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Seven Wonders of Britain |
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
Loch
Ness’ Urquhart Castle has claimed top spot in a national poll to find
the ‘Seven Wonders of Britain’. The remote wonder beat off more
familiar sights including Windsor Castle and was a staggering 41% above
seventh place Houses of Parliament. 12 of the top 20 Highland's visitor attractions are within a one-hour drive of Nairn. More...
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Sainsbury's pledge support for Nairn despite planning setback |
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 |
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Re: Statement for Nairn Press
In response to the Scottish Ministers'
decision to call-in the Pettifer and Sainsbury's proposals for
Nairn, Brian Pettifer, Chairman of
Pettifer Estates, said today, "We are hugely
disappointed by this decision, not least on behalf of our many supporters in the
Nairn area who helped us to convince
the council planning committee to accept unanimously our proposals in August.
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Calls for a single community council for the Royal Burgh of Nairn |
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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At last night's River Community Council meeting in the Laing Hall there was a suggestion put forward from the public that like Forres and Tain, Nairn should have one community council that would run the Royal Burgh and take control of functions like appointing the Provost. Full story here...
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CALL-IN CONCERNS MAY SCUPPER STORE PLANS |
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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An update on our proposals to bring a new Sainsbury’s food store, petrol filling station and other retail names to Nairn
The Highland Council, having approved our application last month, have now referred our application to Scottish Ministers for consideration since they consider it is contrary to the Local Plan.
However, if the application is called-in it will mean at least a year’s delay to our plans and, if it is ultimately rejected, it may well result in there being no Sainsbury’s stores anywhere in the Highlands. |
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Ballerina Ballroom |
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 |
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In August, Nairn experienced a unique event. A crumbling and musty old building was transformed by a team of volunteers to become, once again, The Ballerina Ballroom - the Cinema of Dreams. It was the venue for a truly remarkable event in which Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins and John Byrne staged a film festival quite unlike any other. What could be so special about re-runs of old films? Some struggled with the concept of a Cinema of Dreams and were equally puzzled that the seating would be bean-bags and entry would be free in exchange for a tray of fairy cakes. Some even got in free by wearing a kilt one day or pyjamas the next! |
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Google Street Camera Comes to Nairn |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 |
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The Google Car was seen on the streets of the Fishertown. Have you been googled today? It seems this is one Google facility that has proved controversial in other parts of the world, some have claimed that burglars will spend all their daylight hours scrutinising google pictures of houses in their town or neighbourhood. Obviously google think it worthwhile to send the like of this car and perhaps thousands of others to communities all over the world. |
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