Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) back issues from July 2006:
Liver unit founder
Jul 01, 2006 ... Sir, - I am sure we all hope and pray that this liver-transplantoperation on little Erin Higgs (Saturday, June 24) will be a success.In your call for support for the Starfish Appeal you rightly drawattention to the world prominence of the children's liver unit atKing's College Hospital ...
Not bad,by all accounts
Jul 01, 2006 ... Iwas feeling faint, so we descended into The Dome's rear gardencafe, on Edinburgh's Rose Street, for a cold drink. In the heat of a summer's day, we had been pounding the lengths ofPrinces Street, Rose Street and George Street searching for thoseelusive designer bargains. But ...
Weekend events
Jul 01, 2006 ... Highland Adventure Safari Lodge, Aberfeldy. Nature DetectivesDay. Phone 01887 820071 for further details, 10am-5pm, today. Inverness Cathedral. Tea room and gift shop, 10.30am-3.30pm,today. Tain. Gala week. Visit www.taingala.co.uk for further details,today. Town ...
Turning the tables on tradition
Jul 01, 2006; ... Grannies typically bake cakes and knit jumpers. But two Aberdeen women, with a total age of 166, have turned thetables on tradition. Instead, Betty Allan, 90, and Betty Bain, 76, chalk their cues andplay snooker every week. The pair met over seven years ago at the ...
Historic tower described as a 'pigeon cemetery'
Jul 01, 2006; ... The future of a crumbling historic building in Arbroath is to beinvestigated by Angus Council after a local councillor warned it hadbecome a pigeon cemetery. Hayshead and Lunan councillor Bob Spink told his fellowcouncillors that the inside of the B-listed Keptie water tower ...
Pupil reunion
Jul 01, 2006 ... More than 130 people have signed up for a ...
Public needed to help in fight against crime
Jul 01, 2006; ... Police in Angus are urging residents to keep an eye on schools inthe area during the summer holidays to help curb vandalism. The Adopt A School scheme, which has been running each summersince 1999, is designed to deter youths from using empty schoolgrounds as meeting ...
Cash boost for sports centre
Jul 01, 2006 ... Sportscotland has boosted plans for a new regional sports centreat Dundee University with a grant of more than pounds250,000. The sport development body has announced an award of pounds254,000to help build a new strength and conditioning centre at theuniversity's Institute of Sport ...
Get-away-from-it-all
Jul 01, 2006 ... West End Girls Jenny Colgan, Time Warner Books, pounds9.99 (paperback) HHHHH THIS is an endearing, funny tale, an ideal get-away-from-it-allread. Twins Lizzie and Penny are in their late 20s, unattached,living with their mum in a council house. Their dad's done a ...
I was born with a special talent
Jul 01, 2006 ... My Life In and Out of the Rough John Daly, HarperSport, pounds18.99 HHHHH GOLFER John Daly is "lucky" he tells us: "I was born with aspecial talent for hitting a little white ball and making peoplehappy." It transpires the larger than life American was also born ...
Primestock
Jul 01, 2006 ... Stirling - United Auctions sold 2,326 prime sheep. New season lambs (1,892) averaged 125p to 154.7p per kg for 42kgTex from Langside and pounds67 gross for Tex from Langside. SQQ up to 45.5kg (1,659) averaged 125.3p per kg Ewes per head (436) - Langside (Tex) ...
I think I always disappoint people
Jul 01, 2006 ... She may be a name in Hollywood but Keira Knightley resists movingthere. She even admits to avoiding the obligatory gym visits. RobinWalker talks to the star about her latest role POUTING Keira Knightley is barely 21 but she's already tasted thehighs and lows of film ...
New business takes a new approach
Jul 01, 2006 ... A New type of agricultural and commercial finance business hasbeen established in the north-east with the first Scottish divisionof UK Farm Finance Ltd. The company, which hails from Somerset, now has a Scottishheadquarters at the new Axis Business Centre at ...
