The Nairn Show is a huge success

Inverness Courier – THE annual Nairn Show on Saturday was the biggest and best in years according to the show’s convenor, David Hay. Glorious sunshine attracted about 4,000 to the event which was organised by the Nairnshire Farming Society at Kinnudie Farm in Auldearn where spectators were treated to live stock shows, food and craft [...]

Mesolithic ‘rest stop’ found at new Sainsbury’s site

BBC – Archaeologists believe the remains of burned oak uncovered at the site of the first Sainsbury’s in the Highlands to be evidence of an ancient “rest stop”. The supermarket and a filling station are being constructed on the outskirts of Nairn, at a cost of about £20m. Headland Archaeologists investigated the site ahead of [...]

Central Highlands ‘Scotland’s top economic performer’

BBC – The north of Scotland has had one of the best economic performances of any region of Britain in recent years, according to Bank of Scotland research. It indicated the central Highlands grew rapidly in the decade leading up to the recession. Between 1998 and 2008, the value of economic activity per person in [...]

Work order for race abuse Nairn dad

Highland News – A NAIRN man racially abused another man who had an affair with his wife. John Ross (54) of Queen Street, admitted at Inverness Sheriff Court acting in a racially aggressive manner and causing distress to Kenneth Finnerty by repeatedly uttering abuse and threatening him with violence on High Street, Nairn on May [...]

New partnership to promote Highland golf courses

BBC – The elite of Highland golf have formed an alliance to boost their marketing of the region’s courses. The Highland Golf Links partnership includes Castle Stuart Golf Links, Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Nairn Golf Club, Culloden House Hotel, Newton Hotel and Royal Golf Hotel in Dornoch. The Moray Firth businesses have been given a [...]

Capgemini may relocate Inverness and Nairn work

BBC – IT company Capgemini is looking into the potential of relocating some of the work done at its offices in Inverness and Nairn, it has confirmed. The firm said a fraction of its 450 employees in the Highlands were involved, but it hoped to avoid having to make redundancies. Capgemini said in “ever challenging [...]

Highlands SNP pushes out Lib Dems

BBC – The collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote in Scotland has resulted in two new seats for the SNP in the Highlands. The Nationalists have taken Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. The party also held Inverness and Nairn and Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles), with increased majorities. The first [...]

Top cop in pledge to find banker’s killer

Inverness Courier – THE region’s new chief constable has ordered a detailed report on the hunt for the killer of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson. George Graham is telling his officers not to give up on the investigation into the death of the father-of-two, who was shot dead on his doorstep on the evening of 28th [...]

Highland Council offers wee fee for comfort scheme

BBC – Communities and businesses are being sought to provide toilets to the public in areas where the local authority-run loos will be closed down. Highland Council will provide a monthly payment in return for the running of a suitable service under its Highland Comfort scheme. Last month, councillors agreed to shut 14 public toilets [...]

Highland school placing request results expected

BBC- Parents in Highland expect to hear this week the results of any placing requests made for their children to go to schools outwith their catchment. Highland Council said 161 requests were made in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey. In Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 112 placing requests have been made for 2011-12. Here the [...]

Airport plan ‘pie in the sky’

Press and Journal – A row broke out yesterday after a leading economist dismissed as “pie in the sky” plans for a massive new business park hailed as a huge boost to the north economy. The first phase of the scheme beside Inverness Airport is expected to generate 1,200 jobs and attract £30million of investment. [...]

Man fined for lying on railway track in Nairn

BBC – A man has been fined £400 for lying down on tracks at Nairn train station. Inverness Sheriff Court heard Liam Fraser, 25, a landscaper from Nairn was seen entering the station just after 1600 GMT on 24 December 2010. Depute fiscal Karen Smith said Fraser seemed to be under the influence of alcohol. [...]

Nairn council houses to be checked out for asbestos

Press and Journal – Council houses at Nairn are to be checked for asbestos after evidence of the potentially deadly material was found during an upgrade of the heating systems. Residents of 26 homes in the Queenspark area of the town have been told to stay out of their lofts where the substance has been [...]

Officials urge Nairn flats approval despite opposition

Press and Journal – Plans for new flats on the site of a vacant Nairn surgery are being recommended for approval by councillors, despite concerns from the local community. The Lodgehill Road medical centre will be demolished and a two-storey block of 11 flats will be built in its place under the plans by Morrisons. [...]

Nairn drug addict jailed for dealing heroin in the town

Press and Journal – A Nairn drug addict was jailed for 18 months yesterday after admitting selling heroin in the town. Troy Green, 35, of 17c Albyn Court, pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin between November and December 2009. He also admitted dealing the drug between January and February last year. [...]

Teenager jailed for setting Nairn harbour boats on fire

STV – A teen fireraiser who sparked a blazing inferno of four boats in a harbour broke down as she was jailed for 16 months. Dawn MacRae, 18, was depressed and “wanted to make someone else’s life as bad as her own” when she set a cabin cruiser alight in Nairn Harbour. The fire took [...]

Work starts on £20m Nairn Sainsbury’s

Press and Journal – Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has made its way to the Highlands at last, and yesterday work started on a new £20million store and filling station at Nairn that promises 300 jobs. And the company is currently still in talks to bring the brand to Inverness. The 25,000sq ft development on land on [...]

Highland Council to cut 14 public toilets

BBC – Highland Council is to shut 14 public toilets and restrict opening times at others to help it save more than £320,000 over the next two years. Toilets will be shut where a shop, pub or community group is willing to offer its facilities to the public. Sixteen premises in the region are already [...]

Reservists to recreate Jacobite night march

BBC – The Territorial Army (TA) are preparing to retrace a possible route followed by Jacobite forces who were attempting to ambush a government camp in 1746. The night march of 15 April, 265 years ago, was aborted short of its target on the outskirts of Nairn. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s forces were defeated at Culloden [...]

Return to wintry chaos as icy blast hits north

Press and Journal – Winter came roaring back to the Highlands yesterday, bringing road and air chaos, with whiteout conditions in some parts. Forecasters warned last night that more snow was on the way, with up to 10in predicted for some areas along with gale-force winds. Motorists travelling to Inverness suffered traffic jams and queues [...]

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