Brown River …
Disturbing reports and images at both the Gurn from Nurn and Simply Swans covering a sewage leak into the river. The words “raw sewerage” doesn’t seem adequate to describe the fact that wastes from local toilets is currently going straight into the river. The suggestion that this is being caused by “fat” somehow seems like [...]
Invicta PR’s Mark Cummings in sectarian abuse allegations
Invicta PR’s Mark Cummings is hardly a stranger to controversy – the now failed Carltongate Project in Edinburgh, and the recent Sandown planning application by Deveron are existing legacies. An ugly new development is being reported by The Times, though, claiming that sectarian abuse was sent from Mark Cummings’ mobile phone to Thomas Docherty, a [...]
Forres gets Wind Farm
The Berry Burn windfarm at Forres has been approved, with coverage at the BBC and Press and Journal. Previous coverage at the Forres Gazette shows local resitance, and that this is the first of seven on-going wind farm projects around Dava Moor. My initial reaction is that anyone who objects about wind farms being developed [...]
Nairn planning meetings to be televised
According to a report at the BBC, Highland Council is going to test televising council meetings via online webcasts. Planning and licensing committees will be shown on the local authority’s website from next month. Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey Licensing Committee will be the first to be broadcast, on 15 September. Webcasting services firm Public-i [...]
Grey squirrels approaching
The BBC reports that the Grey Squirrel is making it past the Cairngorms and is fast approaching – leading to calls for a cull: Concerns have been raised over the further spread of grey squirrels after sightings in the Cairngorms. The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) said greys were now spreading so far north its programme [...]
More whales in the Cromaty Firth
This time last year we witnessed a Sperm Whale enter the Moray Firth, unfortunately later dying. Now Bottle-Nosed Whales have been getting stranded off Cromaty: Marine conservationists are to carry out checks of the Cromarty Firth for a rare deep sea whale which escaped while attempts were made to humanely kill it. The animal became [...]
Gurn from Nurn: One of the most powerful blogspot blogs!
While doing a little surfing this evening, I found a mention a few months back from a brand monitoring group that lists the top 100 blogspot blogs that they monitor – and the Gurn from Nurn was on the list! Most often clipped bloggers While the Gurn’s presence at no.93 may seem low, it’s nice [...]