Whey to go - new route mapped
Jul 01, 2006 ... First Milk has changed significantly in the last two years. Ithas over the last 12 months increased by 100million litres to600million the amount of milk it handles. A greater share of that milk is also going to higher-value marketsto try and address the issue over the pool price ...
UK oil and gas production in April down 2% on march
Jul 01, 2006 ... Uk Oil and gas output in April totalled just over 3.1millionbarrels of oil equivalent per day - down 2% on the previous month anda fall of 12% on April 2005. This emerged in the latest Royal Bank of Scotland oil and gasindex. Andrew McLaughlin, the Royal Bank of Scotland's ...
Insurer's share price forecast
Jul 01, 2006; ... Standard Life moves next week into the last round of presentationsto investors ahead of its near-pounds5billion flotation on the stockmarket. Europe's biggest mutual life assurance company has promised to doits best to get as much value as possible for members. But ...
Survivor's mud-splattered kilt is war relic
Jul 01, 2006; ... A Gordon Highlanders' kilt, still splattered with blood and mudfrom the Somme battlefield, has been lovingly treasured by a proudnorth-east family for 90 years. The uniform was worn by Captain Alexander Manson, from Oldmeldrum,when he was shot and left for dead at Beaumont Hamel in ...
Cost-cutting couple make their big day a cheap date
Jul 01, 2006; ... It Might be difficult for some hard-up couples to believe but onepair of newlyweds from Aberdeenshire have proved that having theperfect big day doesn't have to break the bank. Nik and Annie Robinson, from Kirk View, Lumphanan, saved more thanpounds8,000 on their wedding by ...
Finance minister vows to cut back on bureaucracy
Jul 01, 2006; ... Finance Minister Tom McCabe vowed yesterday to drive upefficiency and tackle bureaucracy as new figures showed that one infour workers in Scotland is employed in the public sector. The number of public-sector employees has increased by 58,800(11.2%) since devolution in 1999 and ...
SNP reveals 'order of merit' for Holyrood
Jul 01, 2006; ... Snp Leader Alex Salmond is virtually guaranteed a return toHolyrood next year, after being placed at the top of the party'selection candidates list for the north-east. The Nationalists yesterday unveiled the ranked list of contendersin next May's poll, which gives a clear ...
T in the Park organisers cancel eBay tickets
Jul 01, 2006; ... T In THE Park organisers have stepped up their campaign againsttouts by cancelling some of the tickets sold on internet auctionwebsite eBay. Tickets to the music festival sold out in under two hours earlierthis year, prompting touts to cash in by reselling passes for morethan ...
Prize car
Jul 01, 2006 ... A Turriff woman was celebrating this week after collecting thekeys to a new car from Archibald's Garage in Buckie. Fiona Fraser, of Oldwhat, near Turriff, won the Citroen ...
No rise in cereal levy rates
Jul 01, 2006 ... There will be no increase in the levy rates imposed by the Home-Grown Cereals Authority on cereal growers, grain merchants andprocessors in the coming year. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said levyrates would remain in place until June 30 next ...
Supporting the British team
Jul 01, 2006 ... Sir, - Recently Dr Allan claimed that Scotland had "moved on"since the wars, then immediately disproved it by harping back 2,000years. I'm sure the present generation, if they were allowed to, wouldsoon forget, forgive and move on. Let us really move on and try to improve our ...
Newcomer to Scottish strawberry fields hailed
Jul 01, 2006; ... A New strawberry is making its mark in Scotland. Driscoll Jubilee has been launched in an attempt to steal backsome of the strawberry market from Ava, developed five years ago byAngus Soft Fruits at Arbroath, and Elsanta, the Dutch-bred varietythat has been the mainstay of UK for ...
New group aims to crack down on wildlife crime
Jul 01, 2006; ... Officials yesterday pledged to crack down hard on thoseresponsible for a catalogue of serious crimes against wild animals inthe north-east. A new partnership has been formed to tackle the problem - withthe outlawed sport of hare coursing a top priority. Grampian Police has ...
