TRAGEDY and kayaking all too often go hand-in-hand in Scotland. THE waters of the west Highlands have proved a fatal challenge for families taking to their kayaks. In 2010, student Emily Parker, 20, was swept to her death after her kayak capsized in a raging torrent in the fast flowing River Coe. ...
NewsPolice said some roads in Jedburgh in the Borders are closed after flash flooding hit the area. EMERGENCY services are dealing with serious flooding in southern Scotland following torrential rain this morning. Police said some roads in Jedburgh in the Borders are closed after flash flooding hit the area. Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue...
NewsWEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SHETLAND Friday, 29th June 2012 at 12:26 HEADLINES TODAY: FOG CLEARING, SHOWERS TONIGHT: MOSTLY DRY, MISTY TOMORROW: RAIN THEN SHOWERS DAYS 3-5: RAIN OR SHOWERS, BECOMING BREEZY FOR A TIME DAYS 6-10: LESS UNSETTLED SUMMARY Fog and low cloud across Shetland this morning clearing by the afternoon. Orkney brighter but with some occasionally heavy showers. Mainly light or moderate S to SE’ly winds. Tonight mostly dry with some clear spells, but some rain edging into Orkney later. Also becoming misty with fog patches. ...
NewsUBC's office in Inverness NINETY-EIGHT people in Inverness have lost their jobs today following building and civil engineering company UBC going into administration. In total the company has made 238 redundancies across Scotland including 90 in the Western Isles, 45 in Bathgate and five in Glasgow. On Tuesday, the company, based in Henderson Drive, Inverness, went into administration after experiencing cash flow problems due to challenging trading conditions. Elizabeth Mackay, Joint Administrator and Lead Partner for Zolfo Cooper in Scotland gave the news this afternoon. "It was with great regret that we have had to take today’s extremely difficult decision. "We are fully aware of the impact that these redundancies have on the communities in which UBC Group operated for many years and my team...
NewsINVERNESS-based construction group UBC has gone into administration, throwing the future of its workforce of 277 all over Scotland into doubt. With headquarters in Henderson Road, Inverness, UBC is a privately owned building and civil engineering company trading as UBC Group, Wyvis Building Services, Wyvis Roofing and Mardon Project Services. Together these businesses turn over around £31 million and employ 277 permanent members of staff in Inverness, Glasgow...
NewsAuthor and Shetland Times columnist Donald Murray has been awarded the prestigious Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. The award will give Mr Murray, originally from Lewis, “time and space” to write and think while he works on a number of pieces he has in the pipeline. It is designed to take writers ...
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