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Continued from Page 1 Scottish & to free him, or even to Midges: Conditions ripe for invasion of little blood-suckers next spring treat him or see how UK News much he was bleeding. BY SUE RESTAN “I have done a lot of difficult jobs in my time 11-19 The world’s leading expert as adoctor but this was on the dreaded Highland definitely the most diffi- biting midge is warning cult. I was working in a Business that dreich weather this very confined space and summer could result in a working blind so I really population explosion in the needed the teams to 20-23 spring. work together. Dr Alison Blackwell, di- “Ultimately, his arm rector of Advanced Pest So- was verybadly trapped lutions of Edinburgh, said and we had to do every- Farm thatthe cool, damp, over- thing we could to get Journal cast summer weather had him free. I understand provided perfectcondi- he is now in a stable con- tions for midges resulting dition in hospital, but in 24-29 in increased numbers this a high-dependency year. ward.” This means there will be The Inverness-based more midge larvae over- air ambulance heli- Your Life wintering in the soil ready copter was on the scene + TV Guide to emerge in the spring. for about an hour as fire Dr Blackwell, who runs crews from Pullout an online midge forecast to and Keith helped in the help anyone planning out- rescue operation. STANDING FIRM: Auchnarrow residents, from left, Sue Crombie and Graham Taylor want to keep their hamlet’s road sign as it is. Photograph: David Whittaker-Smith

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The accident is be- YOU TO POACH the midges to Residents brace themselves thrive in” “We were door activities, records data notified of the from midge traps through- incident in out . for battle over renaming bid Keith and are This year’s overall catch was almost four times investigating” higher than lastyear,with more than 30,000,000 Opinion midges trapped, compared HIGHLAND HAZARD: A woman walker and a cyclist protect themselves form biting insects with midge nets ing investigated by the Identity crisis: Should hamlet stay as Auchnarrow or become Knockhandhu? with almost 8,000,000 in Health and Safety Exec- 2011. but she saidshe has had an ideal environment for the midges usually disap- utive. BY JESSICA MURPHY meeting of the Glenlivet volve changing the road 12 or more members of the Residents of the small Speyside Glenlivet, said: 32-33 And in Argyll, which fewer reports of people be- midges to thrive in. peared by about the end of An HSE spokesman AND JAMIE BUCHAN and Inveravon Community sign at the entrance to the community request it. hamlet at are “This is quite a delicate sub- topped the table this year, ing bitten. “If we get warm, wet September, but could per- said: “We can confirm Association to be called. village. “The issue of this name concerned about the possi- ject for the area. When it midge catches were up She said the number of weather in early May, we sistinto October if that were notified of the Angry residents claimed In a letter written to the The notice was installed change has been rearing its ble outcome of the talks, came up in the past the Classified from just over 2,000,000 in midges can be calculated could see a particularly big favourable weather condi- incident in Keith and are yesterdaythat plans to re- community association, for safety reasons nearly a head every three or four and fear they do not have community did not agree 2011 to more than by weighing the catches. emergence next spring.” tions resulted in a third now investigating.” name their hamlet would the group cite their reason decade ago. enough residents to ensure to the change. Thepeople 6,000,000 this year –an in- Dr Blackwell said: She said thatmidgelar- hatch. Dr Hardy said the in- rob them of their identity. for requesting the meeting The name Auchnarrow “It is quite afair vote. One local said: that actually live in the 34-53 crease of around 200%. “Catches are up this year be- vae over-wintered in the She said there had been a cident on Wednesday Householders at Auch- as a wish to decide whether has been attached to the disappointing “We have only a handful of area, it is their point of view Only the Western Isles cause we haven’t experi- soil, with the first midges of third generation of midges morning underlined the narrow in Glenlivet have the existing signs at The area for more than 200 full-time residents, as we that matters.” appears to have had fewer enced any prolonged spells the season hatching out at this year, but they were not importance of training been left aghast by the pro- Knockhandhu should be years. Locals say it was first that it has come have quite afew holiday Residents of the Glen- Sport midges this year thanks to of hot dry weather, which the end of May or early expected to last long as re- new doctors in pre-hos- posal made by people who “left the same, removed or referred to as Knockandhu up again” homes plus we will have livet and Inveravon area their unusually dry sum- would have reduced the June. A second hatch oc- cent colder weather would pital care and the treat- live outside the small replaced before the name around the turn of the 20th people on holiday and are invited to attend the mer.No figures are avail- numbers. The relatively cool curs in the middle of July or kill them off. ment of serious injuries. neighbourhood. The Knockandhu is lost century. years. It is quite disappoint- working abroad. We have special meeting of the 54-64 able as Dr Blackwell does weather, with frequent early August. She added: “I have A group of non-residents forever”. Rita Marks, secretaryof ing that it has come up verylittle chance of win- Glenlivet and Inveravon not have any traps there, showers, has helped provide Dr Blackwell added that Comment, Page 32 Scotland’s least wanted inhabitant – the midge been working as acon- want to change the name of The letter was submitted the communityassocia- again. It is a matter for the ning any vote as proxy Community Association at sultant at Dr Gray’s for the area to Knockandhu with apetition of 12 signa- tion, said: “We are obliged people thatlive in the votes are not allowed.” the Braes of GlenlivetHall almost ayear, but I was and have asked for a special tures. The move would in- to hold a special meeting if area.” Pearl Paul, councillor for on Wednesday at 7.30pm. also part of the helicopter Contact us emergency medical ser- vice team based at East Midlands Airport. 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