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 [...]

One person missing after large house fire

STV – A person is unnaccounted for after a woman and child escaped from after large house fire in Milton, Invergordon. The blaze broke out shortly before 2.30am on Sunday in Cromarty Drive and police, ambulance and fire services were still at the scene at 10am. Ambulance crews took the woman and child to Raigmore [...]

Jury trial hears of knife attack claim

North Star – A MAN claimed today he was stabbed in the face by his friend as he mourned the passing of his dog. Before a jury at Tain Sheriff Court, 36-year-old Brian O’Donnell told how he had gone to a house in Kilmuir Place, Invergordon, on March 9 this year for a drink after [...]

Worker who died in Invergordon is named

STV – A worker who died after becoming trapped under a steel platform in Invergordon has been named. Donald MacDonald, 55, was found at Port and Supply engineering base in Shore Road, at around 8.45am on Sunday, with severe injuries. The pipe fitter, of Steading Cottages in Wester Rarichre Farm, Fearn, was taken to hospital [...]

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 [...]

Three more TB Cases in Ross-shire

Highland News – THREE more cases of turberculosis have been confirmed in Ross-shire, health authorities said yesterday. South Lodge Primary School in Invergordon is currently at the centre of a TB scare after a P1 pupil contracted the lung infection. Now NHS Highland has confirmed that there are three new cases of TB in Ross-shire, [...]

Primary pupil confirmed TB case

BBC – A P1 pupil at a Highlands schools has been confirmed as having tuberculosis (TB), NHS Highland has said. Other children and staff at South Lodge Primary in Invergordon have been offered screening for the bacterial disease. NHS Highland said the child did not catch TB at school and remained well. The health board [...]

Invergordon street reopens after explosives alert

BBC – A street in Invergordon has been reopened after an explosive device described as an “old item of ordnance” was made safe. Both ends of Shore Road were closed off for about 4 hours, while bomb disposal experts made the device safe. A member of the public alerted the emergency services to the find [...]

Elgin man became banking success in Canada after war

Press and Journal – A well-known Elgin man who enjoyed a distinguished banking career in Canada has died. He was 88. Ian MacLaren was the vice-president of the Business Development Bank of Canada and a fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers. He died at Mull Hall Residential Home, Invergordon Easter Ross, last week. His [...]

Campaigners fight on to stop £43m incinerator scheme

Press and Journal – Campaigners fighting to stop a proposed incinerator being built in an Easter Ross town are getting ready to make the case for a public local inquiry at a meeting later this month. Scottish Government reporter Richard Dent will hold a pre-examination meeting on April 28 to enable objectors to put forward [...]

Driver is cleared after death of oilman

Press and Journal – A man has been cleared of causing the death of his car passenger by driving carelessly on an Aberdeenshire road. George Thorpe had been charged with causing the death of oil worker Alan Charlesworth, 55, by driving carelessly and causing a three-vehicle accident on the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen road. The [...]

HMS Sutherland’s visit cut for operational reasons

BBC – A warship’s visit to a Highlands port has been cut short for operational reasons, the Royal Navy has said. HMS Sutherland has arrived at Invergordon to be given the freedom of the county of Sutherland. The ship and crew were expected to stay until Monday, but they will leave on Sunday morning. The [...]

Crisis averted after blaze on oil rig at Invergordon

Press and Journal – A BLAZE on an oil rig at Invergordon raised fears of a major incident yesterday. A quick response from the on-board crew of the Borgsten Dolphin rig and Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service helped to avert a crisis. The fire started at 11.10am in the starboard aft leg pump-room [...]

‘Powerful’ wave device to be tested off Scottish coast

BBC – A wave power developer has said that its largest and most powerful device will be tested off Scotland’s coast. Warwick-based Ocean Power Technologies’ (OPT) PB150 PowerBuoy will be deployed from Invergordon in the Highlands. The trials of the wave power device have the consent of the Scottish government, the company said. OPT said [...]

Residents step up incinerator fight

Press and Journal – Angry Easter Ross residents who are fighting a decision to allow an incinerator to be built in their town are holding a public meeting next week to gain more public support. Ross Estates, known locally as Balnagown Estates, which is owned by millionaire ex-Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed, has been supporting [...]

Highland murderer fails to overturn conviction

STV – A robber serving a life sentence for a hammer attack which left a man dead has failed to overturn his murder conviction. James Casey, 46, has been protesting his innocence for 20 years and hoped that new scientific techniques identifying DNA on a pair of white gloves would clear his name. But judges [...]

Ross models in running for Ubergirl crown

North Star – TWO aspiring Ross-shire models have made it through to the local final of a national talent contest which is being staged in the Highlands for the first time. Tanya George (23), who lives in Invergordon, and Sammy Brown (20), from North Kessock, will take to the stage in Hush in Inverness on [...]

Rig fall death ‘tragic accident’

BBC – A workman’s death in a fall from an oil rig docked at Invergordon was a tragic accident, according to a sheriff. Scaffolder Lewis MacDonald, 35, from Alness, was working on the Ocean Princess when he died in November 2008. He fell 39m (130ft) after stepping on to corroded grating, despite a barrier being [...]

Residents wear quilts amid fuel bills crisis

Ross-Shire Journal – Householders in Strathpeffer and Invergordon told the Journal they wrap quilts around themselves and wear dressing gowns over their clothes in their homes to avoid being stung by crippling bills generated by the expensive heating system. One tenant with medical problems, who has not used her heating for more than a year [...]

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