Title: Trusadh – From Asylum to Community
A powerful and poignant documentary which tells the story of how care of people made the move from asylum to community.
Until twenty or thirty years ago, large hospitals for people with mental health problems, and people with learning difficulties, were situated on the outskirts of towns and cities throughout Scotland, where thousands of people who were in need of care were shut away from the rest of society.
However, changing thinking and attitudes about how people should be treated and cared for, and The NHS and Community Care Act of 1990, revolutionised the way in which services were delivered. People who had previously had little control over their lives were encouraged to move into and be part of the community like the rest of us.
Trusadh: Care - From Asylum to Community tells the story of this transition through the personal stories of those who were affected and involved and reveals how attitudes and ideas about how best to care for people have changed over time.
Transmitted: Monday 19 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm
Title: Caileagan an Iasgaich – Trawler Girls
Three girls from Skye take up the challenge of signing on as deckhands on a North Sea trawler.
They plan to spend ten days as part of a tough and experienced crew fishing for cod and haddock in the dangerous waters off Shetland. But have they got what it takes to be Caileagan an Iasgaich? In the series they face gale force winds, extreme sea sickness, and hour upon hours of hauling nets and gutting fish in wet and freezing conditions.
Transmitted: Monday 19 March
Time: 10.00 – 10.30pm
Title: Turas a’ Bhradain / The Salmon’s Journey
Neen MacKay returns with a new series of The Salmon’s Journey, visiting the North East's well-known salmon rivers.
Transmitted: Tuesday 20 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Eorpa / European Current Affairs
Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.
Transmitted: Wednesday 21 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Club TV
Exclusive interviews, match action, and behind the scenes at Celtic and Rangers F.C.
Transmitted: Thursday 22 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm
Title: Pro 12 Live Rugby Glasgow v Aironi
Live rugby action from the Pro12 league as Glasgow host Aironi at Firhill Stadium, Glasgow.
The last time the sides met was in November at the Stadio Zaffanella, when Warriors ran out 18-6 winners, with stand-off Duncan Weir kicking all of Glasgow’s points on the afternoon.
Commentary will be provided by Hugh Dan MacLennan with trackside analysis from Eilidh Barbour.
Transmitted: Friday 23 March
Time: 7.30 – 9.25pm
Friday, 9 March 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
BBC ALBA – WEEKLY PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Saturday 10 March – Friday 16 March 2012
Title: SPL Inverness CT V Kilmarnock
The latest full-match coverage from the SPL as Inverness Caledonian Thistle host Kilmarnock at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.
The game will be the third meeting of the sides this season, with Inverness winning the previous two encounters. Their first match was in August when Terry Butcher’s side won 2-1 at home to the Ayrshire men. The most recent match was a nine goal thriller in November, when Inverness travelled to Rugby Park and emerged victorious in a 6-3 win.
Transmitted: Saturday 10 March
Time: 5.30 – 7.30pm
Title: Turas a’ Bhradain / The Salmon’s Journey
BBC ALBA’s popular fishing series returns with presenter and keen angler, Neen MacKay taking viewers on a journey of discovery charting some of the most accessible salmon fishing available in Scotland.
The Atlantic Salmon’s amazing ability to navigate thousands of miles of open ocean, and leap formidable waterfalls on its return journey to the place it was born, has justifiably earned it the title ‘king of fish’.
Turas a’ Bhradain : The Salmon’s Journey, offers viewers a visual feast with stunning footage, returns with the very latest news from the rivers and coastline around Scotland.
Transmitted: Tuesday 13 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Eorpa
Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.
Transmitted: Wednesday 14 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Soillse - Racing Around the World Alone
The Vendée Globe is one of the most challenging races in the world. Sailing single-handed, competitors must sail around the world without stopovers and without any external help and Soillse tracks some of the stories and issues behind the race.
