David G. Scott
Senior Reporter at John O'Groat Journal
Senior Reporter at Highland News & Media
Highland journalist. Documentary maker. Photography, animals, vegan flaneur, Flemish art, strange films, morbid history, gonks, vintage weirdness collector.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | David G. Scott
Mackays Hotel in Wick is celebrating its 70th year in business with a bumper programme of hotel-hosted food, drink and entertainment events. One of the county’s leading accommodation providers and owned by Murray and Ellie Lamont, the hotel, along with the No1 Bistro, the Bin Ends and Whisky Cellar shops, supports 40 local jobs.
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2 weeks ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | David G. Scott
A Wick-raised author has topped the Amazon bestseller charts this week with a chilling new book uncovering the dark psychology behind Scotland’s most shocking murders. ‘Scottish Killers: 25 True Crime Stories’, released by former Wick High School pupil Dr Aaron Mullins, reveals the hidden motives behind Scotland’s most infamous true crimes. In addition to his creative writing exploits, Dr Aaron Mullins is also an internationally published, award-winning psychologist.
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3 weeks ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | David G. Scott
A celebratory lunch was held at the Norseman Hotel on Tuesday, May 6, to mark the 50th anniversary of a Wick company. Osprey Electronics started up in Wick in 1975 and was taken over in 2018 by Imenco UK Ltd, which has bases in America, Aberdeen and Norway along with agents throughout the world. Six members of Imenco’s board of directors came over from Norway, including the owner, Geir Egil Østebøvik, to celebrate 50 years of manufacturing in Wick.
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3 weeks ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | David G. Scott
Three very big-hearted young brothers from Wick are raising charity money in memory of their beloved grandad and have already hit 500 per cent above their target. Six-year-old Aly, three-year-old Cael and baby Blair, just 11 months old, have cycled and walked 100 miles to raise money for CJD in memory of their grandfather Ian Jappy.
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3 weeks ago |
johnogroat-journal.co.uk | David G. Scott
With little rain expected over the next fortnight, a Caithness-based weather pundit says that this month could turn out to be the driest on record. Keith Banks, who writes a weather column for the paper, says that a resurgent Omega high is blocking the usual west-to-east passage of the Atlantic weather systems across Scotland. ”Wick's driest May to date was that of 2008. The amount logged for that month was 9.3mm (0.37 of an inch).
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