If Kate Howard had an accompaniment to her song of life it would be played by a full orchestra ... with bells on. The trained singer is immersed in music – leading the Cairn Chorus in her home ...

We heard last week how Kate Howard’s world has been filled with music and song since her childhood. The trained singer and pianist forged her connections with Galloway through many stays at ...

That bond, Kate tells me, grew stronger after her mum separated from her dad and moved with Kate’s siblings to a house in Shinnel Glen near Tynron in 1992. Kate aged six. She is the eldest of ...