Transmitted: Wednesday 14 March
Time: 9.00 – 9.50pm
Title: Thar an Aiseig / Ferry Tales
The ferry is an intrinsic part of life in many communities throughout Scotland. From large vessels to small motor boats, the ferries transport people, goods and livestock from islands and peninsulas, providing a crucial connection with mainland Scotland.
Over a year, this series follows the people that run and use Scotland's ferries. From family run businesses to large corporations, all striving to deliver the best service, despite the daily challenges of weather, timetables and engineering problems. From holiday travellers to commuters and school children, the ferry is vital to people for all sorts of reasons.
In this programme, the Easdale ferry has its busiest day of the year transporting competitors to the Stone Skimming World Championships; its spring cleaning time at Western Ferries and the MV Earl Sigurd heads for North Ronaldsay with a load of new kit houses for the island.
Transmitted: Thursday 15 March
Time: 8.30 - 9.00pm
Title: Taigh Ali
'Ali's House' is a story which saw a young man from the Punjab leaving his native land to head for Britain and land on his feet
finally in the Western Isles where he raised a family inside a thatched cottage in the midst of a Gaelic community.
In the company of Rose Duffy and Kathy Stewart, Ali and Mary Ann Mohammed's daughters, Iain MacPherson takes us on a journey overseas and over here from the end of Ali's story in Benbecula to the place where things began in India. To follow their father's trail, we go first to Ireland where he found a wife and back to Glasgow where he found a job and then up to Uist where he found the very life he had so greatly lacked. To become more familiar with the strange furrow their father ploughed from his life over there to his life over here, we and his daughters take a huge trip over distance and time to the heart of their family story in a village out in the country in the middle of the Punjab: a journey with countless twists throughout which no one expected.
And along the way we discover more of the stories inside each emigrant's legacy and the wealth of culture, language and faith
which in the end built 'Ali's House'.
Transmitted: Friday 16 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm
The latest full-match coverage from the SPL as Inverness Caledonian Thistle host Kilmarnock at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.
The game will be the third meeting of the sides this season, with Inverness winning the previous two encounters. Their first match was in August when Terry Butcher’s side won 2-1 at home to the Ayrshire men. The most recent match was a nine goal thriller in November, when Inverness travelled to Rugby Park and emerged victorious in a 6-3 win.
Transmitted: Saturday 10 March
Time: 5.30 – 7.30pm
Title: Turas a’ Bhradain / The Salmon’s Journey
BBC ALBA’s popular fishing series returns with presenter and keen angler, Neen MacKay taking viewers on a journey of discovery charting some of the most accessible salmon fishing available in Scotland.
The Atlantic Salmon’s amazing ability to navigate thousands of miles of open ocean, and leap formidable waterfalls on its return journey to the place it was born, has justifiably earned it the title ‘king of fish’.
Turas a’ Bhradain : The Salmon’s Journey, offers viewers a visual feast with stunning footage, returns with the very latest news from the rivers and coastline around Scotland.
Transmitted: Tuesday 13 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Eorpa
Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.
Transmitted: Wednesday 14 March
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Soillse - Racing Around the World Alone
The Vendée Globe is one of the most challenging races in the world. Sailing single-handed, competitors must sail around the world without stopovers and without any external help and Soillse tracks some of the stories and issues behind the race.
Transmitted: Wednesday 14 March
Time: 9.00 – 9.50pm
Title: Thar an Aiseig / Ferry Tales
The ferry is an intrinsic part of life in many communities throughout Scotland. From large vessels to small motor boats, the ferries transport people, goods and livestock from islands and peninsulas, providing a crucial connection with mainland Scotland.
Over a year, this series follows the people that run and use Scotland's ferries. From family run businesses to large corporations, all striving to deliver the best service, despite the daily challenges of weather, timetables and engineering problems. From holiday travellers to commuters and school children, the ferry is vital to people for all sorts of reasons.
In this programme, the Easdale ferry has its busiest day of the year transporting competitors to the Stone Skimming World Championships; its spring cleaning time at Western Ferries and the MV Earl Sigurd heads for North Ronaldsay with a load of new kit houses for the island.
