Rape bid charge teen remanded in custody

Highland News – A TEENAGER facing a High Court trial on a charge of assault with intent to rape has been remanded in custody following an incident with the mother of his alleged victim. John Brown (18) of Station Road, Beauly, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted breaking the peace on June 6 at [...]

Police concerned for woman after 999 call

Northern Constabulary are concerned for the wellbeing of a female having received an emergency call on Thursday (7 July) at around 8pm.
The call ended before the police could establish her details and location
to all information regarding her details and location being received but it is though she may have a dog with her and have [...]

Calf sees pony as mother figure

BBC – A two-month-old calf has been paired up with a 22-year-old Highland pony after being separated from its mother. Crofter Donna Maclennan is hand-rearing the Charolais cross, called Ella, with help from Katie the pony.
Ella was a twin and Ms Maclennan had been concerned her mother would not be able to raise both on [...]

Pippa Middleton crosses the Highlands for charity duathlon

Celebrity-Gossip.net – Pippa Middleton arrived in the Highlands by helicopter to take part in the 50-mile coast-to-coast Highland Cross 2011 challenge today (June 18). The sister to the Duchess of Cambridge joined friends to take part in the duathlon as part of a team. As for the event, the Highland Cross challenge is a 50 [...]

Cost of Beauly Denny power line scheme rises to £600m

BBC – The cost of a controversial new power line from Beauly to Denny has almost doubled, it has emerged. The eventual price of the scheme is now expected to be around £600m, compared to the original prediction of around £331m in 2004. The cost will be met by consumers, but regulator Ofgem estimated it [...]

Woman who died in Highland road crash named

STV – A pensioner who died in a two-car crash in the Highlands has been named by police. Mina Mackenzie, 77, was driving a grey Microcar which crashed with a silver Citroen C4 on the A862 near Beauly on Saturday evening. The victim, who was from from Tomich Holdings by Beauly, died at the scene. [...]

War brides author tackles grandfather’s Highland story

BBC – A Canadian author is coming to Scotland to uncover more details about her grandfather’s five years in the Highlands during World War II. Melynda Jarratt will also draw on almost 300 letters Patrick Hennessy exchanged with his family back home. Mr Hennessy joined the army in 1940 when he was 56 and served [...]

New Beauly wood will mark Queen’s anniversary

BBC – A new woodland is being planted in Ross-shire to commemorate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, marking Queen Elizabeth’s 60th year as monarch. The new site will be on land at Aigas Field Centre near Beauly. The Woodland Trust’s Jubilee Woods project aims to create 60 commemorative woods across the UK. Bosses at the trust [...]

‘Right Royal Tea’ aids ARCHIE appeal

Inverness Courier – BEAULY Brownies celebrated the Royal Wedding three days early to raise money for a new children’s ward at Raigmore Hospital. They invited pensioners along to their weekly meeting and served up a “Right Royal Tea” which was followed by entertainment including dancing and singing. They also held a raffle with the proceeds [...]

Top groups to headline Belladrum festival

Press and Journal – Echo and the Bunnymen and Frightened Rabbit are joining the line-up for a hotly anticipated Highland summer festival. The two critically-acclaimed groups will be headlining the Hothouse Tent at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, near Beauly. Scottish acts Texas and Deacon Blue are headlining the main stage at the two-day festival, which [...]

Three village police stations to close on 31 March

Three village police stations will close on the 31 March as part of the Northern Joint Police Board’s cost-cutting process.
The board agreed the closure of a number of police stations at its meeting in January, in order to avoid a further reduction in police staff numbers and to maintain officers at highest possible levels within [...]

Elderly woman rescued as her home is destroyed by blaze

Press and Journal – An elderly woman had to be rescued when a blaze destroyed her Inverness-shire home on Saturday. Three appliances from Inverness and Beauly went to the two-storey house in Knockbain, near Moniack, after they received a call about 4pm. On arrival, firefighters discovered that the elderly occupant, named locally as Isobel Lamont [...]

Rare wildlife survey ahead of Beauly sub station work

BBC – A sub-station revamp required for the upgrading of the Beauly to Denny power line has been granted planning permission by Scottish ministers. An existing station at Balblair Quarry, near Beauly, in the Highlands, is to be extended. But Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Ltd must meet several conditions before any work starts. These include [...]

Powerline could go underground – experts

Scotsman – CAMPAIGNERS claim two new studies have boosted the case for a controversial powerline linking the Highlands to Central Scotland to be buried underground. Energy minister Jim Mather last year approved the £350 million proposal for a 137-mile 400kV overhead line from Beauly to Denny to replace an existing 132kV line despite widespread opposition. [...]

Broadcaster snubbed big tourism event to avoid clash

Press and Journal – Broadcaster Cameron McNeish snubbed a major tourism event because he could not bring himself to share the stage with the SNP minister who approved giant pylons for the Beauly-Denny power line and controversial onshore windfarms. The hillwalker and documentary-maker was invited recently by the Cairngorms National Park Authority and VisitScotland to [...]

Beauly steps up push to save its local police station

Press and Journal – A CAMPAIGN to save Beauly police station moved up a gear yesterday as businesses in the village were urged to write to express their concerns to the head of Northern Constabulary. Chief Constable Ian Latimer wants to make £4.7million of savings by closing 16 stations across the north, cutting the opening [...]

Top chef opens kitchen shop at Beauly

Press and Journal – AWARD-WINNING Skye chef Lady Claire Macdonald launched her newest cookery venture in the Highlands at the weekend. She celebrated the opening of the Claire Macdonald Kitchen Shop at the House of Beauly on Saturday. Her husband, Lord Godfrey Macdonald, was drafted in at the last minute to officiate at the opening, [...]

Pylon impact plans ‘inadequate’

BBC – Councillors in Stirling have branded proposals to reduce the impact of the Beauly to Denny power line as “wholly inadequate”. Callum Campbell, chairman of the council’s power line steering group, said mitigation plans did little to address communities’ concerns. The councillor has written to Scottish Power calling for the line to be buried. [...]

Fly tippers put access to river path in danger

Inverness Courier – LOCAL people have criticised fly-tippers for ditching rubbish near a scenic riverside spot for the second time in three months. The latest incident saw a pile of car tyres and scrap rubber left beside Ferry Road in Beauly which leads onto the riverside path. They were spotted just 100 or so metres [...]

Rugby star leads pylons protest

BBC – The former Scotland rugby international Kenny Logan is set to lead a protest in Stirling calling for the Beauly to Denny power line to be buried. Anti-pylon protesters have described the demonstration as a “last chance” to change the overhead line. The Scottish government granted consent for the 220 km (137 miles) project [...]

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