Fergus Ewing to take up Swan Man’s case?
Joe Telfer was astonished when the Sheriff threw out the assault charge, brought after he was pushed into the river last year. The Crown Office regards the sheriff as incompetent in the case – but says there’s nothing they can do about it. Now Fergus Ewing has promised to chase this up. We have a [...]
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 [...]
Harbour boats burned
The Gurn covers the story of two boats burned out at the harbour, with original coverage and then a follow-up as they are removed. Normally The Nairnshire Telegraph’s “Cop This” section would be filled with small crimes stories – a broken window, a shoplifted bottle, or similar minor crimes. Someone the potential inclusion of the [...]
Body in the River
Good to see citizen journalism really at work. The Gurn covered the issue of the body found in the Nairn early on Sunday, and covered in detail I couldn’t find anywhere else: Police recover body from River Nairn In fact, aside from the BBC, only the Highland News has expanded on the basic details the [...]
Accident tragedy kills Nairn girl
News of the car accident on Marine Road early on Sunday morning is fleshed out as it’s revealed 23-year old Nairn girl, Sarah Miller, was killed. What’s all the more tragic is that the whole incident looks like it could so easily have been avoided – and typically it was the dangerous driver who got [...]
Local restuarant in scam warning
Kevin at the Latino restaurant makes the papers after someone tried to pass off a bundle of forged travellers cheques on him for a booking: Scam scandal! “The package arrived containing US $2500. I immediately suspected they were forged. “There was no embossed lettering and I could see there was no watermark so I took [...]
Inverness Christmas islands show vandalised
Didn’t even know this was on – and now I’m aware of it, no chance of being able to take the kids to see it: Christmas islands show vandalised A festive lights display on islands on the River Ness near Inverness city centre has been damaged by vandals. Highland Council said more than 10,000 people [...]
Boiling water man refused bail
A case we might see more of in the coming weeks: No bail for boiling water assault charge man Raimond Morganti was remanded in custody after appearing in private at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday. The 42-year-old, of King Street, Nairn, was committed for further examination after he made no plea or declaration to four charges [...]
Millbank and Junior World vandalised
Millbank and Junior World were vandalised last Friday night, apparently, but I only just learned about it yesterday (and there was no coverage in this week’s Nairnshire). Basically, one or more complete fuckwits smashed windows at Junior World and Millbank school, and daubed graffiti around – mostly for “NBC” as well as some graphic images [...]