Transmitted: Thursday 15 March
Time: 8.30 - 9.00pm
Title: Taigh Ali
'Ali's House' is a story which saw a young man from the Punjab leaving his native land to head for Britain and land on his feet
finally in the Western Isles where he raised a family inside a thatched cottage in the midst of a Gaelic community.
In the company of Rose Duffy and Kathy Stewart, Ali and Mary Ann Mohammed's daughters, Iain MacPherson takes us on a journey overseas and over here from the end of Ali's story in Benbecula to the place where things began in India. To follow their father's trail, we go first to Ireland where he found a wife and back to Glasgow where he found a job and then up to Uist where he found the very life he had so greatly lacked. To become more familiar with the strange furrow their father ploughed from his life over there to his life over here, we and his daughters take a huge trip over distance and time to the heart of their family story in a village out in the country in the middle of the Punjab: a journey with countless twists throughout which no one expected.
And along the way we discover more of the stories inside each emigrant's legacy and the wealth of culture, language and faith
which in the end built 'Ali's House'.
Transmitted: Friday 16 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm
Monday, 20 February 2012
"Education and roads receive massive investment in budget" - says Council
Argyll and Bute Council has agreed to invest heavily in the two areas which the majority of its residents see as being the top spending priorities.
At its budget meeting today, the authority approved plans to spend some £30m of capital on education over the next three years, and £21m on its roads network over the same period.
This represents over £20m more than had been earmarked for these two key areas in the draft budget papers.
Among the proposals agreed today are to spend millions of pounds on new schools in Dunoon and Campbeltown and a new swimming pool and leisure facility in Helensburgh.
The council also agreed to freeze council tax for the fifth consecutive year.
Council leader Councillor Dick Walsh said that despite facing ‘the worst set of economic conditions for a generation’, the budget agreed today represented a ‘budget for growth’ in Argyll and Bute.
“This budget puts significant additional capital into Argyll and Bute – creating jobs, improving our infrastructure and improving lives across the region,” he added.
The council has adopted a strategic, three-year approach to setting its budget.
Councillor Walsh said: “The approach we took allowed us to plan the necessary savings in advance, and so give ourselves the maximum timescale in which to work out how best to protect our frontline services while at the same time boosting our spending in the areas which most matter to our communities.
“Our success in achieving this is down in no small part to carrying out one of the most comprehensive public consultation exercises ever undertaken in order to engage with the widest possible cross section of the community.
“The consultation has enabled us to gauge what people across the area think are the most important areas to safeguard, and to finalise our budget accordingly.”
In terms of revenue spending, the council agreed the savings proposals outlined in the budget pack – the majority of which relate to management and operational issues.
However, members decided not to raise charges for school meals, as had originally been proposed.
The council agreed to allocate £700,000 towards a new Resilience Fund, which will be available over the next three years to fund proposals to enhance resilience for civil contingencies such as the aftermath of severe weather.
Councillors also approved an additional £750,000 for ‘preventative spend’ - to go towards making changes in early years and health and social care, for the benefit of Argyll and Bute’s most vulnerable people. This is over and above the target contributions set out in the Scottish Government’s change fund proposals.
A further £200,000 has been earmarked for the establishment of a youth employment/opportunities fund based around learning choices for the 16+ age group, to ensure young people leaving school can successfully access training, employment, further or higher education.
Among the other areas of additional revenue spending agreed today are:
A contribution of £11,000 in 2012-13 and 2013-14 to the Jura Passenger Ferry, which has faced significant financial challenges over the last few years. This sum represents 20% of the annual running cost of the service.
A one-off grant of £20,000 to Auchindrain Highland Township museum
£10,000 a year towards providing additional support to community councils and community councillors
An additional £50,000 in 2012-13 for the Argyll Mausoleum project at Kilmun
£1,000 a year for the next three years to support the Lantern Parade in Lochgilphead, subject to a service level agreement
£100,000 a year for 2012-13 to 2014-15 to provide for festive decorations across Argyll and Bute
Chief among these is an allocation of £12.5m to go towards a new primary school campus in Dunoon and a new Campbeltown Grammar School. When the contribution from the Scottish Government is taken into account, the value of the new buildings will be £27.5m.
