Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) back issues from January 2007:
Bremner is keeping Huntly in the hunt
Jan 02, 2007; ... Huntly finished the year at the top of the Highland League butthe Christie Park club has the brilliance of goalkeeper Ross Bremnerto thank for securing a point against Clach on Saturday. Four times Bremner spread his giant frame to foil Chris Finneganafter Keith Reid had fired ...
Gordon's instant impact for locos
Jan 02, 2007 ... Brora Rangers 0 Inverurie Locos 2 INVERURIE Locos debutant Nicky Gordon capped a fine performance byscoring the Garioch club's opening goal in an important HighlandLeague victory against Brora after his transfer from Cove Rangers. Locos manager Kevin Will said: "He ...
Vale are woeful as rothes shine
Jan 02, 2007 ... Deveronvale 1 Rothes 3 DEVERONVALE were woeful but take nothing away from Rothes afterthis Highland League victory at Banff on Saturday. Even home manager Gregg Carrol admitted the visitors thoroughlydeserved a shock win which severely dented Vale's hopes of ...
Macmillan strike gives cove three cheers
Jan 02, 2007 ... Cove Rangers 2 Nairn County 1 COVE Rangers took the Highland League points thanks to CraigMacMillan's header just before half-time at Allan Park. Cove assistant manager Graeme Park said: "We came back well aftergoing a goal behind and we really should have been a few ...
Winton sore points as they feel the Buckie Thistle sting
Jan 02, 2007 ... Forres Mechanics 2 Buckie Thistle 2 FORRES manager Gordon Winton was disappointed with his team'ssecond draw of the season against Buckie Thistle, feeling Mechanicshad done enough to warrant a win in this Highland League tussle. Thistle may be chasing hard for the ...
Jim bett standing by for next Reds penalty - but when will that be? Chris Crighton, editor of Dons fanzine The Red Final, reflects on Saturday's match at Tannadice
Jan 02, 2007 ... Chris Crighton, editor of Dons fanzine The Red Final, reflects onSaturday's match at Tannadice Scoring a goal was the worst thing Aberdeen could have done. Until the Dons took the lead, they had controlled the majority ofthe match but no sooner had they hit the front than ...
Longside cup march
Jan 02, 2007 ... Hermes 0 Longside 3 AFTER a weather-enforced lay-off it was no surprise the openingstages of this Regional Cup first round tie were riddled withmistakes. Hermes had a couple of early chances as Grant Campbell headed anAndy Courage corner on to the top of the bar and ...
Stonehaven to the four as they dig in at top
Jan 02, 2007; ... Stonehaven remain top of the Soccer World Superleague after a 4-2victory against Ellon United at Glenury Park on Saturday. Michael Fyfe (2), Martin Foy and Michael Adams scored for Hive.United, who had goalkeeper Carson Riches ruled out just before thegame due to illness, responded ...
Keith suffer as johnston makes Broch point
Jan 02, 2007 ... Keith 2 Fraserburgh 2 KEITH'S Highland League title challenge received a jolt onSaturday when a last-minute goal from Fraserburgh's Graham Johnstonearned the visitors a point at Kynoch Park. While Broch were happy with the result after trailing by twogoals, ...
Young Arab gets history lesson
Jan 02, 2007; ... Such has been the fall from grace of both Dundee United andAberdeen in the past two decades, Arabs winger Craig Conway knewlittle of the history of stormy 1980s encounters between the sides. That should not come as a surprise as the former Ayr Unitedplayer was not born when the ...
Few bad errors of judgment cost us
Jan 02, 2007 ... I Suppose you could claim this game turned when Michael Hart wassent off, but that would be an easy thing to say. As it was, a few bad errors in judgment cost us and it surelyisn't the case the rest of the players don't turn up whenever RussellAnderson doesn't play. We are a better ...
Fochabers riding high
Jan 02, 2007 ... Fochabers continue to dominate in the Scotscoup Second Division. They beat title rivals Buckie Rovers 4-1 at home on Saturday. Rovers dominated the first half but could not take their chances. David Blackhall put Fochabers in front on the hour following acorner and ...
