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04-Dec-15, 10:18
John O Groat Journal headlines for December 4, 2015
CLOSURE-threatened council-run garden nurseries in Caithness have won a partial reprieve, it emerged yesterday. Talks have come up with a compromise solution which was described by a campaigners against the proposal to axe the service as "the best we could have hoped for".
A FACEBOOK poll conducted by Highland Councill has descended into a scathing attack on the chief executive's £142,926 salary. The survey asked if people would be prepared to pay a bit more council tax to help keep services running, and, if so, what rise would be acceptable.
PROPOSALS to shut Highland schools for a half day on a Friday, could still go ahead despite a proposed new ruling by the SNP to guarantee primary pupils a minimum of 25 hours teaching time per week. Wick councillor, Bill Fernie, Highland Council's budget leader, said the proposed legislation did not rule out a shorter 4.5 day week.
NHS Highland's new boss, David Alston, has pledged that bed-blocking by elderly patients in north hospitals will be one of the challenges he will be expected to face head on.
SSE'S 33-turbine wind farm at Strathy North has gone live. The development seven kilometres north of the village, which has the potential to generate enough electricity to power 64,000 homes, began full commercial operation on Wednesday.
REGARDLESS of who Wick Academy were drawn against in the uncharted territory of the Scottish Cup fourth round, the club's focus remains on beating Linlithgow Rose to stay in the tournament. Manager Gordon Connelly is determined his team to do not look further afield than tomorrow afternoon, after discovering the winner of the Harmsworth Park clash will host either Forfar Athletic or Queen's Park at the start of January.
CLOSURE-threatened council-run garden nurseries in Caithness have won a partial reprieve, it emerged yesterday. Talks have come up with a compromise solution which was described by a campaigners against the proposal to axe the service as "the best we could have hoped for".
A FACEBOOK poll conducted by Highland Councill has descended into a scathing attack on the chief executive's £142,926 salary. The survey asked if people would be prepared to pay a bit more council tax to help keep services running, and, if so, what rise would be acceptable.
PROPOSALS to shut Highland schools for a half day on a Friday, could still go ahead despite a proposed new ruling by the SNP to guarantee primary pupils a minimum of 25 hours teaching time per week. Wick councillor, Bill Fernie, Highland Council's budget leader, said the proposed legislation did not rule out a shorter 4.5 day week.
NHS Highland's new boss, David Alston, has pledged that bed-blocking by elderly patients in north hospitals will be one of the challenges he will be expected to face head on.
SSE'S 33-turbine wind farm at Strathy North has gone live. The development seven kilometres north of the village, which has the potential to generate enough electricity to power 64,000 homes, began full commercial operation on Wednesday.
REGARDLESS of who Wick Academy were drawn against in the uncharted territory of the Scottish Cup fourth round, the club's focus remains on beating Linlithgow Rose to stay in the tournament. Manager Gordon Connelly is determined his team to do not look further afield than tomorrow afternoon, after discovering the winner of the Harmsworth Park clash will host either Forfar Athletic or Queen's Park at the start of January.