Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) back issues from March 2006:
Follow hadden's lead
Mar 08, 2006 ... Scotland coach Frank Hadden is right to be upbeat as his sideprepare for the next installment of the six nations championship, atrip to take on the Irish. The Scots may not have won in Dublin for several years, butvictories over France and England in a season when they were ...
Freeway the way forward
Mar 08, 2006 ... Sir, - Your paper has done an excellent job of covering theongoing debate regarding the pros and cons of the proposed peripheralroute, together with the normal comments about the general trafficdelays and impending gridlock. May I then offer the following for consideration and ...
Jowell scandal proves loyal political spouse is a myth
Mar 08, 2006 ... At Long last, the myth of the politician's spouse standing by apartner, for better or for worse, has been assigned to the bin whereit belongs. You know what I'm talking about: the MP at his garden gate,surrounded by supportive wife and embarrassed children, making ...
David's full-on floozie fantasy David O'Donnell dreamed of owning an Austin Healey when he was a child. Now in his 40s, he is the proud owner of a particularly racy one, dubbed the "floozie in the red dress", writes Sarah Cameron
Mar 08, 2006 ... David O'Donnell dreamed of owning an Austin Healey when he was achild. Now in his 40s, he is the proud owner of a particularly racyone, dubbed the "floozie in the red dress", writes Sarah Cameron Someone once said the most enduring passions are the ones you hadas a child. It's ...
Tragedies must be prevented
Mar 08, 2006 ... Considering the amount of red tape which surrounds police, socialworkers and health services - all designed to ensure that things aredone by the book - it makes it hard to comprehend how Danielle Reidsimply became "invisible", as the independent inquiry put it. She died in the ...
Time to beef up export markets
Mar 08, 2006 ... It was Europe's biggest mistake, and today it might finallycorrect it. A decision that will re-open export markets to Britishbeef now seems just hours away, provided the political dogma that hassurrounded the embargo remains firmly out of play. Even at the 11th hour, and 10 years ...
Passive smoke ban too late for rosemary In just 18 days, passive smoking in pubs and restaurants will be a thing of the past, but for people like Rosemary Allison, it is too late to escape the deadly effects of poisonous second-hand smoke, writes Sarah Cameron
Mar 08, 2006 ... In just 18 days, passive smoking in pubs and restaurants will be athing of the past, but for people like Rosemary Allison, it is toolate to escape the deadly effects of poisonous second-hand smoke,writes Sarah Cameron Christmas is a time for families, a time to be jolly, a time ...
Events raise awareness of health issues
Mar 08, 2006; ... The countdown to Scotland's long-awaited smoking ban stepped up agear yesterday with just 18 days to go until the controversiallegislation comes into force on March 26. But today, which is national No Smoking Day, organisations andgroups across the north and north-east were marking ...
Executive's sex-abuse therapy booklet is condemned by experts
Mar 08, 2006; ... A Booklet endorsed by the Scottish Executive could lead to falseallegations of sexual abuse, it was claimed last night. Experts have routinely criticised the advice contained in theleaflet, which was printed at the end of last year and endorsed byDeputy Health Minister Lewis ...
NHS fails to meet targets for cancer
Mar 08, 2006; ... Every health board in Scotland is still failing to meet toughcancer waiting time targets set by Health Minister Andy Kerr, it wasrevealed yesterday. Mr Kerr demanded faster progress on reducing waiting times afterit became clear health boards would find it difficult to hit ...
Co-Op boosts number of prime cattle and sheep sold
Mar 08, 2006 ... Profits at Caithness Livestock Breeders, the Thurso-based farm co-operative, have dipped in the last year, despite an increase inturnover. The business saw turnover climb pounds230,000 to pounds4.6millionin the year to December 31. The surplus, however, fell from pounds50,000 ...
European union beef ruling bone of contention
Mar 08, 2006; ... The Food Standards Agency is to continue to press for changes toEuropean Union rules which will partially re-impose a beef-on-the-bone ban as soon as the UK is allowed to resume beef exports. Britain allows beef-on-the-bone products such as rib roasts and T-bone steaks into the ...
