Salmon farmers want to make greater use of a stronger pest control because they fear sea lice will become increasingly resistant to permitted treatments.
The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has made it a key call in a four-year plan presented to council and parliamentary candidates.
It said a more powerful medicine was available for [...]

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An Inverness policeman has been appointed liaison officer for the rapidly-expanding Polish community in the city reports the Press & Journal, Inverness is currently home to more than 8,000 Poles and the number is increasing by up to 200 every three weeks. One area of concern for the Northern Constabulary has been the high incidence [...]

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[Maybe they claim asylum and get better accomodation-ed]
A RETIREMENT home is set to be demolished and replaced with a new residential care facility.
Under the plans, the Murray Home on Gilmerton Road, Gilmerton, which houses retired Scottish war veterans, will be torn down and replaced with a brand new 48-bed care home.
The scheme, which [...]

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A PLAN to build a £53 million wind farm on a Highland estate took a step forwards yesterday when councillors ignored officials’ advice and backed the project.
British-Dutch developer Infinergy/LZN had applied to erect 22 wind turbines, up to 410ft high, with a capacity of 66 megawatts (MW) on the Lochluichart Estate, near Garve in [...]

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HALF an hour from the banks of Loch Lomond and yet only a short train journey from Glasgow city centre, the towns of East Dunbartonshire were yesterday named the best places in Britain to bring up a family.
The area’s superior schools, leisure facilities, low crime rate and attractive family housing saw it ranked number [...]

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A teenager who raped a care worker at knifepoint may never be released from jail after a judge imposed a lifelong restriction order on him.
Steven Malcolm, 19, is only the second dangerous criminal in Scotland to be subjected to the order, which involves monitoring for the rest of his life.
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[Why did they not even bother to learn English before they came to Scotland? They should pay for their own translation services-ed]
TRANSLATION costs for public bodies in the Lothians have doubled in two years following an influx of immigrants.
The growing number of migrant workers, particularly from eastern Europe, means the city council, police and [...]

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[Might be better to have real football pitchs instead of building houses on them-ed]
Youngsters will be able to use a mobile football pitch during the latest initiative to cut street crime.
The £42,500 scheme in East Renfrewshire will use the specially-designed pitch to keep young people off the streets.
Police and East Renfrewshire Council staff will install [...]

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One of Scotland’s major gangland figures has been jailed for more than 12 years for his part in a massive money laundering operation.
Jamie Stevenson, 41, also known as “The Iceman”, used cash from drugs to buy luxury watches and set up a taxi firm.
His stepson, Gerry Carbin, 26, has been jailed for five years and [...]

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JERMAINE Jackson turned Scotsman for the day when he got fitted out in a kilt - but kept his pants on.
The former member of the Jackson Five and Celebrity Big Brother star was in Glasgow to lend his support to an anti-racism event.
He asked Real Radio presenters Alan Rough and Ewen Cameron where he could [...]

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HEINZ, the foods group best known for its baked beans and soups, is launching a range of Polish food in the UK for the growing number of East Europeans living here.
The brand Pudliszki, which is owned by Heinz, will be on sale in supermarkets nationwide, offering traditional Polish recipes, including ready meals and prepared vegetables.
In [...]

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SCORES of Polish immigrants are helping to make Scotland’s national dish.
Jo Macsween, one of the directors of the Macsween haggis empire, has revealed around 80 per cent of job applications they receive are from Poles.
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Speaking in a radio interview, she said the Edinburgh company often preferred to hire foreign workers. [...]

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A man who recklessly infected his Edinburgh lover with HIV and hepatitis C has been jailed for nine years.
Giovanni Mola refused to wear condoms after beginning a sexual relationship with a woman in Edinburgh in 2003.
Mola, 38, who claimed to have had 200 lovers, had been diagnosed with the viruses three years earlier.
The chef had [...]

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A British oil worker is still missing after being kidnapped in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has said.
The man, from Perthshire, was kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday off the coast of the Bayelsa state, in the southern part of the country.
A Foreign Office spokesman said the man’s family had been informed.
He added: “The Foreign [...]

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