Glasgow primary pupils have given a big send-off to the Very Rev John Miller, who is to retire next month after almost four decades as a minister in Castlemilk – a role which meant he was also the chaplain of Windlaw and Tormusk primary schools.

Former Moderator John, 66, and his wife Mary, 60, are leaving next month for a new life helping HIV/Aids victims in Zimbabwe.

Windlaw and Tormusk primaries are now being combined to form a £6million super-school, which is due to open in August.

And as a lasting tribute to the man who has christened, counselled and married generations of Castlemilk children, the new school is to be named Miller Primary.

• Full story at the Evening Times, Glasgow.

• Filed under Church of Scotland, Glasgow, West + Ayrshire, Retirals, Scottish Christian News Monitor.