Flying operations end at RAF Kinloss

STV – More than 70 years of military history are drawing to an end as the last regular flying operations take off from RAF Kinloss. The air base is being closed and converted into an army base under the UK Government’s defence cuts programme. The RAF is due to leave the Moray station in March [...]

£22m equipment for cancer units

BBC – Five hospitals across Scotland are to receive new equipment, worth £22m, to treat cancer. The Scottish government awarded the contract for replacing radiotherapy machines to Varian Medical Systems. It is hoped the more technically-advanced equipment will treat tumours in a faster and more precise manner.

Danny Alexander to visit RAF Kinloss

STV – Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander is to visit an RAF station in Moray which is to be turned into an army base. Army units will move to RAF Kinloss by about 2014-15. It was earmarked for closure as an air base in the strategic defence review last year. Mr Alexander, Lib Dem MP [...]

Scotland declares war on knife crime

Daily Record – FIRST-TIME knife offenders will face up to four years in jail under a new crackdown across Scotland. Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland vowed hundreds of knife cases would be treated more seriously from today. And the news delighted anti-knife campaigners. Kelly McGee has campaigned for longer sentences since her Scots Guard brother Paul, [...]

Sat-nav check traps OAP attacker

BBC – A convicted rapist who carried out four attacks on elderly women in their own homes was caught after his car’s sat-nav was checked. Alexander Gable tied up and threatened the women, aged between 74 and 94, and indecently assaulted three of them. The 55-year-old forced his victims, who lived in Ayrshire, Stirlingshire and [...]

RAF Lossiemouth saved in defence review

BBC – Leuchars in Fife has lost its fight to retain its RAF base, with Lossiemouth in Moray becoming Scotland’s only such site. RAF Leuchars will become an army base, with its Typhoons leaving for Lossiemouth in 2013 and the army starting to move in later. Campaigners had been battling to keep both bases open. [...]

RAF bases decision ‘within days’

BBC – An announcement on the future of Scottish RAF bases could come soon, House of Commons leader Sir George Young has hinted. News on the future of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and RAF Leuchars in Fife is being anxiously awaited in both areas. Sir George Young said Defence Secretary Liam Fox was hoping to [...]

Tall ships to arrive in Ullapool

BBC – Twelve boats participating in the Tall Ships Races are to start arriving in Ullapool on their journey up the Scottish coast. Ocean Spirit was expected to arrive at the Highland village later with a further seven ships arriving on Friday and four on Saturday. Harbour master Kevin Peach said there could be eight [...]

Police seek missing Dingwall teenager

STV – A 14-year-old girl has been reported missing from her home in the Dingwall area. Roslynd Barbara Kotschujew, also known as Roslynd Deary, was last seen in the early hours of Saturday, July 9, at her home. She is described as being white and five feet one inch tall with a very slim build. [...]

Bad weather hits Scottish Open

Reuters – Heavy overnight rain and morning thunderstorms further disrupted the Scottish Open . A waterlogged Castle Stuart course was closed to the public, with no prospect of further play in the disrupted second round possible until at least 1300 GMT, European Tour officials said. Half the field, 78 players, still have to complete their [...]

Two people are killed in A9 crash

STV – Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on one of Scotland’s most dangerous roads. Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue were called to the scene on the A9 around seven miles south of Aviemore at around 9.30pm on Monday, June 4. Both vehicles were found to be on fire, and Northern Constabulary [...]

Batman and birdies boost economy

BBC – Batman has emerged an unlikely economic hero of the Scottish government. A large transport plane and its crew have been at government-owned Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) Inverness airport since last week. Hial declined to comment on what the C130 Hercules has been doing or what film project it has, or has [...]

Driver admits causing deaths of bikers

BBC – A man has admitted causing the deaths of a husband and wife by driving on the wrong side of the road and crashing into their motorcycle. Roland Bayon, 61, was on holiday from France when the smash happened on the A9 near Dalwhinnie in the Highlands in August 2010. Peter Corris, 54, and [...]

Six-year-old boy dies in fire at family home

STV – A six-year-old boy has died after being trapped in his burning family home. The boy, named locally as Aiden Davidson, was trapped in the blaze while his mother and elder sister escaped by jumping out of a first-floor window. The alarm was raised at 2.27am today (26 June) when neighbours heard screams coming [...]

Toddler thought to have died in fire

STV – A toddler is feared dead after being trapped in a large blaze at a family home in the Highlands in the early hours of Sunday morning. The child’s mother and young sister escaped from the burning property in Cromarty Drive, Milton in Invergordon. The alarm was raised at 2.27am when neighbours heard screams [...]

Marketing campaign for Cairngorms National Park

BBC – Cairngorms Business Partnership (CBP) which works with about 300 businesses in the Cairngorms National Park has secured £59,570 towards the drive. The funding has been awarded from the VisitScotland Growth Fund. CBP estimated that more than 1.5 million people visit the park every year and tourism was worth £160m-a-year to the area.

Enterprise Minister urges MoD to avoid further cuts

STV – There is an overwhelming defence, social and economic case for retaining Scotland’s RAF bases, Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing said during a meeting with community and business representatives in Moray. Mr Ewing met board members of the Moray Economic Partnership (MEP) and business and community leaders, as part of the Government’s ongoing support for [...]

Man trapped under steel structure dies

BBC – A man has died in hospital after he became trapped under a steel structure at a specialist engineering firm in the Highlands, police have confirmed. The incident happened at Port and Supply Base, in Invergordon, at about 0845 BST. The emergency services were called to the Shore Road site when the man in [...]

Hospital to reduce its beds for stroke patients

Scotsman – THE Highlands’ biggest hospital has put forward a proposal to cut the number of beds for stroke patients by a third. NHS Highland has confirmed it is considering reducing the provision of stroke/young adult rehabilitation (YARU) patients in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness from 30 to 20. The health board has stressed that before [...]

Cancer toddler denied best care ‘because he’s Scottish’

Scotsman – The family of a Forres toddler who has been battling cancer since he was eight weeks old claim that he is being denied first-class treatment because he lives in Scotland. Little Fraser Smith has had three operations to replace his right eye with a prosthetic but each time it has fallen out. Fraser’s [...]

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