Fishing report - 8th march
Mar 08, 2006 ... Aberdeen - One boat, Alba, landed 30 boxes and threeconsignments totalled 400 boxes. FLEETWOOD - 10,000kg landed. Hake pounds3.25; cod 75p-pounds2.50; haddock pounds1-pounds1.50; plaice 70p-pounds1.60;whiting pounds1.10-pounds1.30; soles pounds3-pounds9; brill ...
Irish producers' milk-price battle
Mar 08, 2006; ... Irish dairy farmers have started their fight to get ex-farm milkprices in the Republic increased to 17.8p per litre. The Irish Farmers Association is demanding processors pay thefigure - the equivalent of 26 euro cents per litre - to ensure aviable dairy farming sector. The ...
Fishing chief calls for United effort
Mar 08, 2006 ... Close co-operation is needed between everyone involved in the UK'sfishing industry to safeguard its long-term future, European UnionFisheries Commissioner Joe Borg said yesterday. He was meeting UK fishermen to hear their suggestions on how toprotect and strengthen their ...
Durno finishes season unbeaten
Mar 08, 2006 ... The final league positions in the Sunninghill Moray Superleague atElgin's Moray Leisure Centre were decided with the last stones to beplayed. League leaders Alan Durno's Fochabers side completed an unbeatenseason to lift the title with a narrow 8-7 win against Andy ...
Findlay finds his best as he fires 68 to move up to mount a challenge
Mar 08, 2006 ... Fraserburgh teenager Jordan Findlay returned his lowest one-roundscore on the American college golf circuit so far when he posted afour-under-par 68 in the second round of the Seminole inter-collegiate tournament over the Golden Eagle Country Club course atTallahassee, ...
Race is on for new sponsors Formula One faces up to its challenges on and off the race track
Mar 08, 2006 ... Formula One faces up to its challenges on and off the race track On Sunday, on the outskirts of Manama, Bahrain's capital city, thenew Formula One motor racing season will scream into life. So loud is the vehicle noise it will be heard across the narrowcauseway which divides ...
Wgc going stateside not best way forward
Mar 08, 2006 ... The controversy about the venues for World Golf Championshipevents is showing no signs of dying down, with Australian SteveElkington, a former winner of the PGA championship, the latest tovoice concerns. The Elk ripped into the PGA Tour at the weekend. He is unhappy,starting next ...
Call for new inquiry into dominance of UK's big four grocers
Mar 08, 2006; ... The Federation of Small Businesses has written to the Office ofFair Trading, calling for a Competition Commission inquiry into whatit says is the monopoly position of the "big four" supermarkets inthe grocery sector. Until now, according to the FSB, a new inquiry has been ...
Granite City unit lifted by oil upturn
Mar 08, 2006; ... Plant-hire firm Ashtead Group said yesterday that increased globaloil and gas work had helped to make its Aberdeen-based technologydivision its most profitable business. Announcing its third-quarter results, the group said its AshteadTechnology subsidiary - based at Pitmedden Road ...
Chc scotia pays parent pounds55million
Mar 08, 2006; ... North Sea helicopter operator CHC Scotia paid its parent company adividend of pounds55million in its latest financial year, it wasrevealed yesterday. This emerged in accounts for the year to April 30, 2005, justreleased by Companies House. CHC Scotia, owned by CHC Helicopter ...
Elixir shares marked down again after North Sea well abandoned
Mar 08, 2006; ... Shares in Elixir Petroleum slid again yesterday on "disappointing"results from a well on its Jaguar prospect in the northern North Sea. The company initially saw its shares plummet by nearly 20p to26.25p last Tuesday when it said that the 211/22b-5 well was beingdrilled deeper ...
Cairngorms helicopter set for its home run
Mar 08, 2006; ... The Raf Sea King helicopter stranded in the Cairngorms last nightspent its eighth night away from its Lossiemouth base. The aircraft was freed from the snow and ice in Corrie anSneachda, near Glenmore Lodge, on Monday night and flown the shortdistance to Glenmore. A further ...
Beam to boost output at Scottish distilleries
Mar 08, 2006; ... The new owner of the Ardmore and Laphroaig malt whiskydistilleries unveiled plans yesterday to ramp up production at thetwo sites. Beam Global Spirits and Wine's plan to increase output has alreadyled to four extra jobs being created at Ardmore. The US company acquired the ...
