Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) back issues from March 2007:
One win is enough so Aberdeen university are out to stop RGU double on Dee
Mar 01, 2007; ... Connie Robinson believes Robert Gordon University's maiden win inlast year's Aberdeen Universities Boat Race was good for the event,but hopes they fail to follow up that success with a second victorythis weekend. The Aberdeen University Boat Club president was part of the ...
Transport plan hits roadblock
Mar 01, 2007 ... Any hopes that the rapid redevelopment of the Highlands would havea road system able to service it appear to have been firmly dashed bya leaked document from a high-ranking Scottish Executive civilservant. The withering response from John Ewing to the Highlands andIslands ...
Safeguarding mail deliveries
Mar 01, 2007 ... There was a time when you knew exactly where you were with theRoyal Mail. Its deliveries arrived like clockwork. Its reliabilityand sense of duty to the public was enshrined in the British way oflife. Now, sadly, it seems to be going the way of so many other basicpublic services ...
Setting wrong example
Mar 01, 2007 ... The democratically elected men and women who run Aberdeen CityCouncil are not averse to advocating new rules when they think actionneeds to be taken. Obesity is a case in point. The rule, however, may be only forsome. No sooner had a debate on the ...
Duke of Kent's wartime death
Mar 01, 2007 ... Sir, - I was interested to read the article on the Duke ofKent's death. (Press and Journal, February 23) Incidentally, thecrash happened on August 25, 1942, not February as stated in thearticle. The cause of this crash remains a mystery. The pilot and crew wereextremely ...
Blinkered
Mar 01, 2007 ... Horses blinkered or visored for the first time ...
Selections
Mar 01, 2007 ... Lingfield: 1.30 Oscar Snowman, 2.0 Scarlett Heart, 2.30 RiverPrince, 3.0 Secret Night, 3.30 Satyricon, 4.0 Lopinot, 4.30 SgtSchultz, 5.0 Red Birr. Ludlow: 2.10 Galley Law, 2.40 Petite Margot, 3.10 Pearly Star,3.40 Parkinson (nap), ...
Living in isolation: Helping self harmers know they are not alone The number of young people in Scotland who harm themselves by cutting or burning their own bodies is giving cause for concern. On global self-harm awareness day, Nicola Barry reports
Mar 01, 2007 ... The number of young people in Scotland who harm themselves bycutting or burning their own bodies is giving cause for concern. Onglobal self-harm awareness day, Nicola Barry reports Claire has suffered badly from depression. She used to cut herselfon the arms, legs and stomach ....
Barratt hails 47% surge in home orders
Mar 01, 2007 ... Housebuilder Barratt Developments said yesterday it was wellpositioned for future growth as it benefited from a strong landbankand record forward sales, coupled with the recent acquisition ofsmaller rival Wilson Bowden. The group said forward sales at the half-way point in its ...
Hbos to reward staff with share of the spoils
Mar 01, 2007 ... More than 65,000 staff at HBOS were celebrating a pounds550millionshare and bonus windfall following its annual results yesterday. As the UK's fifth largest bank announced full-year profits ofpounds5.71billion, employees were toasting a pounds270million annualcash bonus - up from ...
Latest seabraes development designed specifically for creative-media tenants
Mar 01, 2007 ... Work continues on the construction of the first speculativebuilding in Seabraes Yards: Dundee's creative-media district. The development, by Foxdown Properties in association withScottish Enterprise Tayside, is on target for completion by the endof May. Totalling 28,370sq ft spread ...
Despite his lack of stature, lord forte was a giant in UK hotel industry
Mar 01, 2007 ... Hotel and catering magnate Lord Charles Forte died yesterday aged98. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at his London home. Lord Forte was Britain's greatest hotelier, who started his careeras the owner of a London milk bar to become the head of a worldwideempire of ...
Whitbread on track to boost premier capacity
Mar 01, 2007 ... Pub and leisure group Whitbread said yesterday that strong tradingat Premier Travel Inn would help it to post annual results at the topend of expectations. Sales at the budget hotels grew by 16.5% in the 50 weeks toFebruary 15, buoyed by a particularly-strong performance from ...
