News Archive

Pulteneytown Pupil Wins Young Ranger Trophy

Mark Macadie, a P6 pupil in Mrs Ferrier’s class at Pulteneytown Academy in Wick, was the overall winner in the very first Young Ranger Trophy competition in memory of former Caithness Countryside Ranger Dieter Tuerlinckx.   Mark’s fairy story about Whiteheart Forest and its new fox king was chosen as first place entry in this new annual school competition.  

Open Farm Day At Caithness Free Range Eggs

Caithness Free Range Eggs, on the 6th July 2014, will be hosting an open farm Sunday.   They have chosen BALMORE animal rescue centre as the charity face as its their 20th Anniversary and our 15th so thought the 2 tied in nicely together plus its a local charity and a very good cause.  

Postal votes for European Parliamentary Elections

A total 30,068 Highland residents have asked to vote by post at the forthcoming European Parliamentary elections.   Postal votes are being sent out today 1 May and a second issue will be dispatched on 12 May.  

Keeping The Family Together – Forget A Google Hangout, Try A Kitchen Hangout!

- Technology found to threaten family relationships (Halifax) - Resurgence of family values leads to promotion of the 'kitchen hangout' (Barton Wyatt) - Todays' average child owns £924 worth of electronic devices (Halifax) According to the latest Halifax Insurance Digital Home Index, 31% of 7-8 year olds now own a mobile phone, with the figure rising to 88% for 12-14 year olds.  Meanwhile, the study found that 60% of parents are concerned that technology is fragmenting family time together.  

Betting - Londoners Are Scientific and Scots Are Bravest

Gut instinct helps London punters make capital gains but Scots use maths and bravery LONDON'S PUNTERS put the most trust in their gut instinct when it comes to placing their bets according to a survey commissioned by Ladbrokes The research also showed that London's bettors are also more scientific and analytical than anywhere else in the UK with 25% of those questioned indicating they were professors when it came to football, compared to just 15% of Scots who committed to using maths when looking to working out how to land a windfall.  Scots however were by far the bravest bettors (38%) compared to any other area.  

Results of campaign against doorstep crime prove to be successful

Following a campaign against doorstep crime, police in the Highlands and Islands can confirm that bogus workmen where stopped and prevented from carrying out further works, and a woman was arrested by police and subsequently remanded in custody after both incidents saw elderly residents targeted in their own homes.  The two incidents both occurred in the Inverness area.  

Survey aims to help communities deal with doorstep crime

An online survey launched this week by The Highland Council’s Trading Standards seeks to examine the problem of rogue doorstep trading and to highlight local areas that might benefit from setting up ‘Cold Call Control Zones’.   Most doorstep traders offer legitimate services.  

Cottage Pie For Your Norfrost Freezer

the norfrost brand has undergone a revival under new owners Ebac and they have just appeared on the NEW TROUBLESHOOTER programme with Digby Jones on BBC2 See it on Iplayer if you missed it tonight.   The freezers are on sale at the Norfrost web site www.norfrost.co.uk and have special offer Digby discount of 15% at the moent In a new marketing idea the company are making short cooking videos on Youtube to give ideas on what can be done with your Norfrost freeezer..  

Traill Hall Community Trust AGM 2014

At Castletown Hotel Saturday 26th April 7pm Please come along and find out about the exciting developments we are making with our project to renovate Traill Hall as a community Centre.   We also want to share with you our ideas about a number of community initiatives and events taking place now! .  

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant Supports More Action To Prevent Bird Poisonings

Highlands & Islands (Labour) MSP Rhoda Grant has claimed that more needs to be done to prevent a repeat of the carnage of the birds of prey in a small area of Ross Shire.   So far tests have confirmed 13 of the 20 birds were poisoned.