Steer clear, Loch rescue hero warns
Mar 08, 2006; ... An Oil worker has called on the public to heed the dangers of icywater after braving freezing temperatures to save a pet dog from afrozen loch in Aberdeenshire. Nick Rettie, 27, risked his life by wading into icy water up tohis chest to save 14-year-old Sam Farzaneh's rottweiller, ...
Visit focuses on training centre plans
Mar 08, 2006 ... A Senior government minister from Brazil has visited the Aberdeenheadquarters of Cresent, to discuss the firm's plans for training oil-industry workers in his country. Julio Cesar Carmo Bueno, state secretary for economic developmentin Espirito Santo, met Cresent executives to ...
Barchester one of the best firms to work for
Mar 08, 2006 ... A Firm with hundreds of employees in the north of Scotland hasbeen voted runner-up in a survey of the best companies to work for. Barchester Healthcare's UK administrative headquarters is inInverness, while the company also runs four care homes in the area:Highview House, in ...
Council counts the cost of snow
Mar 08, 2006 ... The wintry weather of the last week has cost Aberdeen City Councilan estimated pounds300,000. A senior councillor said yesterday that was the amount of extramoney spent on overtime and supplies to clear roads and pavements. At one point the council had to ship in tonnes of ...
Stakeholders hit out over supply levy
Mar 08, 2006; ... Marks & Spencer came under attack last night after admitting thatit was to start charging its suppliers to do business with it. The pounds50million that it expects to collect in marketingallowances will be used to pay for promotion work and help the retailgiant, which until ...
Council may buy mansion to stop deterioration
Mar 08, 2006; ... An Arbroath mansion house and category A-listed building could bebought by Angus Council after attempts to force the owners to carryout urgent repairs failed. Members of the council's infrastructure service committee will beasked tomorrow to approve a compulsory purchase order for ...
Hospital doctor suspended after suspected morphine overdose
Mar 08, 2006; ... A Cancer specialist found slumped in a Dundee hospital toilet hasbeen suspended for 18 months. Wouter Verborg, 35, who lives in Dundee, has been told by theGeneral Medical Council that he cannot practice medicine until August1, 2007. Before the suspension period expires, the ...
Blackness school gets top marks for ethos
Mar 08, 2006 ... A Dundee primary school has been praised by education inspectorsfor its productive and positive ethos and strong pastoral care. But Blackness Primary School was also told to make sure that thepace of learning and level of challenge was high enough to meet theneeds of all of its 281 ...
Police hunt gang who stole pounds20,000 of tools
Mar 08, 2006 ... Police in Perthshire are hunting a gang that could be responsiblefor stealing almost pounds20,000 of construction tools in threeseparate weekend raids. Each of the thefts took place between 9.30am on Friday and 8.10amon Monday at building sites at Stanley, Balgowan and ...
Death of aberlour woman who moved to Australia
Mar 08, 2006; ... A North-east woman has lost her 12-year battle with cancer. Fiona Spark, 53, of Aberlour, died in a hospice in Canberra,Australia, with a close friend by her side. She had suffered from breast, liver and bowel cancer since beingdiagnosed with the disease in the ...
Important road link reopens as bridge replacement is completed
Mar 08, 2006; ... A Vital road link in central Scotland has been reopened after workfinished on a pounds65,000 bridge replacement. The B818 Denny to Fintry road is used by up to 200 vehicles a dayincluding heavy plant for the nearby Scottish Water treatment worksand Forestry Enterprise logging ...
Carnoustie driver admits offence
Mar 08, 2006 ... A Teenage driver who crashed into a lamppost in Carnoustie wasfined pounds150 at Arbroath Sheriff Court yesterday. Stuart Edgar,17, of 3 Summerbank Lane, Brechin, admitted driving carelessly inCarlogie Street on October 19 last year. He wrote off the car andcaused pounds860 worth of ...
Aberdeen tops poll again for most rent lost from empty homes
Mar 08, 2006; ... Aberdeen is expected to have Scotland's biggest loss of rent fromempty houses for the third year in a row. The city council will be an estimated pounds3.2million out ofpocket from 'void' or vacant properties when the current financialyear ends, nearly 40% more than the next ...