Councillors also agreed to put £7.5m towards a new swimming pool and leisure facility in Helensburgh, and a further £2.275m towards flood defences on the Helensburgh pier head site.
In addition, £2.595m has been allocated to the council’s office rationalisation programme in Helensburgh, under which the former Clyde Street School site will be transformed into new council offices and community facilities. The other various offices across the town will then be closed and sold off.
And the council has also committed £2m for capital works at Dunoon pier.
But the areas of greatest capital spend over the next three years will be education and roads.
“Education and the quality of our school buildings is a vital matter, and we have increased the capital funding for education by £2.126m to ensure that we have some £17m of capital expenditure to target on our school buildings over the next three years,” Councillor Walsh said.
“When the total cost of the new schools in Dunoon and Campbeltown is taken into account, this means that close to £45m will be spent on improving our school buildings over that time.
“As regards roads, significant improvement has already been achieved through the additional £3m of capital funding allocated in 2011/12. We’re determined to build on this, so have now committed an additional £8.2m for roads reconstruction over the next three years, which will give us a total annual spend of £7m over that time. This represents the most significant investment in Argyll and Bute’s roads network for many years.
“The condition of our roads network has a direct effect on economic development. So too does every £1 spent on construction. So committing an extra £50m-plus to capital projects over the next three years, as we have agreed today, is going to have a massive impact in terms of economic development across the area. ”
Councillor Walsh stressed that the council’s structured approach over the last few years towards service reviews and financial management has protected frontline services at the same time as creating resource to allow the authority to invest for the long term benefit of the area’s residents.
“This is a prudent budget, at the same time as being a budget for growth and recovery,” he added.
“It is not only affordable across the three years, but is also sustainable going further forward into the future. It represents sensible use of borrowing to promote essential capital investment which can be funded within planned budgets.
“It is a significant achievement to not only manage to make the necessary savings of £74million between 2011 and 2014/15 – largely through robust management and efficiencies – but also now to agree a budget which strikes a balance between ensuring assets are available for service delivery and creating a platform for economic and social well-being and development.
“The decisions taken today meet our corporate objectives of working together to improve the potential of our people, our communities, our area and our organisation. This is a budget shaped both by and for the people of Argyll and Bute, and I am delighted it has been agreed.
“We look forward to continuing to work with our communities and our partners in the years ahead in an effort to make this an even better place in which to live, work and visit.”
At its budget meeting today, the authority approved plans to spend some £30m of capital on education over the next three years, and £21m on its roads network over the same period.
This represents over £20m more than had been earmarked for these two key areas in the draft budget papers.
Among the proposals agreed today are to spend millions of pounds on new schools in Dunoon and Campbeltown and a new swimming pool and leisure facility in Helensburgh.
The council also agreed to freeze council tax for the fifth consecutive year.
Council leader Councillor Dick Walsh said that despite facing ‘the worst set of economic conditions for a generation’, the budget agreed today represented a ‘budget for growth’ in Argyll and Bute.
“This budget puts significant additional capital into Argyll and Bute – creating jobs, improving our infrastructure and improving lives across the region,” he added.
The council has adopted a strategic, three-year approach to setting its budget.
Councillor Walsh said: “The approach we took allowed us to plan the necessary savings in advance, and so give ourselves the maximum timescale in which to work out how best to protect our frontline services while at the same time boosting our spending in the areas which most matter to our communities.
“Our success in achieving this is down in no small part to carrying out one of the most comprehensive public consultation exercises ever undertaken in order to engage with the widest possible cross section of the community.
“The consultation has enabled us to gauge what people across the area think are the most important areas to safeguard, and to finalise our budget accordingly.”