Rewarding month for company
Jul 01, 2006 ... A Recently formed Aberdeen firm providing communications solutionslanded more than pounds130,000 of work in June. Converged Communication Solutions won deals including apounds50,000 contract with international oil and gas consultancyAbalt Solutions. The small city business was ...
High-profile cases against birds and animals in north-east
Jul 01, 2006; ... The north-east has had its share of high-profile incidentsinvolving offences against wildlife in recent years. In 1992 unemployed William Worthington, 54, from Sandend, nearPortsoy, appeared at Elgin Sheriff Court where he admitted being inpossession of 270 eggs of protected ...
Axis-shield confident of meeting its targets
Jul 01, 2006 ... Axis-shield, the Dundee-based medical diagnostics kitmanufacturer, said yesterday it was on target for a successful half-year, in line with expectations. It said reported revenues were expected to show growth of around8% in the first six months of 2006 against the same period last ...
Union hits out at EC decision on cattle drug
Jul 01, 2006; ... Scotland's farming union has hit out at a European decision toreclassify a drug regularly used to treat pneumonia and otherrespiratory problems in cattle as vet only. It claims the unprecedented stance on tilmicosin, which ismarketed as Micotil, could undermine work to improve the ...
Fish prices
Jul 01, 2006 ... Oban: Heavy landing of prawns, around 1,000 boxes during the week.Two boats landed around 100 bags of scallops. No white fish. MALLAIG: 53 vessels landed 670 boxes of white fish and 1,146 boxesof prawns. SKYE AND LOCHALSH: Steady landings at Uig, Dunvegan, Portree andKyle, ...
New move to curb spread of salmon parasite
Jul 01, 2006; ... Powers to prevent the potential spread of a lethal salmon parasiteare included in new legislation published yesterday. The Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill includes proposals on bothaquaculture and freshwater fisheries. It outlines measures to deal with salmon parasite ...
Artist invests pounds100,000 in business
Jul 01, 2006 ... Aberdeen artist Iain Carby has invested more than pounds100,000in expanding his business. The resident artist and owner of the Carby Art Gallery in CottonStreet, has not just added extra gallery space, but also launched anew framing business. The Framing Factory, also in Cotton ...
Norwegian deal may be worth pounds80m
Jul 01, 2006 ... Subsea 7 and Acergy announced yesterday they had won a Norwegiandeal which could be worth more than pounds80million. The two firms have been awarded a two-year frame agreementcontract by Statoil ...
Rise in production pushes up sibir energy shares by 5%
Jul 01, 2006 ... Shares in London-listed but Russia-focused Sibir Energy rosealmost 5% yesterday after it said its daily output had climbed to32,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), helped by increasing productionfrom its Salym fields in ...
Shellfish firm back in profit
Jul 01, 2006 ... A North-east shellfish company is back in the black. Moray Seafoods of Buckie made pre-profits of pounds27,000 onordinary activities in the year to August 28, 2005 - compared tolosses of more than pounds500,000 in the previous 17 months. This was revealed in accounts issued by ...
Stagecoach bids for rail franchise
Jul 01, 2006 ... Stagecoach Group submitted yesterday its bid for the new SouthWestern rail franchise. The Perth-based transport company is thecurrent operator of both the South West Trains and Island Linefranchises, which have been brought together to form the new SouthWestern franchise. Top ...
Iti model a boon to Scots firms, says Stephen
Jul 01, 2006 ... Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen said yesterday it wasimportant to give Scotland's intermediary technology institutes' thebest possible chance to succeed in the long term. Mr Stephen, speaking while opening ITI Energy's new office inAberdeen, highlighted that the three ITIs had ...
Are Scots behaving in a racist manner?
Jul 01, 2006 ... As England attempt to take one step closer to the World Cup final,it is time to reflect on the hatred and trouble stirred up by theirparticipation in the event. Despite some skirmishes with the local police and other fans, thethousands who have followed their team to the tournament ...