Letham youth group seeks village-centre site for evening activities
Mar 01, 2007; ... An Angus youth group is hoping to turn a building formerly used tomake ice cream into an evening activity centre for local teenagers. The Letham youth group wants to use a building close to the centreof the village, near Forfar, as a meeting centre which would caterfor up to 50 ...
Westpoint to open in 2008
Mar 01, 2007 ... Knight Real Estate plans to open its new speculative business parknear Aberdeen during 2008. The 6.75-acre site at Phase II of Arnhall Business Park, Westhill,is to be known as WestPoint Business Park. It will offer from 5,000sqft to 150,000sq ft of office accommodation spread ...
Group 'ideally placed' to take advantage of surge in demand
Mar 01, 2007; ... Global shipping and energy service company Craig Group hasannounced a big surge in annual profits. The Aberdeen-based firm said yesterday that pre-tax profits in theyear to the end of last April jumped to pounds5.3million frompounds1million the year before. Turnover was ...
Cider firm struggling to quench UK's thirst
Mar 01, 2007 ... Shares in drink-maker C&C Group sank more than 10% yesterday afterthe company warned investors it was facing higher costs as itstruggled to cope with soaring UK demand for its flagship Magnerscider. The Irish group announced lower-than-expected profit growthbecause of increased ...
New voice for Scots sector
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) was launched yesterday asthe new voice for the property industry in Scotland. It will represent the commercial-property industry in Scotland,including property investors, developers, professional advisers basednorth of the border and other UK ...
Profs claim executive needs more co-ordinated policies
Mar 01, 2007 ... Major policy changes are needed if Scotland is to achieve strongand sustainable growth, two leading academics said last night. Professor Brian Ashcroft, of the Fraser of Allander Institute,accused ministers of lacking joined-up thinking and failing toconnect Scotland to the world ...
Raemoir house hotel wins the most romantic award
Mar 01, 2007; ... A Couple who own hotels in Deeside and Tayside have scooped majorprizes at this year's industry awards ceremony. David and Verity Webster, who own and run the Raemoir House Hotel,near Banchory, and the Castleton House Hotel, in Angus, fought offstrong competition to receive two ...
Rail workers set to strike over hours
Mar 01, 2007 ... Signal workers in Scotland are to stage a 48-hour strike in a rowover hours, it was announced yesterday. The Rail Maritime and Transport union said its members will walkout from noon on Wednesday, March 7. It also announced it will ballotsignal workers in other parts of the country ...
Labour attack nationalists over pounds2.7bn ppp funding
Mar 01, 2007; ... Labour stepped up its attack on SNP spending plans yesterday,claiming that a planned pounds2.7billion investment in education,health and transport would be scrapped if the nationalists win powerin May. According to Labour, SNP aversion to public-private-partnership(PPP) funding ...
Games firms embarking on us voyage of discovery
Mar 01, 2007 ... Some of Scotland's leading games companies are heading off on alearning journey to the city which spawned the digital-mediarevolution and gave Silicon Valley to the world. There are around 20 games companies in Scotland, employing 500people, with a turnover of ...
Public at risk from fake drugs trade
Mar 01, 2007 ... The global trade in counterfeit prescription drugs is rapidlyexpanding and putting customers in grave danger, it emerged today. The United Nations' drug control agency said it expected the marketin phoney branded drugs to double to pounds38billion a year by theend of the decade. The ...
Poll lead success blamed on 'dishonesty'
Mar 01, 2007; ... Leading Labour politicians yesterday hit out at their SNP rivalsafter a new opinion poll put the Nationalists ahead in the race forHolyrood. A newspaper poll put the SNP at 34% in the constituency vote,compared to 29% support for Labour. In the regional vote the SNP are also ...
Danes study mussel farming in Shetland
Mar 01, 2007 ... Eight delegates representing the Danish shellfish-growing industryhave been to Shetland on a fact-finding mission to discover bestproduction techniques for growing mussels. Initially, the Danish contingent will return home to discuss whatthey have learned with fellow ...
