George Gunn has a play about the rocket range in Sutherland touring - The Fallen Angels of the Moine. A serious subject but surprisingly injected with many humerous points.
We all love good stories. They don't just entertain us, they define how we see the world and, importantly, how we can change it.
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Neil Gray has issued a statement identifying racism as a significant public health challenge, and a key cause of health inequalities. Echoing the First Minister and other Scottish Government ministers' comments on racism in the wake of recent violence in other parts of the United Kingdom, the Health Secretary has outlined various measures, including asking health boards to develop and deliver their own anti-racism plans.
Education has not been a prominent part of the election debates, and further education even less so. But as Sandra McNally, Guglielmo Ventura and Gill Wyness argue, economic growth depends on paying much more attention to education, especially for the half of pupils who do not go to university.
From the BBC highlighting the new charges from 7 October 2024. Royal Mail has announced it will hike the price of first-class stamps by 30p due to "very real and urgent" financial challenges.
Platinum Group Metals Recycling Ltd and its only director, Edvars Stancik, have been found guilty of illegally trading in catalytic convertors in Lincolnshire. Stancik formerly of St Thomas Court, Long Sutton, failed to attend a trial at Lincoln Crown Court on his own behalf or that of his company.
The UK has trained more than 45,000 Ukrainian recruits since Putin began his illegal full-scale invasion in 2022. The UK will train further cohorts of Ukrainian men and women to become soldiers on British soil, as part of this new government's commitment to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.
This is a longer video from Richard Murphy but if you can listen to it all you will have had a masterclass in economics. You will then perhaps listen to politicians much more critically when they speak about the deficit and be able to spot many of the mis-statements and wrong information about their policies.
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The Government is planning the largest set of workplace reforms in a generation, with plans to overhaul multiple areas of employment policy. These have the potential to make real inroads in the problem of insecurity at work, and would particularly benefit low-paid workers, who bear the brunt of labour market insecurity.
According to the recent Big Scottish Scam Survey, some of the most common scams experienced by Scottish consumers are so-called 'Hello Mum/Dad' scams. This is when a scammer poses as a family member or friend and sends messages via text or WhatsApp to ask you to transfer money to pay an urgent bill or invoice.
From 24 September 2024 it will be an offence to intentionally or recklessly influence, harass or prevent anyone from accessing or providing abortion services in protected zones around certain hospitals and clinics. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act 2024 comes into force and creates protected zones of 200 metres around all premises providing abortion services.
Legislation to create a carbon budget approach to setting climate targets has been published. The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill seeks to amend the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, in response to the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) advice that Scotland's interim emissions reduction target for 2030 was beyond what could be achieved.
Tuition in a range of instruments e.g. guitar, fiddle, drums with local musicians..
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced a review of Creative Scotland to ensure its operations and structure are optimal to the needs of the culture sector, as part of this year's Programme for Government. The review, which will be the first since the public body’s establishment in 2010, will examine Creative Scotland’s remit and functions as a funding body, and how the overall impact of planned increases in levels of public funding can be maximised to support sustainability in the sector and in participation in the arts.
This report sets out the method through which the Living Pension standard - a voluntary savings target that aims to help workers build up a pension pot that will provide enough income to meet basic everyday needs in retirement. This is calculated by the Resolution Foundation, and overseen by the Living Wage Commission on behalf of the Living Wage Foundation.
Chamber Music Scotland has launched a new Small Venues Touring Fund to support Scotland-based musicians to tour small venues across the country. Supported by Creative Scotland, the Small Venues Touring Fund will distribute grants of up to £5000 to cover performance fees.
Your mouth is one of the most diverse habitats in the human body. It contains over 700 known species of bacteria, as well as yeasts, viruses and some protozoa.
It is important for everyone - but especially girls, women and people who menstruate - to understand how ovulation and menstruation work. The menstrual cycle is a key indicator of overall health and sadly, issues such as pain, mood swings or abnormal bleeding are common.
On 4 September John Swinney announced a reversal of the cut to funding for Creative Scotland. In only two weeks the Scottish Government changed their mind on arts funding.
Our next Bingo night 11th September!. Please note we are back to a Wednesday!.
Tha aon de na prìomh bhuidhnean aig teis mheadhan leasachadh na Gàidhlig bho chionn ùine an impis ceann-bliadhna sònraichte chomharrachadh. ‘S ann air an 7mh Sultain, 1984 a chaidh ainm a chuir ri pàipearan a' stèidheachadh Comunn na Gàidhlig, agus tha CnaG air a bhith aig cridhe an iomairt leasachaidh cànain fad an dà fhichead bliadhna bhon uairsin.