Dons leaky ship without captain
Jan 02, 2007 ... Aberdeen's loss to Dundee United on Saturday makes today aconvenient time for the Dons to adopt a New Year's resolution or two. If they are to keep leaking such careless goals any time captainRussell Anderson fails to make the starting line-up, hopes ofqualifying for European ...
Hooks delivers a county first
Jan 02, 2007 ... Ross County 1 Queen of the South 0 A NEAL Hooks goal was enough to give Ross County victory - thefirst time this season County recorded back-to-back wins in the FirstDivision - and it sets them up for today's match at St Johnstone. County boss Scott Leitch said: ...
Ton task heavier as Blue Toon struggle
Jan 02, 2007 ... Peterhead will go into 2007 looking for a major upturn infortunes after they suffered their sixth defeat in eight games sinceSteve Paterson became manager. The Blue Toon play host to Second Division leaders Morton todayhaving lost to a Raith Rovers side which had hitherto won ...
It's going to be different this time... It is January 2, 2007, so it is out with the old and in with the new. But what do you have in mind for the new you? Nicola Barry asked a few stars what they were planning for New Year and what is in their minds to make the 12 months ahead better than 2006
Jan 02, 2007 ... It is January 2, 2007, so it is out with the old and in with thenew. But what do you have in mind for the new you? Nicola Barryasked a few stars what they were planning for New Year and what is intheir minds to make the 12 months ahead better than 2006 If Past years are anything ...
Tis the season for remorse as bills come pouring in
Jan 02, 2007 ... There might well be people reading this while being slightly - or more than slightly - hung-over. The second day of January isoften a day when the excesses of Hogmanay and New Year's Day kick in. Kirkwall's streets, after the weekend revels and the New Year'sDay Ba' game, don't ...
New software could revolutionise land management
Jan 02, 2007 ... A New computer program that can sample soil quickly andeffectively could revolutionise land management by making thesampling process more cost-effective and ensuring the better use ofour soils. That is the claim being made by researchers at Rothamsted Researchwho have developed ...
Polyoil on track for worldwide sales surge
Jan 02, 2007; ... Polyoil, the Westhill-based designer and developer of newtechnology for the energy sector, has announced it is on target todouble annual turnover to pounds2.4million in the current tradingyear to June 30. The company, which specialises in the design and manufacture ofsubsea and ...
Scottish clothing sector told to boost vocational training
Jan 02, 2007; ... Scottish clothing and footwear manufacturers are being urged toimprove vocational training for their industry in 2007. The call comes from Skillfast-UK, the skills council for thetextile sector, which claims pounds72million a year is currentlybeing wasted on poor ...
CBI opposes shopping ban plans
Jan 02, 2007; ... Cbi Scotland has called on the Scottish Executive and MSPs to givelarge retailers freedom to open on future New Year's Day. MSPs recently endorsed in principle a member's bill aimed atbanning large retailers from trading on either Christmas Day and NewYear's Day. The bill ...
Skills shortage hits marine and offshore construction
Jan 02, 2007 ... A Serious skills shortage has hit the marine construction andoffshore engineering industry, a trade body has warned. The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said thelack of trained and skilled people for projects worldwide was puttingsignificant pressure on the ...
Electrics wholesaler powers ahead with oil and gas boom
Jan 02, 2007; ... North electrical wholesaler John MacLean and Sons (Dingwall) morethan doubled its profits and increased turnover by around 22% in itslast trading year, it emerged yesterday. The company, which was formed in 1974 to supply electricalequipment to the developing North Sea market, made ...
Profits soar as apache makes most of North Sea
Jan 02, 2007; ... Oil firm Apache North Sea (ANS) saw a massive surge in profitsduring the last year for which accounts have been filed, new figuresrevealed yesterday. Apache, which operates the North Sea Forties and Brimmond fields,reported pre-tax profits of pounds243.5million for 2005 - almost ...
Lovie pulls in cash
Jan 02, 2007 ... North-east building contractor and steel merchant LovieConstruction made pre-tax profits of pounds1.05million in the year toApril 30, 2006, against pounds849,891 the year before, according toaccounts just released by Companies House. The New Pitsligo-based firm, whose directors and ...
