partnership with the college’s Events and Management course said: “We had to put on an event for our course. So we all decided that the money we got from it should go to charity. “The charities mean a lot to us as we know how our members of the course have felt through difficult times. “We chose them [the charities] because Kyle and Chelsea are connected to them. “Kyles little cousin is Lauren from Lauren’s Life Lines and Chelsea her little cousin sadly passed

Callum Ullman-Smith proves young genius still exists with his study of Palmate newts.   Photo; Callum Ullman-Smith with best friend Smudge, playing on an x-box 360 in his family home. In recent times it has been believed that the young were getting dumber, taken over by advanced technology and consumed by the internet, there was little hope left. However Callum Ullman-Smith has shown that he is just as smart, if not smarter than the average adult. At the age of 12 Callum Ullman-Smith is now a renowned name in the scientific world, following his talk about his study of the Palmate Newt to the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Symposium in Edinburgh, on Sunday the 19 th of October. Callum started monitoring the unusual Palmate Newt population he personally discovered at the age of seven. Now, he has been on the BBC news, and has been covered by newspapers and online sites across the nation, and some globally, including the New York based online news site The Dodo.