The Chariot, The Flag and the Empty, Empty Houses is a play with music written by Daniel Cullen, built after workshops. Conversations had with people on the Isle of Skye.
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19 20 21 September 2024. Join us as the Wyrd Sisters Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick Solve the problems of the discworld country of Lancre.
From Highlife Highland Ranger service. Often at our guided walks and events we request donations for going towards our nature conservation work and our environmental education work in particular with schools.
From Anne-Marie Cassidy C.Hyp RTTP Charmed Life Therapy Therapeutic Hypnotherapy Services I am running a free, 4 day, trauma & anxiety workshop next month that people can do online in their own homes and experience hypnotherapy for free. There will also be some daily training about why you feel the way you do, and how your mind processes trauma, and lots of help and support too.
High Life Highland has entered a five-year partnership with OOLIO UK to provide an Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) system for the Inverness Castle Experience. OOLIO UK's flagship ‘SwiftPOS' is a digital checkout and till system that uses award-winning technology to record customer sales, enable payment transactions, monitor stock levels and more.
Consultation on 165 kilometre subsea HVDC cable between Sinclair Bay and Rattray Head in Aberdeenshire. Also information on landfall at Rattray Head and Netherton Hub.
Almost 4,000 children and young people will have the opportunity to realise their potential through music education supported by £2.6 million of Scottish Government funding. Sistema Scotland's Big Noise programme uses music and nurturing relationships to improve the lives of children and young people and strengthen communities.
A British arms company has abandoned plans to detonate fragmentation bombs in the middle of the Flow Country world heritage site, the Guardian can reveal. The company, Overwatch, asked the Civil Aviation Authority this month for permission to carry out "live fire testing" of anti-personnel bombs dropped by drones on to land owned by the Liberal Democrat peer John Thurso.
NHS Highland urges parents and carers to ensure their child is protected against flu this winter. It's as easy as a wee scoosh up the nose.
Techno music brought to Caithness in association with techno pulse recordings and the Caithness Cartel.
A Caithness Family History Event where staff from NLS will give information about, and help to use, the library's online maps, directories and much more. Great resources for family and local history enthusiasts..
Creative Scotland has taken the difficult decision to close the Open Fund for Individuals to new applications due to the Scottish Government being unable to confirm release of £6.6m in Grant-in-Aid budget in the current financial year, 2024-25. The Fund will close to new applications from 2pm on Friday 30th August 2024.
A large scale online survey will take place over the next few weeks until the end of September 2024. Community organisations across the Highlands and Islands are being asked to take part in a new study to explore how to maximise opportunities to generate community wealth.
At the meeting of the Economy and Infrastructure Committee of Highland Council on Thursday 22 August 2024, members had the opportunity to consider the progress being made across the range of interventions under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund priorities of Communities and Places, Supporting Local Business and People and Skills. The Council successfully secured £1,46m for 2022/23 and £2,46m for 2023/24 and £5,53m for 2024/25 which is a mix of revenue and capital funds.
As a result of HIE's support, businesses in the area are set to see combined turnover rise by £22.4m, while international sales will grow by £661,000. Figures compiled by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) show that businesses and communities supported by the agency in Caithness and Sutherland during last financial year are set to create or retain more than 50 jobs.
To book please email [email protected] to book your space. Please include Shared Ownership event Wednesday 25 September in the subject line.
New guidance to empower schools to take action on mobile phone use and next steps in ongoing work to improve relationships and behaviour in schools has been published. The ‘Behaviour and Relationships in Schools' action plan, and targeted guidance for teachers to manage mobile phone use in schools, set out steps to be deployed at the national, local and school level over the next three years in response to concerns about relationships and behaviour in schools, including: supporting the effective recording and monitoring of inappropriate behaviour.
NHS Highland is seeking to recruit two independent members to the Highland Health and Social Care Committee. Gerry O'Brien, Chair of the committee, said: "The committee has a wide range of responsibilities for health and social care services across the Highland Council area and it is essential that we have the public’s input to the decisions it makes.
While most of us want to make more environmentally conscious decisions, it can be difficult to know where to start, and how to teach these important lessons to your children. To make the process a little easier, Legal & General is diving into their top tips on how to teach your kids about the planet and lighten your footprint in a kid-friendly way.
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