In terms of revenue spending, the council agreed the savings proposals outlined in the budget pack – the majority of which relate to management and operational issues.
However, members decided not to raise charges for school meals, as had originally been proposed.
The council agreed to allocate £700,000 towards a new Resilience Fund, which will be available over the next three years to fund proposals to enhance resilience for civil contingencies such as the aftermath of severe weather.
Councillors also approved an additional £750,000 for ‘preventative spend’ - to go towards making changes in early years and health and social care, for the benefit of Argyll and Bute’s most vulnerable people. This is over and above the target contributions set out in the Scottish Government’s change fund proposals.
A further £200,000 has been earmarked for the establishment of a youth employment/opportunities fund based around learning choices for the 16+ age group, to ensure young people leaving school can successfully access training, employment, further or higher education.
Among the other areas of additional revenue spending agreed today are:
A contribution of £11,000 in 2012-13 and 2013-14 to the Jura Passenger Ferry, which has faced significant financial challenges over the last few years. This sum represents 20% of the annual running cost of the service.
A one-off grant of £20,000 to Auchindrain Highland Township museum
£10,000 a year towards providing additional support to community councils and community councillors
An additional £50,000 in 2012-13 for the Argyll Mausoleum project at Kilmun
£1,000 a year for the next three years to support the Lantern Parade in Lochgilphead, subject to a service level agreement
£100,000 a year for 2012-13 to 2014-15 to provide for festive decorations across Argyll and Bute
Chief among these is an allocation of £12.5m to go towards a new primary school campus in Dunoon and a new Campbeltown Grammar School. When the contribution from the Scottish Government is taken into account, the value of the new buildings will be £27.5m.
Councillors also agreed to put £7.5m towards a new swimming pool and leisure facility in Helensburgh, and a further £2.275m towards flood defences on the Helensburgh pier head site.
In addition, £2.595m has been allocated to the council’s office rationalisation programme in Helensburgh, under which the former Clyde Street School site will be transformed into new council offices and community facilities. The other various offices across the town will then be closed and sold off.
And the council has also committed £2m for capital works at Dunoon pier.
But the areas of greatest capital spend over the next three years will be education and roads.
“Education and the quality of our school buildings is a vital matter, and we have increased the capital funding for education by £2.126m to ensure that we have some £17m of capital expenditure to target on our school buildings over the next three years,” Councillor Walsh said.
“When the total cost of the new schools in Dunoon and Campbeltown is taken into account, this means that close to £45m will be spent on improving our school buildings over that time.
“As regards roads, significant improvement has already been achieved through the additional £3m of capital funding allocated in 2011/12. We’re determined to build on this, so have now committed an additional £8.2m for roads reconstruction over the next three years, which will give us a total annual spend of £7m over that time. This represents the most significant investment in Argyll and Bute’s roads network for many years.
“The condition of our roads network has a direct effect on economic development. So too does every £1 spent on construction. So committing an extra £50m-plus to capital projects over the next three years, as we have agreed today, is going to have a massive impact in terms of economic development across the area. ”
Councillor Walsh stressed that the council’s structured approach over the last few years towards service reviews and financial management has protected frontline services at the same time as creating resource to allow the authority to invest for the long term benefit of the area’s residents.
“This is a prudent budget, at the same time as being a budget for growth and recovery,” he added.
“It is not only affordable across the three years, but is also sustainable going further forward into the future. It represents sensible use of borrowing to promote essential capital investment which can be funded within planned budgets.
“It is a significant achievement to not only manage to make the necessary savings of £74million between 2011 and 2014/15 – largely through robust management and efficiencies – but also now to agree a budget which strikes a balance between ensuring assets are available for service delivery and creating a platform for economic and social well-being and development.
“The decisions taken today meet our corporate objectives of working together to improve the potential of our people, our communities, our area and our organisation. This is a budget shaped both by and for the people of Argyll and Bute, and I am delighted it has been agreed.
“We look forward to continuing to work with our communities and our partners in the years ahead in an effort to make this an even better place in which to live, work and visit.”
