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Hial centralisation plan all smoke and mirrors , says north MSP By Gordon Calder Published: 15:00, 19 February 2021
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A controversial plan to centralise Highlands and Islands air traffic control services in Inverness is âall smoke and mirrors,â according to north MSP Rhoda Grant.
The project, it has been claimed, would also result in the downgrading of Wick John OâGroats Airport.
Mrs Grant (pictured), a Labour MSP, hit out after company representatives appeared for the third time at the Scottish Parliamentâs petitions committee on Wednesday. She wants the proposal to be halted until an independent assessment can be undertaken by Audit Scotland.
Pupils stories will give an insight into Caithness life in 2020 By Contributor Published: 09:44, 16 December 2020
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A snowy Christmas Eve in Wick 10 years ago. Picture: Alan Hendry
Through collecting and sharing stories, Wick Voices aims to inform future generations about social history and heritage. Therefore it is particularly important that we capture the thoughts and feelings experienced during the coronavirus pandemic.
Current restrictions make it impossible to conduct face-to-face interviews but many people have risen to the challenge, recorded their stories and allowed Wick Voices to edit and share them.
Plans to downgrade Wick airport should be reviewed, say controllers By Gordon Calder Published: 11:15, 11 December 2020
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A CALL has been made to review plans to centralise Highlands and Islands air traffic control services in Inverness and downgrade the airport at Wick.
Ten air traffic controllers and a commercial pilot told the Scottish Parliamentâs petitions committee they have concerns about safety, costs and the technology, which they say is âuntried and untestedâ.
It comes after Andy Bruce, who founded Far North Aviation at Wick airport, last week claimed Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) was âpulling the wool over everybodyâs eyesâ on its centralisation and downgrading plans.
supplies, or anything. food is running low. water is running low. supplies need to come in and they need to come in soon. pat wick, what a vision. what a vision at that airport. so much devastation. it is such a need to get that up and running as soon as possible. thank you so much for going there. i hope over the course of the day if that can t open at least the helicopters and maybe some boats can get in and get people what they need. thank you to you and your team for being there and the reporting you re doing. we ll check back with you shortly. so here in charleston, south carolina, what i can tell you is you may see flashes behind me. that s not lightning. we are starting to see transformer stations go up. and that s why there s so many power outages across the state. over 100,000 now in georgia and south carolina. as we ve been chased up the coast by this storm, these are the worst conditions we have seen yet in the mainland united states. nothing compared to what patrick