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Scottish News: Elderly man and woman injured as gales blow over caravans

on September 21, 2011 Total Views: 12 Daily Views: 1

Sep 21 2011 AN elderly man and woman were taken to hospital after high winds wreaked havoc in a caravan park. The Fire and Rescue Service said at least nine caravans were blown over at a site in Ayrshire as westerly gusts blasted Scotland. Emergency services were called to the Ranch Caravan site in Maybole at around 12.20pm today. No-one was trapped and everyone was accounted for, Fire and Rescue officers said. The man and the woman were taken to Ayr Hospital by ambulance after suffering cuts, bruises and slight lacerations. Neither the ambulance service nor Strathclyde Fire and Rescue were able to say how old the two people were. Wind speeds reached 60mph in exposed areas of the country, with gusts of up ...

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Isles MSP backs shooting of geese

on September 13, 2011 Total Views: 24 Daily Views: 0

13 September 2011 Last updated at 09:22 The call comes amid requests from the RSPB for sightings of geese Shooting wild geese to control their numbers on the Western Isles has been supported by the islands' MSP. Skeins of thousands of greylag geese have been blamed for causing severe damage to grass and crops for years. Fireworks are provided to scare birds under the Uist Goose Management Scheme, whose backers include Scottish Natural Heritage and RSPB Scotland. But Alasdair Allan said a lot more could be done "by way of shooting to solve the problem". He made his call after seeing the goose management scheme in action. The scheme is run as part of a four-year project called Machair Life+ [1] . The SNP MSP's comments came as RSPB Scotland asked for reports of geese arriving for the winter. Sightings of pink-footed geese were received ...

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MSP blasts MSP blasts Minister at refusal to meet community broadband representatives

on September 12, 2011 Total Views: 7 Daily Views: 0

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP and Shadow Minister for Finance and Infrastructure, Rhoda Grant, has said she is “disgusted” at the apathy being displayed by Scottish Ministers towards solving broadband connection problems in rural areas. Scottish Labour has been pressing the SNP Government to invest in rural broadband since it came into power in 2007.  Telecoms industry leader, BT, has also expressed fears that island communities will lose out on broadband connections unless the Scottish Government makes urgent investment.  The infrastructure to deliver broadband to rural areas needs vast improvement and community solutions need to be adopted to bring ‘last mile’ connections to some of Scotland’s remotest rural communities. Mrs Grant said “I visited the Tegola project in Knoydart in July and was shown first ...

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MSP blasts Minister’s broadband meeting snub

on September 12, 2011 Total Views: 14 Daily Views: 0

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP and Shadow Minister for Finance and Infrastructure, Rhoda Grant, has said she is ‘disgusted’ at the apathy being displayed by Scottish Ministers towards solving broadband connection problems in rural areas. Scottish Labour says it has been pressing the SNP Government to invest in rural broadband since it came into power in 2007.  It also claims that telecoms industry leader, BT, has also expressed fears that island communities will lose out on broadband connections unless the Scottish Government makes urgent investment.  The infrastructure to deliver broadband to rural areas needs vast improvement, says Scottish Labour, and community solutions need to be adopted to bring ‘last mile’ connections to some of Scotland’s remotest rural communities. Mrs Grant said: ‘I visited the Tegola project in Knoydart in July and was shown first hand how simple, and relatively cheaply, community ...

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Trust worried by wind plan delay

on September 6, 2011 Total Views: 8 Daily Views: 0

6 September 2011 Last updated at 20:24 The turbines could generate enough power for more than 100,000 properties A Western Isles community trust has raised concerns that plans for 42 turbines on its land could be delayed. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has recommended that some of the turbines should be removed from the proposal to protect eagles and red throated divers. The Stornoway Trust said making changes to...

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Residential course for aspiring crofters

on August 24, 2011 Total Views: 10 Daily Views: 0

The Scottish Crofting Federation has been helping new and would be crofters to make a strong start in crofting for over 10 years through its Entry Level Crofting Induction Course.  For the first time this year the course will be offered in a residential version, in response to the demand from people who would like to take the course but live some distance from the...

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