BBC Alba - Saturday 25 February – Friday 2 March 2012
Title: Pro 12 Live Rugby - Glasgow V Leinster
Live rugby action from the RaboDirect Pro12 competition as Glasgow Warriors host Leinster at Firhill Stadium.
The last league meeting between the sides was in September when Glasgow triumphed 23-19 at RDS Arena.
Kick-off is at 6.00pm, with commentary from Hugh Dan MacLennan and Eilidh Barbour providing trackside analysis.
Transmitted: Saturday 25 February
Time: 5.55 – 7.50pm
Title: Trusadh: Papers in the New World
The newspaper industry has seen many changes in recent years. In the past five years alone, sales of newspapers on a national level have fallen by 30%. The expansion of television to a multi-channel world offering 24/7 news, and the impact of the internet and new technology have all changed the way that we consume news.
How though have local newspapers been affected, and what lies ahead for the industry as a whole? Local Western Isles journalist, Murray MacLeod, finds out more.
We hear from other journalists, and visit the Skye based West Highland Free Press, who recently became the UK's first employee owned newspaper. Is this a model that would work for others? In Uist, local newspaper, Am Pàipear, has twice been named Community Newspaper of the Year for the Highlands and Islands recently. What is the secret of its success?
Transmitted: Monday 27 February
Time: 9.00 – 9.55pm
Title: Eorpa/European Current Affairs
Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.
Transmitted: Wednesday 29 February
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Murtairean - Gun Ainm
The story of two very different murders in Aberdeen - both still unsolved.
Transmitted: Thursday 1 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm
Title: Pro 12 Live Rugby – Ospreys v Glasgow
Live rugby action as Glasgow Warriors travel to Wales to face Ospreys in the RaboDirect Pro 12 competition.
The sides’ last meeting on Pro12 business was at Firhill in October when Warriors enjoyed a 28-17 win, with 23 of those points coming from the boot of stand-off Duncan Weir.
Kick-off is at 7.05pm, with commentary from Hugh Dan MacLennan and Eilidh Barbour providing trackside analysis.
Transmitted: Friday 2 March
Time: 7.00 – 8.55pm
Title: Alba -1988
Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1988 through archive footage and the year's chart hits: the Lockerbie disaster, Piper Alpha and gold discovered in Tyndrum. The year's chart hits include Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky, Yazz's The Only Way Is Up and Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses.
Transmitted: Friday 2 March
Time: 9.30 – 10.00pm
Live rugby action from the RaboDirect Pro12 competition as Glasgow Warriors host Leinster at Firhill Stadium.
The last league meeting between the sides was in September when Glasgow triumphed 23-19 at RDS Arena.
Kick-off is at 6.00pm, with commentary from Hugh Dan MacLennan and Eilidh Barbour providing trackside analysis.
Transmitted: Saturday 25 February
Time: 5.55 – 7.50pm
Title: Trusadh: Papers in the New World
The newspaper industry has seen many changes in recent years. In the past five years alone, sales of newspapers on a national level have fallen by 30%. The expansion of television to a multi-channel world offering 24/7 news, and the impact of the internet and new technology have all changed the way that we consume news.
How though have local newspapers been affected, and what lies ahead for the industry as a whole? Local Western Isles journalist, Murray MacLeod, finds out more.
We hear from other journalists, and visit the Skye based West Highland Free Press, who recently became the UK's first employee owned newspaper. Is this a model that would work for others? In Uist, local newspaper, Am Pàipear, has twice been named Community Newspaper of the Year for the Highlands and Islands recently. What is the secret of its success?
Transmitted: Monday 27 February
Time: 9.00 – 9.55pm
Title: Eorpa/European Current Affairs
Another edition of Eorpa, reporting on the most interesting stories from around Europe.
Transmitted: Wednesday 29 February
Time: 8.30 – 9.00pm
Title: Murtairean - Gun Ainm
The story of two very different murders in Aberdeen - both still unsolved.