Thousands expected at fishing show
Jan 02, 2007 ... The annual Fishing Exhibition takes place at the ScottishExhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow from May 24-26. Thousands of visitors are expected from more than 35 countries,all coming to see the latest products and innovations in theindustry. As well as exhibitors' ...
Timing of former dictator's death was wrong, says exile
Jan 02, 2007; ... An Iraqi exile living in Aberdeenshire has spoken out against thetiming of the execution of Saddam Hussein. Sajidah Poole says the hanging of former Iraqi dictator wasinevitable but the choice of day it was done could not have beenworse. The 69-year-old tyrant was hanged at ...
Music hall concert
Jan 02, 2007 ... Sir, - What a wonderful start to the celebrations. A first-class concert with top-class entertainers. Well done to Paul Andersonand his friends for putting on such a fantastic show in celebrationof our proud Scottish traditions. Fiona Kennedy was right when shesaid such a show should ...
Two deaths symbolise price of war
Jan 02, 2007 ... Two deaths over the weekend will come to symbolise the price ofthe war in Iraq. Not long after Saddam Hussein was executed byhanging in the dingy basement of a Baghdad police station, a Texansoldier became America's 3,000th military victim in the region. A Whitehouse spokesman ...
New europeans join growing club
Jan 02, 2007 ... Today the people of Romania and Bulgaria are the new Europeans,members of a growing club that is spreading ever eastwards. There have long been predictions that Britain will be swamped byimmigrants from the new European Union states. The UK government haseven launched an ...
'Brave' Hogmanay revellers
Jan 02, 2007 ... Scotland's Hogmanay was washed out by storms, again. Aberdeen andthe north-east escaped the worst but the revellers still had to bravecold, wet and windy conditions to see in 2007. The enforced sobrietyof battling the elements probably did many the world ...
Black sees red, but Christie holds fire
Jan 02, 2007; ... For the second weekend running, Caley Thistle midfielder Ian Blackwas the main topic of conversation at his club, but this time hismanager Charlie Christie was defending him. Having been admonished for his petulance in the goalless draw atDunfermline on December 23, the midfielder ...
Late scare can't spoil the Inverness festive fun
Jan 02, 2007 ... Caley Thistle put fresh transfer speculation regarding three ofthe club's players behind them yesterday to comfortably beat a poorSt Mirren side at Caledonian Stadium. Inverness moved into eighth place - but had to survive a latescare. They had been cruising after ...
Buddies boss macpherson looks to the window
Jan 02, 2007; ... St Mirren manager Gus MacPherson hopes to add to his depletedsquad during this month's transfer window. Kirk Broadfoot's late goal was not enough to prevent defeat at Inverness yesterday and MacPherson is aware of the need to add tohis squad. He said: "We are short on ...
Banchory teenager is second in Texas
Jan 02, 2007 ... Banchory teenager James Byrne finished runner-up in the HolidayClassic at Barton Creek, the last of the Texas Junior Tour eventsover the festive period. Byrne, a Great Britain and Ireland boys' international who isbound for the University of Arizona State in the autumn, had ...
Double joy for parents of new year babies
Jan 02, 2007; ... It Was a busy night for staff at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital astwo proud mums heralded the New Year by giving birth to twins. Kayleigh Moore, 21, and partner Duncan Harris, 23, from Aberdeen,welcomed their little bundles of joy into the world shortly after ...
Police launch probe after two die in north-east fire Builders rescue five from tenement Officers appeal for CCTV footage from traders
Jan 02, 2007; ... Builders rescue five from tenement Officers appeal for CCTVfootage from traders A Major investigation has been launched into a fire at a north-east tenement block that killed two people, believed to be a fatherand his stepson. Firefighters found the men's bodies on the top ...
New year celebrations go ahead as crowds defy weather warnings
Jan 02, 2007; ... Celebrations for the new year went ahead all over Aberdeenshire inspite of poor weather conditions. In Huntly, hundreds turned took to the streets to hear the town'spipe band play in the market square. David Sherriffs, chairman of Huntly Business Association and ownerof the ...
