Lanark student Dougie Frame in Prague charity marathon

ALTHOUGH he is over a thousand miles from home, a teenager from the Lanark area is rallying friends and family – and Gazette readers – to support his mission for a great Scottish cause.

Most 19-year-olds from a rural part of the country like ours would struggle just finding their feet in a place like Prague.

But Dougie Frame is pulling a pair of running shoes onto his in aid of sufferers of mental illness back in his home country.

For more on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Lanark Gazette.