Transmitted: Thursday 1 March
Time: 9.00 – 10.00pm
Title: Pro 12 Live Rugby – Ospreys v Glasgow
Live rugby action as Glasgow Warriors travel to Wales to face Ospreys in the RaboDirect Pro 12 competition.
The sides’ last meeting on Pro12 business was at Firhill in October when Warriors enjoyed a 28-17 win, with 23 of those points coming from the boot of stand-off Duncan Weir.
Kick-off is at 7.05pm, with commentary from Hugh Dan MacLennan and Eilidh Barbour providing trackside analysis.
Transmitted: Friday 2 March
Time: 7.00 – 8.55pm
Title: Alba -1988
Experience some of the stories hitting the headlines in 1988 through archive footage and the year's chart hits: the Lockerbie disaster, Piper Alpha and gold discovered in Tyndrum. The year's chart hits include Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky, Yazz's The Only Way Is Up and Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses.
Transmitted: Friday 2 March
Time: 9.30 – 10.00pm
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
MG ALBA WELCOMES AWARDS SUCCESS FOR CHARTS SHOW
The first ever bilingual Scottish Chart Show on commercial radio has won the Gaelic Broadcasting Award at the Highlands & Islands Media Awards 2011 ceremony held on Friday 3rd February.
The Scottish Chart Show is a collaboration between Moray Firth Radio (MFR) and MG ALBA and is presented by Davey D and Roya MacLean.
The show is aimed at the 15-24 year old market showcasing the Gaelic Language within a chart show formula. In addition to being broadcast on MFR the show is also available on Isles FM, Two Lochs Radio, Cuillin FM, Argyll FM and Nevis Radio.
Roya MacLean (22) is from Muir of Ord and attended Dingwall Academy. Roya graduated from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Gaelic and Traditional Music. In addition to her presenting role with MFR, Roya is a talented musician and plays regularly at venues and events throughout Scotland.
Danny Gallagher, Managing Director at MFR said “MFR is delighted to have won this award and I would like to thank our team and MG ALBA who have been very supportive of our production values on this project.”
Donald Campbell, Chief Executive of MG ALBA, said: “This is a great step forward for Gaelic broadcasting and we congratulate the MFR team on this success on bringing the first ever bilingual Scottish Chart show in English and Gaelic to audiences across Moray and Aberdeen shire as well the Highlands and Islands”
MFR is available on 97.4FM, 1107AM, DAB digital radio, smart-phone Apps as well as via the listen live function available online at www.mfr.co.uk.
The awards, which recognise media excellence in the Highlands and Islands are now in their 24th year and this year’s awards were presented by Richard Lochhead MSP Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment.
The Scottish Chart Show is a collaboration between Moray Firth Radio (MFR) and MG ALBA and is presented by Davey D and Roya MacLean.
The show is aimed at the 15-24 year old market showcasing the Gaelic Language within a chart show formula. In addition to being broadcast on MFR the show is also available on Isles FM, Two Lochs Radio, Cuillin FM, Argyll FM and Nevis Radio.
Roya MacLean (22) is from Muir of Ord and attended Dingwall Academy. Roya graduated from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Gaelic and Traditional Music. In addition to her presenting role with MFR, Roya is a talented musician and plays regularly at venues and events throughout Scotland.
Danny Gallagher, Managing Director at MFR said “MFR is delighted to have won this award and I would like to thank our team and MG ALBA who have been very supportive of our production values on this project.”
Donald Campbell, Chief Executive of MG ALBA, said: “This is a great step forward for Gaelic broadcasting and we congratulate the MFR team on this success on bringing the first ever bilingual Scottish Chart show in English and Gaelic to audiences across Moray and Aberdeen shire as well the Highlands and Islands”
MFR is available on 97.4FM, 1107AM, DAB digital radio, smart-phone Apps as well as via the listen live function available online at www.mfr.co.uk.
The awards, which recognise media excellence in the Highlands and Islands are now in their 24th year and this year’s awards were presented by Richard Lochhead MSP Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment.
