Tannochside pupil is Scottish winner in gas safety contest

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A Uddingston school pupil has won a top prize in a major competition promoting carbon monoxide awareness as part of gas safety week.Ewan Duncan of Tannochside Primary is the Scottish regional winner of the contest run by distribution company SGN after impressing judges with his informative slideshow.The eight-year-old was inspired by a workshop held at the school by Bonanza Creative alongside SGN, and produced a creative presentation on the importance of installing alarms to give early warning of the presence of carbon monoxide (CO).The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Ewan was crowned as the top entrant in the SGN competition in Scotland after his work in researching CO poisoning and the importance of installing alarms, and even sharing his presentation at an assembly.He said: “I am good at making presentations so I decided to make one on CO awareness using the information that was shared by Bonanza, and I hope that my presentation encourages people to get a CO alarm.”He was presented with a certificate and won a cash prize both for himself and for the school; with judges