Companies awarded leases for north coast renewable energy development
First Minister Alex Salmond has today (16th March 2010) announced in Edinburgh the names of the companies awarded leases to develop wave and tidal power generation in the North of Scotland – in the...
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Atomaig Piseag targeted on Paisley Abbey
The award-winning Argyll Ladies Centenary Gaelic Choir, Atòmaig Piseag, is to perform at Paisley Abbey as part of their preparations for next month’s Royal National Mòd in Caithness.Conducted by...
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BBC ALBA to air live daily programmes on Royal National Mod
BBC ALBA will be broadcasting a daily live programme and edited highlights for each of the five days of the 2010 Royal National Mod – from Monday 11th to Friday 15th October.The Mod is the Gaelic...
View ArticleBBC ALBA cover Royal National Mod, launched by charity relay run from Caithness
The 2011 Royal national Mod is making its fifth visit to Stornoway in the Western Isles and will literally get off to a running start when a two-day relay run from Caithness – last year’s host, arrives...
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Highland Council caught in a copy and paste job on school closures
The Scottish Government has called-in a proposal by Highland Council to close four primary schools in Wick, replacing them by two new build facilities.The reason for the call-in is that it was shown...
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Being in Wick
Being in Wick is constantly being conscious of the elements, of the stern and uncompromising beauty of this part of the world.The town is an old one, dating back to the time when Norway ruled...
View Article2010 Schools Act: Hillhead School, Scottish Ministers’ Wick Determination and...
Two primary schools in Wick in Caithness – Hillhead and Wick North, were joined in a single closure proposal paper from Highland Council. Both were to close, with both sets of pupils combining in a...
View ArticleFerries industry seems pretty gung ho with Pentland moving south
Pent;and Ferries, the private sector ferry operator running the shortest car ferry service between the Caithness mainland and the Orkney Isles, is looking seriously at an additional route in the south,...
View ArticleHoles for dumping irradiated waste at Doonreay are hardly deep storage
BBC News is carrying a story about the ongoing decommissioning process at the former Doonreay nuclear plant on the north coast in Caithness.If you didn’t see the photographs it could sound quite...
View ArticleMcGrigor champions peatlands restoration as carbon sink
Speaking at the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP and the Scottish Conservative Environment Spokesman, urged Ministers to do more to develop...
View ArticleSNH publishes new map of Scotland’s wild land
today, 30th April and for the first time in the UK, a map showing the main areas of wild land in Scotland has been published – by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).The map shows 43 areas with the...
View ArticleShipping union adds to Orkney woes on disabled Serco Northlink ferry
The MV Hamnavoe has limped to Rosyth on one engine for repair to her starboard engine’s crankshaft.Northern Isles Ferry Services operator, the controversial Serco Northlink, expects her to be back in...
View ArticlePassenger growth remains a feature of HIAL airports
Passenger numbers at Highland and Islands Airports’ [HIAL] regional airports rose again in April, although obviously not across the board.Latest figures show the number of passengers using HIAL’s...
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Land’s End to John O’Groats charity kayak challenge reaches Argyll
Silhouetted against the sun yesterday morning, 7th July, coming in to the beach at Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne from a night at Portavadie after lunch on a beach in south Bute, Nick and Philippa Arding’s...
View ArticleRSPB says Flow Country wind farm ‘one of the most worrying we’ve ever seen’
RSPB Scotland, the country’s biggest nature conservation charity, has formally objected to an application for a wind farm at Strathy South, at the heart of Scotland’s globally important Flow Country,...
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BBC ALBA provides insights into the work of the Children’s Panel
In its upcoming programme, The Children’s Panel / Èist ris a’ Chloinn, in the Trusadh series, airing on Monday 11th November 2013 at 9pm, BBC ALBA does Scottish society a great service.Each year...
View ArticleOBE for Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries
In the first state recognition of a private sector ferry operator, the 2014 New Year’s Honours has seen Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries awarded the OBE for services to ferry services.It is a signal...
View ArticleOwen Paterson does a double-bunk: first floods now Dounreay leak
The less than impressive UK Environment Minister, Owen Paterson, who saw no reason to concern himself with the floods on the Somerset levels until public pressure called him to what passes for...
View ArticleMcGrigor briefed on future gas supply situation for Argyll and Caithness towns
Highlands & Islands MSP, Jamie McGrigor, met Scotland Gas Networks [SGN] this week to discuss the future of energy supplies in the towns of Oban, Campbeltown, Wick and Thurso.These towns, two in...
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25 Highland SiMBA supporters to paddle 92 km through 4 Great Glen lochs in 4...
From 29th July to 1st August, 25 supporters of one of the most moving charities, Highland SIMBA, from a 9 year old to a grandmother, will paddle by kayak and canoe 92 kilometres up the Great Glen from...
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