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14/12/2013Christmas Tree Festival At Wick St Fergus Church
Wick St Fergus held their first Christmas Tree Festival on Saturday 14th December 2013, and invited Charities and other groups to come along to the Church and decorate a tree and showcase their activities. Usual stalls, Christmas flowers, music and a sales table were on show with tea, coffee and cakes and mince pies on offer to warm before venturing out again to the high gales on Saturday.
14/12/2013
Police Advice On Staying Safe Over The Festive Period
Police in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross offer advice to help keep people safe during the festive period. A successful festive multi-agency partnership run previously just in the Inverness area, known as Operation Respect, has expanded to become a targeted partnership initiative across the Highlands and Islands which now includes the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross area.12/12/2013
The Twelve Days Of Debtmas
This play on the old Christmas song is warning not to get into too much debt over the Christmas period and especially not with pay day loans. Take a look at the 12 Days of Debtmas Read the web site and then think about joining your local credit union which in Highland and Islands is www.hi-scot.co.uk The Hi-scot credit union is run for the benefit of members and has no shareholders other than members.
12/12/2013
Cooking up a storm at heart group's event
CAITHNESS Heart Support Group was treated to a cookery demonstration, recently, hosted by one of its member, chef Laird Sutherland, who came out of retirement to prepare a thought-provoking variety of dishes, both savoury and sweet, some economical. Some members of the audience were invited to assist and there were tasting sessions at the demonstration in the Family Centre, Wick.
11/12/2013
Freedom of John O�Groats conferred on John Green
The freedom of the most northerly community in Great Britain � John O�Groats � has been bestowed by The Highland Council on former Highland Councillor and local resident of John O�Groats Mr John Houston Green. Tributes were paid to Mr Green at a ceremony held at John O�Groats Village Hall on Tuesday evening (10 December 2013).
11/12/2013
Twelve Recipes to See You Through The Christmas Holidays
A few delicious recipes from Philadelphia to help the holidays go with a zing. Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a-leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a-milking, Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree! See Photo Gallery at the top left for all the recipes.
10/12/2013
MSP Brings Castletown Pharmacy Proposal issue to Parliament
Rhoda Grant MSP (Scottish Labour) has submitted a motion to the Scottish Parliament on the Castletown Pharmacy Proposal. Both Highlands and Islands (Scottish Labour) MSPs Rhoda Grant and David Stewart have opposed the pharmacy proposal since the suggestion was first raised and have called on the Scottish Government to introduced a moratorium on new pharmacy applications until new legislation is brought in and have also contacted Both MSPS have called for the application to be withdrawn with immediate effect.10/12/2013
A Dog is for Life, Not Just for Christmas
MSPs �PAWS FOR THOUGHT� THIS CHRISTMAS TO MARK 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF ICONIC DOGS TRUST SLOGAN. On Thursday 5th December, Members of the Scottish Parliament attended an event in Holyrood organised by Dogs Trust, the UK�s largest dog welfare charity, to raise awareness of its annual Christmas campaign.10/12/2013
�Scottish Government Should Meet with CAB over Payday Lenders� � Rhoda Grant MSP
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Labour) MSP, Rhoda Grant is calling on the Scottish Government to meet with the Citizens Advice Bureaux in order to explore how they can implement a number of recommendations published in a recent CAB report �Payday Loans: A Mayday Call�. Rhoda Grant MSP who has led the charge against the payday lenders across the region wants to see new measures introduced to help curb the increasing levels of personal debt across the Highland and Islands.10/12/2013
Don't serve up food poisoning this Christmas
The Food Standards Agency is issuing some top tips on safely cooking turkey and other seasonal food in the run up to Christmas to ensure people stay healthy and well. There top ten turkey tips to keep your Christmas free from food poisoning are: 1.9/12/2013
North road safety campaigner still pushing for Graduated Licence Scheme
Highlands & Islands (Labour) MSP and road safety campaigner, David Stewart who set up the Sensible Driving � Always Arriving campaign, back in 2010, after the death of two local Inverness teenagers, has not given up his hope to have a graduated licence scheme for young and new drivers introduced in Scotland as a pilot. Speaking earlier today he said � I have lobbied the UK Government long and hard on this issue.8/12/2013
Scotland�s place names revealed
Historical books with every place name that appeared on Victorian maps of Scotland now available online. Historical books with every place name that appeared on Victorian maps of Scotland have all been put online and are also featured in a display that opened on 6 December 2013.
8/12/2013
Young Mothers Programme Family Nurse Partnerships Expanded
Children born to young mothers are to be given a healthier start to life thanks to the extension of a support programme. The Family Nurse Partnership supports first time parents aged nineteen and under and already runs in seven health board areas.8/12/2013
Online safety plan by Scottish Government
Better information sharing between professionals, parents and young people is key to improving online safety, a group of experts has recommended. A summit on online safety, jointly chaired by Minister for Children and Young People Aileen Campbell and Minister for Learning Alasdair Allan, discussed a range of topics with the aim of restoring users� confidence in going online.8/12/2013
Council welcomes launch of new Highland Homecoming Fund
Senior Highland Councillors have warmly welcomed the launch of the Highland Homecoming Fund, which will give local groups the chance to bid for financial support of between �3,000 - �10,000 to organise a new or enhance an existing event linked to next year�s autumn celebrations. Highland Homecoming is a programme of events that will take place within The Highland Council area between 1 September - 31 October 2014.7/12/2013
Christmas Fun Day 2013 In Thurso
Thurso saw one of the busiest shpping days of the year when the Christmas Fun Day was held. Crafts at Caithness Horizons saw throngs of people throughout the day.
7/12/2013
Rural Affairs Committee welcomes increase in fines for littering and flytipping
Legislation that increases the fine paid by people who are caught littering or fly-tipping has been welcomed by the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee. The legislation, considered by the Committee, will increase fixed penalty notices for littering from �50 to �80 and for flytipping from �50 to �200 from 1 April 2014.6/12/2013
Morning Noon And Night Don't Drink or Drug Drive
Police in Highlands and Islands remind of drink and drug drive dangers as part of a national campaign. Police Scotland Highland and Islands Division are reminding road users in the area of the dangers and consequences of drink and drug driving at the start of the national Festive Drink Drive campaign.5/12/2013
Multi agency partners offer advice following power outages across the region
Emergency Services and partner agencies in the Highlands and Islands are asking members of the public to support elderly neighbours and family members following a large volume of power outages across the country which are affecting communities across the region. The severe weather, which has seen high winds, driving rain and snow affect the area has disrupted transport links and many roads since the early hours of this morning (05 December 2013).4/12/2013
MSPs press for new regulations on pharmacies
Having been informed by NHS Highland that the Health Board is not in a position to suspend a community pharmacy application until present legislation is revoked and replaced with other instruction, Highlands and Islands Labour MSPs, Rhoda Grant and David Stewart, have contacted the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Alex Neil, asking when the new legislation relating to the granting of these applications will be introduced. Rhoda Grant and David Stewart have been in dialogue with the Cabinet Secretary for Health about the legislation surrounding community pharmacy applications over recent months.Search Our Site
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