Here comes the snow …
It’s been reported over the past week that snow and a long cold snap was heading to the UK, with north-east Scotland expected to take the brunt of bad weather. After a very chilly few days in Nairn we’ve not seen the snow fall here yet, but according to the BBC it’s now coming in [...]
More fatalities on the A9
Sad to see the past few days already seeing various accidents along the A9 between Perth and Inverness, with two people reportedly killed today at an area just undergoing dualling because of being a notorious accident blackspot. Two dead in car crash on A9 near Dalwhinnie Parents are badly injured as car leaves A9 Transport [...]
Nairn gets seriously NICE
The Gurn reports that the recent community uprising against Highland Council’s planning fiascos has resulted in the legal formation of the Nairn Improvement Community Enterprise, or NICE, for short. According to the press release on the NICE website: At a meeting on Thursday 28 October some thirty concerned residents of Nairn, including representatives of all [...]
More BT broadband problems
Looks like the Edinburgh exchange failed for BT again, taking out a lot of the internet services across the highlands: BT broadband connection problems continue Customers of ISP’s who use BT lines would also have been impacted, on top of BT’s own. This echoes problems BT reported with its exchange on Saturday evening, with parts [...]
Local fireworks events?
Trying to find out what organised events may be put on for this Friday. Can’t find any information online for Forres, which I understand normally does a fireworks show? Or has that been hit by cutbacks? Any recommendations for fireworks events this week much appreciated.
Back online after internet failure
The failure of the BT failure at the Edinburgh exchange generates a lot of press this morning, not least the fact that the BT broadband subscribers in the Highlands were among those hit. According to reports, BT engineers spent the night fixing the problem, meaning that we were able to get back online this morning. [...]
Streetscape: the final verdict?
So, the barriers are finally removed, traffic is allowed back up the High Street, and Streetscape is finished. Lack of political will and leadsership seems to have left everyone with an attempt at compromise, that pleases no one, and addresses nothing. The big problem is that Nairn was lucky to receive the Streetscape funding, which [...]
Maggot Flats completed
The flats by the maggot have been completed a little while now, with the builders removing the last of their equipment from the site over the past few weeks. Certainly they’ve been no stranger to controversy, and they looked awful going up over the summer. However, they look a lot better now they are completed. [...]
Labour Party in personal attack on Danny Alexander
Sad to see that instead of trying to come up with any kind of credible plan for the economy, Labour members are instead just taking cheap shots at the Liberal Democrats. It’s as if the Labour party thinks itself only electable if they can discredit the Lib Dems. While the existing coalition cuts are not [...]
Somerfield refit: paid for with job losses?
Co-op appear to have put another boot in on Nairn. According to staff at the main Co-op owned Somerfield, the refit the place just went through is going to be paid for with job losses. Somewhere there’s a press release with the Co-op posturing that the refit was an investment into the town. Sounded grand [...]