Ministers agree etiquette ahead of Scots elections
Mar 01, 2007 ... Rules governing the way civil servants should behave in the run-up to the Holyrood elections were yesterday formally agreed byministers. First Minister Jack McConnell and his deputy, Nicol Stephen,signed the guidance, which will be made public later. The rules apply to ...
Anti-mrsa drug can be a killer
Mar 01, 2007 ... An Antibiotic widely used in intensive care units can trigger adangerous blood condition, researchers have found. Vancomycin is oneof the few weapons effective against resistant staphylococcusinfections such as MRSA. Scientists in the US have now linked thedrug to abnormally low platelet ...
SNP playing down independence policy, says Jamieson
Mar 01, 2007; ... Labour accused the SNP yesterday of playing down its flagshippolicy of independence by not including it among a range of ballotpaper slogans. The nationalists insisted there was no need to mention it on theballot papers during May's elections, because the SNP was synonymouswith ...
Show cattle
Mar 01, 2007 ... Overall: Michael Durno, of Auchorachan, Glenlivet, with the 390kg10-month-old Charolais heifer, Milky Way, by Glassel Satchmo and outof a Ronick Imri Limousin cross, a winner at several shows last yearincluding Tarland. Reserve - J. and J. Wilson, of Wester Cairnglass,Gollanfield, ...
6,000gn kinclune charolais bull is ace in pack at sale
Mar 01, 2007 ... Charolais bulls were in the greatest demand at yesterday's sale. The excellent trade followed on from the breed's own sale in Pertha week ago in which it was clearly evident that commercial buyerswere seeking the weight and growth rates delivered by the Charolaisto boost returns ...
Swa in plea to Brussels over Indian duty
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has demanded tougher actionagainst India over taxes and duties of up to 550% on Europeanspirits. The call came as a deadline passed for New Delhi to reduce itsswingeing tariffs, which are so prohibitive they have all but closedthe Indian ...
Arbroath mental-health project launched
Mar 01, 2007 ... A New project to promote social inclusion of people with mentalhealth problems has launched in Arbroath. Local charity Augment have teamed up with the Scottish Executive-funded See Me campaign to establish the Angus Community Enterprise(Ace) project, which aims to reduce prejudices ...
X Factor viewers overcharged by ITV in interactive voting blunder
Mar 01, 2007; ... Itv overcharged X Factor viewers by pounds200,000 in aninteractive vote blunder, the broadcaster admitted yesterday. The error, which affected 1.3million votes, occurred during everylive show in the last series. Viewers who voted for their favourite contestant by pressing ...
Poor demand for seed tatties
Mar 01, 2007 ... The market for seed potatoes was somewhat sticky at yesterday'ssale. Many of the lots were withdrawn unsold, even though there is awell-documented shortage of seed stocks across the UK because of lastyear's summer drought. Best price was pounds620 for three tonnes of SE1 ...
Pledge of more help for organic producers
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Scottish Executive can do more to help organic farmers, DeputyEnvironment Minister Sarah Boyack said yesterday. During a Holyrood debate on the future of Scotland's organicfarming sector, Ms Boyack outlined what extra help will be given toproducers. It followed the ...
Aviation bosses welcome new air traffic control centre at prestwick
Mar 01, 2007 ... Air bosses have hailed the completion of a new air trafficcontrol centreat Prestwick International Airport. The development will accommodate the growing number of flightsthat it is predicted will use Scottish airspace in the future,according to National Air Traffic Services ...
Four units at scotmid development
Mar 01, 2007 ... Grocery firm Scotmid, as part of its major retail redevelopment atMontrose, has concluded a letting to clothing retailer New Look. New Look has taken about 8,700sq ft of ground-floor space in aunit at High Street, Montrose, adjacent to a new Scotmid conveniencestore. The deal ...
Tenants already lining up for union plaza
Mar 01, 2007; ... Stewart Milne Group does not expect any problems in gettingtenants for its new development in Aberdeen city centre. The pounds25million-plus office project, to be known as UnionPlaza, is due for completion in spring 2008. The building, being built on the site of a former car ...