Monday, 6 February 2012
MSP URGES LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN CAP CONSULTATION PROCESS
Highlands & Islands MSP Mike MacKenzie has joined with colleagues in urging constituents across the Highlands and Islands to take part in the consultation process that was launched at the weekend to suggest reform in the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Welcoming this initiative Mike MacKenzie said,
"There are few topics that raise more concerns across the agricultural and food supply industries in the Highlands and Islands than the application of the Common Agricultural Policy. Many of those criticisms are based upon the considerable anomalies that presently occur and these are caused by a failure on the part of past representation of specifically Scottish interests in the councils of the EU. There is no doubt that we require a fairer and more flexible system that directs support where it is most needed allowing producers to continue producing quality food and the efficient management of our landscape.
The current consultation follows a series of road shows which gave information of the proposed reforms. The consultation is the next step in this process and participation is vitally important. An online facility is there for those who prefer that option. I would urge all concerned parties to submit their views on this."
Contact; mike.mackenzie.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
The consultation is available online at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/01/7299
and direct links are at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/01/7299/4
Paper copies of the consultation documents are available. Call 0300 244 9254.
Welcoming this initiative Mike MacKenzie said,
"There are few topics that raise more concerns across the agricultural and food supply industries in the Highlands and Islands than the application of the Common Agricultural Policy. Many of those criticisms are based upon the considerable anomalies that presently occur and these are caused by a failure on the part of past representation of specifically Scottish interests in the councils of the EU. There is no doubt that we require a fairer and more flexible system that directs support where it is most needed allowing producers to continue producing quality food and the efficient management of our landscape.
The current consultation follows a series of road shows which gave information of the proposed reforms. The consultation is the next step in this process and participation is vitally important. An online facility is there for those who prefer that option. I would urge all concerned parties to submit their views on this."
Contact; mike.mackenzie.msp@scottish.parliament.uk
The consultation is available online at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/01/7299
and direct links are at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/01/7299/4
Paper copies of the consultation documents are available. Call 0300 244 9254.
Argyll and Bute sustainable design awards 2012
The annual Argyll and Bute design awards will run this year from Monday 13 February and until Friday 30 March.
First held in 2009 the Argyll and Bute design awards recognise, promote and celebrate examples of exceptional design quality across the area. Anyone involved in the design process can enter the planning awards including local authorities, consultants, community groups, developers, public agencies and voluntary organisations. However only developments which have had work carried out, or completed, between June 2009 and December 2011 will be eligible to take part.
There are four categories for this year’s awards. They are:
· New build residential (single or small scale)
· New build large scale residential development
· New build non residential
· Redevelopment or refurbishment of an existing building
This year sustainability will be a theme which runs through all four categories and this must be clearly demonstrated in entries. They must also clearly show the long-term positive environmental impact of the development.
Chair of the Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee Councillor Daniel Kelly said, “I am delighted that the council is running the design awards again this year. Having sustainability as a theme recognises the importance the council places on renewable materials.”
Full details of the awards, including how to enter are available on our website at www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
First held in 2009 the Argyll and Bute design awards recognise, promote and celebrate examples of exceptional design quality across the area. Anyone involved in the design process can enter the planning awards including local authorities, consultants, community groups, developers, public agencies and voluntary organisations. However only developments which have had work carried out, or completed, between June 2009 and December 2011 will be eligible to take part.
There are four categories for this year’s awards. They are:
· New build residential (single or small scale)
· New build large scale residential development
· New build non residential
· Redevelopment or refurbishment of an existing building
This year sustainability will be a theme which runs through all four categories and this must be clearly demonstrated in entries. They must also clearly show the long-term positive environmental impact of the development.
Chair of the Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee Councillor Daniel Kelly said, “I am delighted that the council is running the design awards again this year. Having sustainability as a theme recognises the importance the council places on renewable materials.”
Full details of the awards, including how to enter are available on our website at www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
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