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River Nairn clean-up will benefit town beaches
Sep 28, 2008 ... The popular water sports stretch of sea at Nairn's famous beachesshould be cleaner soon. Work started yesterday to complete a pounds2million package ofimprovements by Scottish Water along the River Nairn, which willalso boost the popular angling river. Previously there were ...
Fans get up close and personal with franz ferdinand
Sep 28, 2008 ... Franz Ferdinand said they chose to perform in the tiny RaigmoreMotel in Inverness because they wanted to be closer to their fans. The Scottish band played to just a handful of people in Invernesslast night, performing hits such as Take Me Out and Do You Want To. The Inverness ...
Call for limit on drink-driving to be reduced
Sep 28, 2008 ... A Highlands and Islands MSP has called for a reduction in theacceptable drink-driving limit to bring Scotland into line with themajority of European countries. SNP MSP Dave Thompson has begun a campaign to decrease the drink-driving limit from 80mg per 100ml of blood to 50mg per ...
Foxley fails to find support for appeal on Loch eil homes
Sep 28, 2008 ... Highland councillors have decided against backing a seniorcolleague's plea over a housing development, which he fears couldlead to the demise of crofting townships. Holyrood officials backed Lochaber man Gordon Mitchison andoverturned a decision by the council's former Lochaber ...
Eye in the sky studies seal decline reports
Sep 28, 2008 ... Conservationists have taken to the skies in the hope of reversinga decline in seal populations. The Oban-based Hebridean Partnership linked up with Sky Watch, anauxiliary air service charity, to carry out an aerial survey. Its community support flight homed in on Lismore Island ...
Lochaber strongmen in hunt for premises big enough to let them flex their muscles
Sep 28, 2008 ... A Fair amount of space is required when two 20-stone muscle-rippling heavyweights get together. And that's the problem for strongmen Louis Maclean, 33, fromOnich, and Chris Innes from Fort William. The bulging bicepped duo are shortly to lose their trainingpremises at the ...
Families of murdered girls fail to get justice
Sep 28, 2008 ... There were calls last night for an inquiry into the collapse ofthe World's End murder trial after the victims' families were deniedjustice 30 years on from the killings. Convicted double killer and paedophile Angus Sinclair, 62, deniedraping and murdering Christine Eadie and Helen ...
Presly up for world challenge in Florida
Mar 11, 2008 ... An Oldmeldrum martial artscompetitor will swap one contact sportfor another when he competes in the world kickboxing championship inthe United States this year. Jamie Presly, 19, is a first dan black belt in tae kwon do, but,despiterepresenting his country in the coming months, he ...
Parisse fires up squad
Mar 11, 2008 ... Italy captain Sergio Parisse has urged the Azzurri to startbelieving in themselves as they look to end the sixnationschampionship on a high note with victory against Scotland onSaturday. Italy slipped to their fourth successive defeat in this year'stournament when they lost ...
Forward planning paid off in big way for Scotland
Mar 11, 2008 ... Alasdair Strokosch has revealed the part played by relentlessforwards coach George Graham in Scotland's surprise Calcutta Cup winagainst England. The Scotland pack began the six nations with a lacklustreperformance against France and, though they improved against Walesand ...
Harchibald can score
Mar 11, 2008 ... Harchibald can quell the dissenting voices by winning the Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. Although his supporters are in for an anxious few hours - softground spells very bad news - the Harchibald sceptics may well beleft with egg on their faces ...
Coping with the threat of flooding
Mar 11, 2008 ... The number of homes at risk of flood has trebled in recent years,according to the Association of British Insurers. But there are several simple steps homeowners can take before aflood hits that can go a long way towards minimising water damage. Those who are already flooded can ...
Spick and span
Mar 11, 2008 ... For those of you who are allergic to dust and go mad at the sightof dirt in your house, the cleanliness of Keepers Cottage, a modernfamily home in Lonmay, near Fraserburgh, will be sure to make yousit up and pay attention. Every room inside is immaculate. Worktops sparkle, windows ...
How to live like a star
Mar 11, 2008 ... If You have decided the time is right to transform your home andyou're looking for inspiration, marvel for a moment at this gloriousproperty, new on the market this week. Caparius, a modern, luxurious family home located on a quiet cul-de-sac on the edge of Banchory, is on the ...
A lesson in growing
Mar 11, 2008 ... B&q is giving away enough tomato plants for 175,000 primaryschool children to "grow their own" in a demonstration of itscommitment to One Planet Living. The initiative is part of the Year of Food and Farming's campaignto offer every child the opportunity to learn first-hand about ...
Back to the chores
Mar 11, 2008 ... Well, that's the holiday over for another whilie! We are justback from the island of Madeira, a place we have become very fond ofsince our first visit in the early-1990s. As most of you will know,it is a smallish island out in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 milesfrom the Moroccan ...
Family living
Mar 11, 2008 ... Property: Detached bungalow. Offers over pounds350,000. Springfield is a spacious modern property made up of two houses.The first is a three-bedroom bungalow and the second is a spacious,newly built property, the ground level of which is a large garage/workshop/business area with ...
Furthermisery as food costs soar
Mar 11, 2008 ... Hard-pressed Uk households faced more misery as food costs soaredto record rates in February, official figures showed yesterday. Annual food product inflation has now reached 8.4% - the highestsince records began in 1986 - according to the Office for NationalStatistics ...
M&s boss ends quit rumours with pledge to stay until 2011
Mar 11, 2008 ... Sir Stuart Rose committed himself yesterday to seeing throughMarks & Spencer's return to health after pledging to stay in chargeof the retailer until July 2011. The high street giant said Sir Stuart would take over from LordBurns as chairman in June and would not be replaced as ...
Footsie dips as oil prices reach new high
Mar 11, 2008 ... The London market sank more than 1% yesterday as fears over a USrecession and a new record high for oil prices overshadowed trading. Mining firms led the FTSE 100 Index lower while crude reached anew high of more than 107 a barrel. The Footsie was trading flat for much of the ...