More than a crumb of comfort
Jul 01, 2006 ... Ronald Ironside clearly had a soft spot for the country of hisbirth, but the manner in which he has made his mark on the placewhere he gained his formative education is nothing short ofremarkable. The exiled Scot spotted a tin of shortbread made by Deans ...
Give taxpayers value for money
Jul 01, 2006 ... Some will say the pledge by Scotland's finance minister to cut thenumber of public sector jobs is not before time. Record number ofScots now earn their living from Government in one shape or form, andTom McCabe has recognised what many others view as potentiallydamaging to the future ...
A little piece of Portugal at Buckie
Jul 01, 2006; ... While England unites behind its national team, a north-east townis preparing to roar on its adopted country to World Cup glory. Buckie will turn into a Portuguese enclave this afternoon as thered carpet is rolled out to exiles in the north-east. Janice Bruce will throw open the ...
Warning over late cattle passport bids
Jul 01, 2006 ... Farmers are being warned they could fall foul of subsidy cross-compliance rules if they persistently make late applications forcattle passports. The National Beef Association has issued a wake-up call after atip-off that the British Cattle Movement Service is going to take amuch ...
Trip back in time at Edinburgh castle urges visitors to see from soldiers' perspective
Jul 01, 2006; ... Visitors to Edinburgh Castle will be taken on an emotional journeyback in time today to commemorate the 90th anniversary of thebeginning of the Battle of the Somme. A special programme of events, including re-enactments and otherinterpretations, will encourage people to visualise ...
Regimental museum remembers Black Watch troops' contribution
Jul 01, 2006; ... The contribution of Black Watch soldiers to the Battle of theSomme is highlighted in the World War I room at the regimental museumin Perth. Visitors can view artefacts, paintings and photographs and theroll of honour containing the names of all of the regiment's soldierswho ...
Forgotten army brought to light
Jul 01, 2006; ... Like many Highlanders, Alexander MacLeod emigrated from WesterRoss to Canada early last century in search of a better life. This desire to strike out in the brave new world makes his deathin the mud of Flanders - in the defence of the country he had leftbehind - all the more ...
Hopes and fears of a generation
Jul 01, 2006; ... Teenagers from three north-east schools have been given a movinginsight into the hopes and fears of the young men who fought and diedat the Somme. The youngsters from Hazlehead and Ellon academies and KeithGrammar School set off on a school trip to the battlefields ...
Family businesses get advice to improve succession planning
Jul 01, 2006 ... Formal efforts to improve succession planning in agriculturalbusinesses are to be taken. Lantra, NFU Scotland, the Scottish Association of Young FarmersClubs and land agents Smiths Gore are behind a series of meetingswhich start in Aberdeen on Monday. The preferred ...
Awards double for dairy student
Jul 01, 2006; ... One of Scotland's youngest dairy farmers has scooped a nationalprize, and an award presented annually in memory of a leadingagricultural adviser. William Willis, 21, who with his mum Anne, farms organically atGlasgoforest at Kinellar, near Aberdeen, is the Royal Association ...
Public backs local producers at show
Jul 01, 2006; ... There was a real buzz about the Royal Highland Show this year. While the urban-rural divide can be overstated, the show undoubtedlyprovides an opportunity to make the connection between our work inthe countryside and day-to-day life across the whole country. The buy local, eat ...
Hate-crime advice move delay seen as cynical ploy
Jul 01, 2006; ... Ministers have rejected advice by their own experts who calledfor the law regarding hate crime in Scotland to be extended to coverhomophobia and disability. It has taken the Scottish Executive 20 months to respond andreject the recommendations from the expert working group ...
Cosla warns of problems with ageing population
Jul 01, 2006; ... The number of pensioners in Scotland is set to increase 35% by2031, delegates at a conference at Oban heard yesterday. In the same timescale, population forecasters claim the country'sover-75s will rise by a staggering 75%. The need for a national strategy to deal with a ...
