One week left for digital switchover
One more week left before the digital switchover completes in the Highlands, with the Rosemarkie transmitter being shut down on October 20th. If you receive Freeview, you will need to retune on that date as well, using the select installation option to go to the default settings, and then doing a rescan. Hopefully, the majority [...]
Glasgow School of Art to site in Forres
Hi Arts has put funding into creating a new satellite campus for the Glasgow School of Art at Forres: Glasgow School of Art to Open in Forres One of Europe’s most renowned international art schools is to launch a new satellite centre in the North of Scotland, adding to the growing number of higher education [...]
The exaggerated death of Nairn
“Reports of my death have been somewhat exaggerated.” A series of posts on the Gurn highlight some people crowing that Nairn is dead – underneath the satire of course is a real concern for recent planning to fill the town centre with yet more flats, at a time when the streetscape development of the High [...]
Nairn Harbour: otter and mink
Jaytee posts a nice collection of photos and videos from the latest visitor to Nairn Harbour, as well as some antics from the mink: – Nairn Harbour Otter – Mink gets an Osprey He alwso covers the story of one of the cygnets being caught up and injured by a fishing line. Hopefully a story [...]
Newsbleat to return?
It’s been a very quiet year from Newsbleat, normally the source of sharp-witted insight and satire. However, today the site has announced that “the bleating will resume soon”. Certainly something to look forward to – but a request to the Newsbleat owner – could you try and move to a blogging platform where we can [...]
Nairn police station faces reduced hours
The BBC reports on how Northern Constabulary is considering shutting down a number of police stations, and reducing hours worked at a number of others, in order to save money. Nairn police station gets a mention in a list of sites targeted for reduction of hours. Personally, I always find the focus on cost-efficiency with [...]
Highland Council restricts school swimming lessons
In their wisdom, the Highland Council has now dediced to restrict swimming lesson tuition in the local schools. The news was sent to local parents via a letter from their schools. P4 and P5 pupils will now be the only years to receive swimming lessons – and even then, only over 8 week period. The [...]