Footsie slides further despite signs of us revival
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Ftse 100 index continued to plunge deeper into negativeterritory yesterday, closing down more than 100 points for the secondday in a row. London's benchmark share index dropped nearly 2% as it shed 114.6points to close at 6,171.5 despite positive investor sentiment in theUS, ...
New booklet offers advice for parents and schools
Mar 01, 2007 ... An Updated version of the Self-injury Awareness (SIA) booklet, hasbeen released for self-injury awareness day. It has been written by the directors of LifeSIGNS (Self-injuryGuidance and Network Support) charity, who all have personalexperience of self harming, and contains a ...
Operator boosting bus fleet
Mar 01, 2007 ... Transport operator Stagecoach said yesterday it had placed orderstotalling pounds55million for more than 440 new vehicles for its UKbus division. The Perth-based group said the latest investment brought its totalspending on new buses for 2007-08 to nearly pounds65million. A ...
Sunshine sees record 6,000 crowd flock to spring show
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Royal Northern Spring Show had its best day yet at Inverurie'sThainstone Centre yesterday with a record crowd of more than 6,000. The event, which kicks off the north-east's show season, has forthe last three years been blighted by heavy snow and blizzards. Butclear skies and ...
Clydesdale filly barns Camilla reigns supreme on first outing
Mar 01, 2007 ... A Young Clydesdale filly made a successful debut yesterday,lifting the breed championship and then going on to take the horsesupreme at the Royal Northern Spring Show. Barns Camilla, a two-year-old daughter of Middlebank CarlogieSneddon and out of Powburn Jessica, was home-bred ...
Learning experience for primary pupils
Mar 01, 2007 ... Almost 300 pupils from seven primary schools from Moray toAberdeen helped boost attendance levels at the show. They were guests of the Royal Northern Countryside Initiativewhich aims to bridge the gap on educating children on agriculturalmatters. Project officer Sheila Stuart ...
Dundee airgun woman is jailed
Mar 01, 2007 ... A Woman was yesterday jailed for five years after she was foundguilty of shooting a man in a quiet street at Broughty Ferry with anairgun. Kerry Payne, 28, will be placed on licence by five years after sheis released from prison. Before sentencing her, Sheriff Richard ...
Stalker poses imminent public risk, court is told
Mar 01, 2007 ... A Stalker police want to ban from approaching women for a decadepresents an imminent risk of causing serious harm to a member of thepublic, a court heard yesterday. Detective Sergeant Graham Young made the claim as he gave evidenceon the third day of a hearing into whether Robert ...
Police found crash suspect in bed wearing wet clothes
Mar 01, 2007; ... Police searching for a man suspected of crashing his car andabandoning it found him in bed at home still wearing his wet clothes. Stonehaven Sheriff Court heard yesterday that unemployed farmlabourer Ronald Herald, 53, told the officers he owned the FordFiesta but denied abandoning ...
Police warn against 'bus surfing'
Mar 01, 2007 ... Grampian Police are warning north-east teenagers not to take partin a dangerous stunt which has been growing in popularity in otherScottish cities. Youngsters in Edinburgh have been using the internet to post filmsof teenagers "bus surfing" in busy city streets. Although ...
UN officials are to visit Roman wall in site bid
Mar 01, 2007 ... United Nations advisers will visit a landmark to consider whetherit should be recognised alongside the great wall of China and thepyramids of Egypt, Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson said yesterday. The Antonine Wall has been put forward by Culture Secretary TessaJowell as the ...
Farmer watches in horror as dogs savage sheep to death
Mar 01, 2007; ... A Sheep farmer lost 30 sheep and saw others maimed in a savageattack by two dogs. Tom Ingleby, of Aswanley, near Glass, Huntly, witnessed theprolonged attack on his flock when he went to feed them on Saturdaymorning. Last night, Grampian Police said a man had been ...
Heather gets ready to hit dance floor
Mar 01, 2007 ... Heather Mills McCartney is making sure her artificial leg staysput when she competes on US show Dancing With the Stars. The estranged wife of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, whose leftleg was amputated below the knee after a motorbike accident in 1993,said she would be wearing a ...