Owners should have more than puppy love for labradors
Mar 08, 2006; ... Their big brown eyes and gentle nature makes them one of the mostadored pets in Britain. Bred to retrieve, the labrador also makes an ideal companion forhundreds of gamekeepers across the country, who use the dogs tocollect their catches. When the dogs grow too old to work ...
Crack Scots team foils Basra airport attack
Mar 08, 2006; ... Servicemen from RAF Lossiemouth have foiled a terrorist attack bya canoeist on an Iraqi airport. A crack team from the RAF Regiment's 51 Squadron disturbed aninsurgent as he prepared to fire rockets at the British base at BasraAirport. Within hours, the same troops were ...
Angus classes encourage men to shape-up
Mar 08, 2006; ... The first weight loss class in Angus exclusively for men threw itsdoors open wide last night in an Arbroath church hall. Up to 40 "cuddly" males joined the free hour-long session and itis hoped many will continue to attend the six-week course. Each will be given advice on ...
Police appeal for help to trace relatives, following deaths
Mar 08, 2006 ... Police in Edinburgh are appealing for help in tracing relativesfollowing a death in the capital last week. Richard McNally, 56, of 2/9 Dryden Street, Edinburgh, was founddead at his home on Saturday. It is understood Mr McNally had norelatives living in Edinburgh but may have ...
Council-house tenants denied right to buy over shortages
Mar 08, 2006; ... Hundreds of council-house tenants in Moray will be denied thechance to buy their homes after the Scottish Executive agreedyesterday to suspend their right to buy. The ban - which will apply to tenants in Elgin, Lossiemouth andseveral smaller towns and villages - follows a move by ...
Work starts on Highland site of geological world importance
Mar 08, 2006 ... Work is being carried out to stabilise part of a Wester Ross rockface, which is situated on one of the most important geological sitesin the world. This is the second phase of safety works under way on the rockface at Knockan Crag National Nature Reserve, a site of ...
Touching wwi poem given pride of place
Mar 08, 2006; ... A Forfar schoolgirl's poem commemorating the sacrifice of men inWorld War I has been given pride of place in the town's main councilbuilding. Gillian Higgins, 16, wrote All Gave Some But Some Gave All after avisit to the battlefields and war cemeteries of northern France ...
Arbroath man racially abused pub doorman
Mar 08, 2006; ... An Arbroath man racially abused a doorman when he was asked toleave a pub, the town's sheriff court heard yesterday. Barrie Scottherne admitted causing Chuma Okonkwo alarm by shoutingracial remarks and swearing at him when he asked him to leave TheCorn Exchange Pub on October 14, ...
Venomous earth brings forth prize potential
Mar 08, 2006; ... An Aberdeen scientist who penned a hard-hitting account of anongoing disaster which has claimed tens of thousands of lives inBangladesh and West Bengal is in the running to win a prestigiousbook prize. Aberdeen University arsenic expert Professor Andy Meharg's bookVenomous Earth ...
Isles health staff issue ultimatum to bosses
Mar 08, 2006 ... Angry health staff have issued crisis-hit Western Isles NHS anultimatum to sort out its problems. Unions have told chairman David Currie to respond by today with aplan to tackle a damning list of grievances. Nurses have threatened to otherwise report the board to a ...
Plenty to choose from in packed programme
Mar 08, 2006 ... Tonight's opening concert features Tina May - "the classiestjazz singer in Britain"and the Aberdeen Jazz Orchestra, which was formed at an earlier festival. The concert is in the Music Hall at 7.30pm. Tonight's other concert is by the Julian Arguelles Trio, in ...
World beats path to jazz festival buzz in Aberdeen
Mar 08, 2006; ... When a music fan in New Orleans came looking for tickets, theorganisers of the Aberdeen Jazz Festival knew they'd fulfilled theiraim of putting the city on the map. National recognition had already come from BBC Radio 3, which isdecamping to Aberdeen to record and broadcast live ...
Attackers to escape mandatory testing for blood-borne diseases
Mar 08, 2006; ... Ministers have shelved plans for the mandatory testing ofattackers to determine if they have a blood-borne disease such as HIVor hepatitis. The change of heart was signalled yesterday with the acceptance ofall the recommendations put forward by a group of experts. Instead the ...