Talented Huntly artist is among competition cash-prize winners
Jul 01, 2006; ... Artists from the north of Scotland have scooped major cash prizesin a national competition. The talented artists picked up pounds5,000 each after being short-listed in the competition, open to those who have not exhibitedcommercially in London in the past six years. The ...
Forum shows way to Fairtrade
Jul 01, 2006; ... A New Fairtrade guide to Dundee's ethical eateries and shops hasbeen launched by the Fairtrade Forum. The booklet gives information on almost 60 retail outlets andcafes in the city which sell Fairtrade goods, including footballs,flowers and foods such as chocolate and ...
Scots veterans to honour comrades at Dundee parade
Jul 01, 2006; ... Veterans from across Scotland will take part in a parade throughDundee today to mark Scotland's first Veterans Day. Hundreds of men and women who have served in the armed forces willwalk from Dundee High School to the city centre at 12.45pm, then takepart in a drumhead and ...
Glass act reflects nature's art at Kirriemuir
Jul 01, 2006 ... An English artist has proved her work is a glass act with a newexhibition in a Kirriemuir gallery. Lincolnshire painter Lorraine Hogg will unveil a collection ofglass sculptures at Bank Street Gallery today. The exhibition, which will be Mrs Hogg's first in Scotland,includes ...
AA service to north is criticised
Jul 01, 2006 ... The Aa breakdown service has wiped the north of Scotland off its map, according to a union official who represents a third of thecompany's 7,000 staff. Two years on from a takeover of the "fourth emergency service" byprivate equity groups Permira and CVC, about 3,000 jobs have ...
Researchers open doors to the public in UK first
Jul 01, 2006 ... Video diaries by hospital patients and 3D computer images ofkidney damage were among the research projects on display at an openday held in Aberdeen yesterday by Robert Gordon University's healthservices research group. Professor Rosemary Chesson, who organised the event, said: ...
Firm lines up waterfront development for Highland town
Jul 01, 2006 ... Large cruise liners could soon be mooring alongside the streets ofa Highland town if an ambitious new plan is fulfilled. A multimillion-pound proposal to restructure Fort William'swaterfront has been unveiled by a company, just as Highland Councilofficials embark on a search for a ...
Locations of cameras
Jul 01, 2006 ... Mobile road safety cameras will be in operation in the followingareas next week: A90 between bend at South of Leys and Bogbrae; A98between Mill of Tynet and Barhill Road junction, Buckie; A941 between30mph at Lossiemouth and 40mph at Elgin; B9089 from Kinloss andcrossroads at Roseisle ...
Growing church to trade music for space
Jul 01, 2006 ... Claire Elliot A NORTH-EAST church which is too small for its congregation isselling off its organ and piano to help pay for the refurbishment ofits hall. In the 80s, a temporary building was added to Inverurie CatholicChurch, North Street, to cope with the increasing number ...
Public to get say on city park improvements
Jul 01, 2006; ... The public have been given the chance to have their say onmultimillion-pound plans to restore a historic Aberdeen park. The city council is applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund forpounds5million-pounds7million to cover the cost of major improvementsto Duthie Park. Special ...
Expansion of pilot scheme will help more under-achieving pupils
Jul 01, 2006; ... A Pilot scheme to help under-achieving school pupils improvetheir performances and bring them out of their shells is to beexpanded. The xlerate with xl scheme runs projects which help pupilsrealise their potential and recognise the value of education. Much ofit is designed to ...
Actor creates own in-store costume drama
Jul 01, 2006 ... Customers in a Dundee bookshop were treated to some amateurdramatics by a mysterious man in military uniform yesterday. Shoppers at Ottakar's in the High Street were served by AlanPeacock, the leading actor in Dundee Rep Adult Drama Group's newproduction, Our Country's ...
Getting pensions message across
Jul 01, 2006; ... A Megaphone drew the attention of shoppers in Aberdeen's citycentre yesterday to a group of pensioners as they drummed upsupport for their pensions campaign. Members of Grampian Senior Citizens Forum took to the streetswith petitions as part of a nationwide campaign to improve ...