15 St annes crescent, newtonhill
Mar 01, 2007 ... Property: Detached bungalow. Price: Offers over pounds195,000. Bedrooms: Four, one with en-suite shower-room. Public rooms: Lounge, kitchen/dining-room on open plan and splitlevel, conservatory, utility room, hall and bathroom with shower. Features: Gas central ...
Britain must tackle slimming drugs use
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Government must crack down on the availability of appetitesuppressants to combat society's "slimming obsession", the UnitedNations' International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) warned today. It said the drugs - known as anorectics - can be highly dangerousand even fatal. It ...
Monty is aiming to Thai up a top-10 slot
Mar 01, 2007 ... Colin Montgomerie is confident he can make a return to the world'stop 10 as he looks to add the Johnnie Walker Classic to hisburgeoning collection at the Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket,Thailand, this week. Montgomerie, the winner of eight European Tour Order of Merittitles, ...
Volcano monitored after lava pours out
Mar 01, 2007 ... Experts are monitoring one of Europe's most active volcanoes after lava continued to pour down its slopes and into theMediterranean Sea. They said there was no immediate danger to the fewhundred residents of the tiny island of Stromboli, 40 miles north ofSicily. Stromboli, which on most ...
Home on the range, but it's different out on the course
Mar 01, 2007 ... My Latest mantra as I prepare to start my new season next Thursdayat the Kenya Open in Nairobi: quality over quantity. I will be going back to competitive golf after a break of aboutfour months, which is probably the longest spell I have had out ofthe game for three or four ...
Lower jail sentences for criminals who inform on associates
Mar 01, 2007 ... New laws giving reduced sentences to criminals who turn in theirassociates will be an important weapon in the fight against crime,Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson said today. The legislation, which comes into effect today, will enable anaccused person who wants to co-operate with ...
Mackintosh Kirk to reopen after pounds1m revamp
Mar 01, 2007; ... A Church designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh is toreopen to the public following a pounds1million refurbishment. The Mackintosh Church at Queen's Cross, Maryhill, Glasgow, isunique as it is the only church where Mackintosh designed theinterior and exterior. The ...
Drugs policy in 'wrong direction'
Mar 01, 2007 ... The head of Scotland's new crime-fighting agency yesterday calledfor a tougher approach on tackling the drugs issue. Graeme Pearson, head of the Scottish Crime and Drugs EnforcementAgency, raised concerns over the confusion caused by recent decisionsto reclassify cannabis. He also ...
Over 100 are caught by phone law
Mar 01, 2007; ... Two men in the north are facing a driving ban after becoming thefirst victims of tough new penalties for using a mobile phone whiledriving. More than 100 drivers in Scotland were caught using hand-heldmobile phones on the first day of harsher penalties for the offence,police said ...
Rejected lemur is hand-reared by safari staff
Mar 01, 2007; ... Staff at a safari park are hand-rearing a baby lemur which wasrejected by his mother. The week-old ring-tailed lemur has beenchristened Gollum by staff at Blair Drummond Safari Park, nearStirling. He weighed 1.8oz and measured 4in in length when he was born, sostaff are feeding ...
Us-bound band homing in on north-east performance
Mar 01, 2007; ... Aberdeen band the Needles will play a secret gig in their homecity next week as part of their warm-up for the South by Southwestfestival in the US. The four-piece guitar band will be back in Aberdeen on Saturday,March 10, at a venue still to be confirmed. Before then, they ...
Mountain culture in the spotlight at summit
Mar 01, 2007; ... Mountain culture is to be highlighted at the first summit of itstype in Scotland - appropriately in the shadow of the UK's highestpeak. The summit involving mountain users and representatives ofconservation bodies is being held tomorrow at the Nevis Centre atFort ...
Man who traced explorer's steps ends festival
Mar 01, 2007; ... A Lochaber man who took part in a recreation of a heroic rescuemission in Antarctica will help wind up the successful Fort WilliamMountain Festival. Trevor Potts, of Kilchoan, was part of an expedition recreatingthe voyage of explorer Ernest Shackleton when he sought help ...