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.
probably haven t seen regarding the i.r.s. targeting scandal. a giant american flag found torn, tattered and thrown to the side like a piece of trash, but what one woman did will make you proud to be an american if you re not already. mornings are better with friends. watch this. you re watching fox & friends, the number-one morning cable news show in america. [playing taps] i wonder if they can see us in russia? sure. well let s give you an update on what s going on in russia. vladimir putin had a press conference and said he hasn t done anything wrong. he said there s been an unconstitutional coup in the ukraine. the ukrainian people want a cleaning but illegal change cannot be encouraged. that is why they inserted themselves into some other nation s policies and programs. and business. and business, just like they told the rest of the world that we should stay out of the syria. he s preempting the arrival of our secretary of state john kerry set to arri
air strike and gadhafi himself survived the attack. the leader himself is in good health. he wasn t harmed. his wife also is in good health. three of gadhafi s grandchildren were also reportedly killed in the strike on a one story house in tripoli. its missions are aimed at libyan command centers and do not target gadhafi. the leader appeared on libyan state tv earlier on saturday calling for a cease fire and negotiations, but he refused once again to step down. rebel commanders quickly rejected the offer saying the time for compromise has passed. he was gadhafi s sixth son. he studied in germany. cbs news, new york. nato is only confirming the air strike, but not gadhafi son was killed. well gas prices are at an all-time high and california has some of the highest in the country. tonight, senator barbra boxer says the solutions and the blame lie with big oil. don knapp is in san francisco with what the lawmakers say have to change. this past week, ben bernanke said
an 8-year-old girl visiting san jose was killed in an apartment fire. it broke out about 1:30 on hamilton avenue in the willow glend area. anne makovec shows us the extent of the damage. reporter: it s something hard to witness. reporter: dozens of people that live in this apartment building witnessed a fire that killed an 8-year-old girl. i was traumatized. i saw the body coming out and i started crying, me and my girlfriend. reporter: the two moved in four days ago. they woke to screams at 1:30 a.m. coming from an apartment across the pool. we see the fire coming out the window. reporter: six minutes after the 9-11 call, the first fire engine arrived to find most of the people in the apartment made it out. one girl was trapped in the back bedroom. fire crews found her and brought her out. reporter: that girl, adileni gomez-macedo and eight other people were taken to the hospital including a woman that appeared to have fainted in shock. there the little gir