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Primary pupils raise funds for Breast Cancer UK |
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Friday 27th January 2012 Six Primary seven girls from Portree Primary School have raised over £200 by selling baking and old toys to their friends. They will be donating the money to the charity Breast Cancer UK as they felt they all knew people who had been affected by the disease. Shakita Munro, Kirsty MacLean, Charlotte Becky, Zoe Forrest, Megan Kalaher and Karli Miles organised the event and contributed all the goods sold.
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Parents celebrate after council change of heart on croileagen |
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Friday 27th January 2012 Parents in the Lewis village of Balallan are celebrating after forcing Comhairle nan Eilean Siar into a re-think on the provision of places for a pre-school Gaelic playgroup.
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Strong response to delivery charges survey |
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Friday 27th January 2012 Citizens Advice Scotland have received over 3,000 replies to their survey on delivery charges to rural areas as Scots from across the country express their anger at being made to pay inflated charges due to their location. The survey was the brainchild of Angela Murphy, bureau administrator and social policy co-ordinator with the Skye and Lochalsh Citizens Advice Bureau, who like many other rural residents was tired of paying over the odds for delivery charges. Initially just taking in Skye, the survey then grew into a national campaign with 3,100 responses received prior to the closing date last week. Angela Murphy is pictured with Citizen Advice Scotland's initial report on inflated delivery charges to rural areas
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Early reopening of Stromeferry bypass |
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Friday 27th January 2012 Fully reopening the A890 at Stromeferry will happen a month earlier than planned, Highland Council said this week. Although the date he gave to a public meeting in Lochcarron last week was 20th April, transport director Neil Gillies told the Free Press this week the reopening had been brought forward to 17th March. |
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Fighting to be legalised in Stornoway pub |
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Friday 27th January 2012 A former public bar in Stornoway is to undergo a radical transformation as the home of a Thai boxing gym and fitness suite.
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Celebrations as Ullaspool marks official opening |
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Friday 27th January 2012 Funders who made the rebuilding work at the Ullaspool swimming pool in Ullapool possible were given a tour of the new facility last week as part of the official reopening.
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Tesco and Co-op going head-to-head in Portree |
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Friday 27th January 2012 It seems likely that supermarket groups the Co-operative and Tesco will now be applying for planning permission for developments in Portree at the same time. The Co-operative Group will hold a pre-application public event in Portree next month to outline their proposals for a major redevelopment of their Dunvegan Road supermarket. Among the plans are a new-look food store, petrol station, improved car parking and additional shop units for both food and non-food retailers. Tesco representatives, meanwhile, are expected to attend Highland Council’s pre-application advice service meeting on 22nd February. This will allow developers Oatridge Ltd the chance to discuss their proposals with officials from across council services and other agencies. |
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Norrie T Macdonald - The 19th Hole |
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Friday 27th January 2012 Most of you will doubtless have read between the lines last week and swiftly removed any remaining money you had invested in Eastman Kodak prior to it filing for bankruptcy in the US. You need to be careful about mentioning stocks and shares in any respectable and widely-read newspaper these days as many folk are all too quick to assume that there may be an ulterior motive. And to think I would have made a wonderful replacement for Larry King! |
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Also in the West Highland Free Press this week |
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• Hauliers to meet with minister as ferry fare dispute intensifies • Comhairle unanimous in their opposition to Barra SAC • Ofgem announcement carries no good news for isles renewables • Strong winds hamper Glenmore runners |
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