NHS chief stands by pounds10,000 billfor locums
Jan 02, 2007; ... Health chiefs yesterday defended the pounds10,000 cost of hiringtwo locum GPs from abroad to provide emergency Christmas cover inremote areas of the north-west Highlands. The doctors were paid about pounds3,200 plus expenses for five-day stints last week at the Lochcarron and ...
No Christie's auction house
Jan 02, 2007; ... Caley Thistle manager Charlie Christie has dismissed reportslinking Darren Dods, Craig Dargo and Mark Brown with moves away fromCaledonian Stadium. The trio were yesterday linked with Dundee United, Bristol Cityand Hibernian respectively but Christie insists he has heard ...
Youngsters' movie proves a monster hit at film festival
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Monster movie made by pupils from a Brechin primary school hasscooped third prize at an international film festival. Primary six pupils at Maisondieu Primary beat off competition from250 other groups of youngsters from 17 countries to collect a runner-up spot at the Olympia ...
Plea after handbag snatch attempt
Jan 02, 2007 ... A Handbag snatcher has attempted to rob an elderly woman inBroughty Ferry on the outskirts of Dundee. The incident happened inKing Street near the Ferry Inn on Friday between 7.45pm and 8pm. Ayoung woman approached the elderly victim from behind and attemptedto grab her handbag, but was ...
Lifeboatman injured in first call out of new year
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Volunteer lifeboatman from Dundee was injured yesterday in whatwas thought to be the RNLI's first UK call out of 2007. Scott Brannan suffered bruised and broken ribs when the BroughtyFerry inshore lifeboat Hartlepool Dynamo was called out by thecoastguard after reports of a man ...
Remedial work to upgrade Perthshire beauty spot is welcomed
Jan 02, 2007; ... Remedial works at a Perthshire beauty spot to reverse years ofdamage caused by high visitor numbers have been welcomed by the localcouncillor and nearby residents. Peter Barrett, whose ward takes in the Kinnoull Hill woodland parknear Perth, said that the work by volunteers and ...
Fans desperate for girls aloud tickets
Jan 02, 2007; ... Desperate fans are paying up to pounds100 a time to get theirhands on tickets for Girls Aloud's Aberdeen show. The chart-topping group are playing in the north-east in May aspart of their UK tour. Demand for tickets has led followers of the band to pay up to fourtimes the ...
Hardy souls brave river tay's freezing waters
Jan 02, 2007; ... Almost 200 hardy souls braved the near freezing waters of theRiver Tay yesterday for the annual New Year's Day "dook". Organised by Ye Amphibious Ancients' Bathing Association, theyearly plunge into the Tay at Broughty Ferry harbour is staged in aidof charity, with Diabetes UK and ...
Man, 22, found guilty of murder to appeal conviction
Jan 02, 2007 ... One of three men found guilty of killing Aberdeenshire man DeanJamieson is appealing against his conviction. Colin Cowie, 22, was sentenced to life in prison after beingconvicted of murdering the father-of-four and ordered to serve atleast 18 years. Co-accused Kevin Leslie, ...
House of straw is a step closer to reality
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Care worker who plans to build a house of straw in the north-east hopes the project can begin early in the new year. Jonny Barton won planning permission in August from AberdeenshireCouncil for his environmentally friendly bungalow near Aberchirder. He has now hired an ...
Payments for teachers attacked by pupils soar
Jan 02, 2007; ... The number of Scottish teachers awarded compensation for attacksat ...
Artists invited to take creative talent into the classroom
Jan 02, 2007; ... Artists based in Perth and Kinross are being invited to sharetheir creative talents with pupils this year. Perth and Kinross Council's arts development service is searchingfor visual artists to take up a number of short residencies inschools to help inspire budding young ...
Police sound business warning as hunt begins for thieves who raided boat yard
Jan 02, 2007; ... Police are hunting thieves who ...
Bad news for customers as newsagent's papers are stolen
Jan 02, 2007 ... Bundles of the Press and Journal have been ...
