Highland Council's Employability team has announced its first ever virtual jobs fayre which will take place on Wednesday 15 November 2023. The virtual event will enable those interested to log onto the session from the comfort of their own home.
Designs based on the community's ideas for transforming some of the lanes connected to Wick High Street will be revealed at an event in the town in November. The Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council and The Highland Council successfully applied for Sustrans Scotland's Pocket Places Programme funding to improve the area.
Lack of local maternity services puts rural Scottish mothers at risk. On a freezing cold January afternoon in 2017, expectant mother Pranjali Christian felt her contractions start.
The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time. It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.
Self Assessment customers have just 100 days left to submit their tax return ahead of the deadline on 31 January 2024. And with the clock ticking down, customers can find various types of help from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) at the click of a mouse - from webinars to step by step guides.
Journalist Peter Oborne talks about the lies in politics with colluding by the media. He is the former chief political commentator of The Daily Telegraph, from which he resigned in early 2015.
The UK Space Agency's Space for Everyone tour reached more than 160,000 young people on its 5-month journey around the UK. Parents should get your children to look at this if they may be interested in the many careers in space.
Icy patches may cause some disruption to travel on Monday morning. What to expect - Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
The Highlands and Islands Local Resilience Partnership has now been formally stood down following the multi-agency emergency response to Storm Babet. The partners undertook a review this morning and a decision has been made to move into the recovery phase following the emergency response.
ScotRail is advising customers that most services will be back to normal on Monday (23 October 2023), but the aftermath of Storm Babet is continuing to have an impact on services - with some trains now not expected to run in Fife until tomorrow morning (Monday 23 October 2023) at the earliest. After several days of extreme rainfall and high winds, almost all routes are open and normal service will resume on Monday morning.
Ukrainian civilian engineers have received training in the UK to learn techniques to protect critical infrastructure from Russian drone and missile attacks. British Army Royal Engineer specialists have delivered a new programme of training to help Ukraine strengthen its ability to protect its critical national infrastructure (CNI) from Russian attacks and save civilian lives this winter.
Dounreay's newly skilled workers were encouraged to make the most of opportunities and challenges as another year's apprentices completed the training programme. Twelve apprentices received their certificates from Operations Director Mick Moore at this year's awards ceremony.
Preparing a bowl of chicken soup for a loved one when they're sick has been a common practice throughout the world for centuries. Today, generations from virtually every culture swear to the benefits of chicken soup.
ScotRail is warning customers that services, currently withdrawn on some routes in the north and northeast of the country because of the impact of Storm Babet, are likely to remain closed until at least Sunday morning. Exceptionally wet and windy conditions have severely affected much of the country since Thursday, causing the Met Office to issue a red weather warning alongside a number of amber warnings.
Throughout the year, there are different meteor showers that all have different properties and can be more or less easy to spot. During October, it's time for the Orionids, one of the best known meteor showers and also the most reliable.
Ben Paxton from The Institute for Government explains the process for calling the next General Election The prime minister can call the next general election any time between now and 17 December 2024. The 17 December 2024 is exactly five years since parliament first met after the last general election, in 2019.
Sellafield Ltd's UAV team is celebrating after winning a Nuclear Manufacturing Award and being shortlisted for two Engineering and Manufacturing Awards. The team that manages Sellafield's fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been recognised for their work this week after winning an award for innovation at the first ever Nuclear Manufacturing Awards.
Why are so many politicians reluctant to discuss the excess death question..
UK military personnel from all three services have taken part in a major joint exercise in Southeast Asia this week, strengthening ties with military partners crucial to upholding stability in the region. Taking place 7,000 miles from the UK in Malaysia, the three-week exercise saw joint activity including combat air simulations, jungle warfare training, beach landings and coordinated naval gunfire support.
New inflation statistics for the UK were released this week showing that prices rose by 6.7 percent in the year to September 2023, the same rate as August 2023. Expectations were for the rate to fall slightly, and this apparent stickiness will no doubt fuel concerns about the extent to which inflation has become embedded within the economy (where price rises lead to upward pressure on wages, which has to be funded by price rises, and so on and so forth).