Everyone played a part in 'invisible' Danielle's death
Mar 08, 2006; ... The murder of five-year-old Danielle Reid could have beenprevented if there had been better communication between socialworkers, police, health and education officials. In a hard-hitting report into the death of the Inverness youngsterfinally published yesterday, no agency escaped ...
British beef ban misery may be over
Mar 08, 2006; ... Europe could today end the beef export ban that has costBritain's beef industry its global reputation and taxpayers billionsof pounds over almost a decade. A vote to remove the controversial embargo, which has been inplace since March 27, 1996, will be held in ...
UK not only country hit by embargo
Mar 08, 2006 ... Europe imposed its export ban on British beef in 1996 because ofBSE fears. Globally there have been 189,846 cases of the brain-wastingdisease thought to have been caused by feeding cattle mammalian meatand bone meal. Britain has recorded 180,913 of these cases. The UK ...
Lochaber venue for youth shinty final
Mar 08, 2006 ... Fourteen primary teams from throughout Scotland will converge onFort William on Saturday to contest shinty's national championshipsfinal. They have secured a last-round place at the Nevis Centre afterwinning area competitions across the country from Skye and Ross-shire in the north to ...
Youngsters foster love of wildlife
Mar 08, 2006 ... Youngsters from Roy Bridge Primary School have been looking afterthe welfare of Lochaber's bird population - and at the same time,marking the opening of a new educational centre. The primary four, six and seven pupils were the first to visit thenew rural education centre at the ...
Playgroups next in line for money cuts review
Mar 08, 2006; ... Highland council is to carry out a two-year review of toddlers'playgroups, prompted by a continuing financial crisis. It will be headed by housing and social work chief MargaretDavidson who is currently overseeing the privatisation of six of thecouncil's care homes. The ...
Fort William pub to appeal refusal for longer opening
Mar 08, 2006; ... A Popular town centre pub in Fort William is to appeal against therefusal of permission for it to open until the wee small hours. Highland Council's Lochaber area licensing board has vetoed anapplication by Bamon Ltd, of Corpach, to allow The Crofter Bar tostay open until 2am on ...
Youth projects land Lotto jackpot with pounds250,000 funding
Mar 08, 2006 ... The first Scottish youth projects to pick up lottery funding fromthe pounds20million Young People's Fund are today celebrating theirwin of over pounds250,000. The funding goes to six innovative projects, including two in thenorth of Scotland, which will give young Scots the freedom ...
Big day for colourful choirs
Mar 08, 2006 ... Primary school choirs pulled out all the stops at the Invernessmusic festival yesterday. The choirs sang their own choice of songs on topics they they hadstudied recently. Topics chosen included the life of a caterpillar and Egyptianlife. Many pupils were dressed up in themed ...
Women urged to return to work
Mar 08, 2006 ... A New course aimed at women considering self-employment, returningto work or looking for a career change is being offered in WesterRoss. Opening Doors to Rural Opportunties is a joint venture betweenLantra, the sector skills council for the environmental and land-based sector, and the ...
West coast's two cinemas go up for sale
Mar 08, 2006; ... Fans of the silver screen should forget the telly and, for theprice of a small Highland estate, can buy not one, but two, cinemas- then invite 477 friends round to watch the latest blockbuster. For the only two mainland cinemas on the west coast - in Oban andFort William - ...
River film set for Mexico
Mar 08, 2006 ... A Strathspey organisation has been invited to screen its film, TheLongest River, at the 1st International Water & Film Event during the4th World Water Forum in Mexico City, later this month. Arteries International is a Grantown-based non-profit organisationdedicated to ...
Inveraray primary gets a glowing report
Mar 08, 2006; ... An Argyll school has been given a gold star by educationinspectors who have commended its high performance, strong record ofimprovement and very effective leadership. And the 71 pupils at Inveraray Primary School, including 18 in anursery class, who were inspected last November, ...
Show aims to boost science study uptake
Mar 08, 2006 ... With fewer students going on to study science, engineering andmaths, an education charity has been showing the impact the subjectshave on our lives The subjects have been brought alive by the Royal Society ofEdinburgh in a series of hands-on experiences for primary andsecondary ...