Tom Ramage

United Kingdom

Journalist at Highland News & Media

Kingussie's hardest working newspaper reporter. I'm a news beast - feed me!

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Articles

Coop crisis continues for Kingussie and Newtonmore casualties of cyber war

4 days ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

As a new week starts in Badenoch’s Coop stores so do more rows of empty shelves. This afternoon’s checks demonstrate that headway is not being made by the company after the devastating cyber attack which so drastically affected the supply lines last week. While a certain amount of bread and milk is available, along with alcohol products, for example, there is still a crucial lack of fruit, veg and processed foods.
Spey Valley’s rotarians rally to charities’ aid with massive £9000 boost

4 days ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

Sunday’s big Rotary Club of Spey Valley Car Tour has delivered a massive charity boost in the Highlands. The annual classic nostalgia binge again proved to be a resounding success, this time raising an magnificent £9,000 for vital causes. The event brought together 42 stunning classic, sports, and electric vehicles for a scenic tour through the picturesque landscapes of Spey Side and Moray.
Trucks roll into Grantown as mega lorry event resumes in perfect conditions

6 days ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

The big trucks roared back into Grantown yesterday after last year’s unavoidable break for health reasons from one of the Strathspey capital’s great days out. The only other break in the hugely successful series of truck fests had come during the Covid pandemic. Perfect conditions greeted “Truck In2 Grantown on Spey 2025”and organisers were overwhelmed by the support shown.
Aviemore public bench proves popular resting place for swarm of homeless honey bees

6 days ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

As they helped remove the latest swarm from a public bench in Aviemore, local beekeepers have assured the public that there is no threat from the insects despite how things may sometimes look. The alarm went up yesterday after a swarm had formed on the leg of a popular public bench. “There is a huge swarm of honey bees that have found a home on the side of a bench at Railway Terrace beside the green.
Spey beach incident at Grantown saw police, ambulance and fire boats in action

6 days ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

Emergency services rushed to a stretch of the Spey at Grantown today after the alarm went up over people in trouble on the river. The police, ambulance and fire service were all involved at one stage in the middle of the afternoon and reports were that campers staying on the bank area at Inverallan had got into difficulties in the water. A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service told the Strathy: “We got the call at 3.52pm and despatched boats from Inverness and Elgin.
‘Overwhelming’ start to Grantown’s fund-raiser for legal battle over Square

1 week ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

A Strathspey campaign in a legal fight with Highland Council over plans to charge the public for use of Common Good land has been overwhelmed the response to its call for financial support. “£1,500 raised in just one week - thank you Grantown!” the community council has posted. “We are absolutely overwhelmed by your incredible generosity!“In just our first week, we've already raised over £1,500 toward our legal defence fund to protect The Square from mandatory event charges.
Aviemore corner shocked by ‘tragic’ death of roadside friend Mango

1 week ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

A corner of Aviemore is in mourning today after losing Mango, for so long a friendly face, in ‘a tragic incident’. Details of the event in Burnside have not been released by the family but hundreds of messages have been posted by horrified social media friends today after vets finally had to concede that the cat was not going to make it after a valiant day-long effort to survive its injuries.
More ‘movies’ on way to Badenoch and Strathspey after Screen Machine announcement

1 week ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

Funding has been announced enabling an order to be placed for a new Screen Machine mobile cinema serving rural communities like Badenoch and Strathspey. The £500,000 Scottish Government grant allows Regional Screen Scotland (RSS) to order a new vehicle to take films to 44 locations in areas including the Highlands and Islands, Moray and North Ayrshire.
‘Thank you’ says Grantown with 80th anniversary of VE Day

1 week ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

Grantown turned out today to pay its respects to those who had paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom they had enjoyed for the last eight decades. The 80th celebration of Victory in Europe featured a programme of readings and a two-minute silence outside the clubrooms of the Royal British Legion (Scotland) Strathspey branch. Branch chairman Ewan MacGregor welcomed everyone, with the assistance of Winston Churchill’s famous recorded VE Day announcement.
Badenoch’s Coop shelves showing some signs of recovery but so far to go

1 week ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Tom Ramage

Shelves are stirring in Badenoch after the devastating wipe-out of supplies earlier this week. But clearly it’s going to take a while before vital supplies to the lower end of the strath approach anything like normality, if these pictures taken this afternoon at Kingussie’s store are anything to go by. The latest update from Coop’s HQ has not put any firm schedule on paper yet but there are some more answers:1. What has happened?