Dynamic director recognised with honour
Jan 02, 2007 ... An Aberdeen-born scientist was made an OBE in the New YearHonours. Stuart Monro, the scientific director of Edinburgh's Millennium-funded visitor attraction Our Dynamic Earth, was recognised forservices to science and in recognition of the significantcontribution he has made in ...
Doctor helps ease suffering of families during charity visit to Nepal leper colony
Jan 02, 2007; ... An Inverness doctor swapped the Highlands of Scotland for thefoothills of the Himalayas when she joined a charity mission to Nepalrecently. Mary MacLeod, head of podiatry at NHS Highland, assisted the MayaLeprosy Fund to help treat people with the disease near the ...
Botched attempt made to steal bag
Jan 02, 2007 ... A Would-be robber used a knife in a botched attempt to snatch awoman's handbag on an Aberdeen street. The 40-year-old victim was onLogie Avenue at 6.10am on Saturday when the man tried to grab herbag. When she resisted and screamed for help, her attacker brandisheda knife and then ran ...
Temperance walk leads to community spirit
Jan 02, 2007; ... More than 100 people took to the streets of a north-east fishingvillage yesterday to keep alive a centuries-old new year tradition. A flute band led locals through the streets of Cairnbulg for thesecond of three seasonal processions among communities nearFraserburgh. The ...
Lucky escape for motorist as tree falls on car
Jan 02, 2007; ... An Angus motorist had a lucky escape yesterday after a treecrashed on to his car, amid violent storms that hit the area in theearly hours. The man, who has not been identified, is understood to havesuffered two broken legs when the massive tree fell on to his car ashe drove ...
Upset for hogmanay revellers as bad weather forces events to be cancelled
Jan 02, 2007; ... Thousands of Hogmanay revellers in Scotland were left high and dryafter wet and windy conditions forced the last-minute cancellationsof their New Year's celebrations. Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling councils have been left countingthe costs after their events were abandoned due to ...
Timber factory plan hits funding snag
Jan 02, 2007 ... Ambitious plans for a pounds1billion timber processing plant inthe Highlands are now around 18 months behind schedule. This time last year, Forscot - the Scottish company set up totake the project forward at Delny, near Invergordon - said it wasconfident the next phase of ...
One-stop shop to help Lochaber businesses
Jan 02, 2007 ... Doing business in Lochaber will be easier in the new year thanksto a new business facility. Lochaber Business Hub is scheduled to open its doors at LochaberCollege on An Aird at Fort William this month. College and enterprise agency executives are encouraging peoplerunning or ...
Dirty 30 walking challenge launched
Jan 02, 2007; ... Organisers of a new Highland challenge are hoping theirs will be amore peaceful affair than the one that took place in their glen 287years ago. At that time, Lord George Murray's 1,000-strong Jacobite forces,with among them some 300 Spanish marines, faced up to ...
Haggis on the menu for Russian pupils
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Russian city will get a traditional taste of Scotland later thismonth when a Nairn woman serves up haggis. Elena Reid and her family are visiting her home city of Kemerovo,Siberia, to spend time with relatives and experience the extreme coldof a Russian winter. But, while ...
Hospital steps up security with CCTV upgrade
Jan 02, 2007; ... Security staff will be able to keep an even closer watch onRaigmore Hospital in Inverness this year when their CCTV equipment isupgraded. The move is part of continuing efforts to improve security andcut the number of aggressive incidents at the hospital. In 2004 to 2005 - ...
Inverness doctor finds mission to leper colony very humbling
Jan 02, 2007; ... An Inverness doctor swapped the Highlands of Scotland for thefoothills of the Himalayas when she joined a charity mission to Nepalrecently. Mary MacLeod, head of podiatry at NHS Highland, assisted the MayaLeprosy Fund to help treat people with the disease near the ...
Horse-riding group to create bridle route
Jan 02, 2007; ... A Group of Moray horse- riders working to improve access to apopular wood have won planning permission to create a newpounds30,000 bridle route. Work to create the first phase of the new track at Balloch Wood,near Keith, will now get under way in January. The news has been ...