Items snatched from school bag

POLICE in Lochaber are appealing for information about the following crimes in the area:

During the morning of September 10, an iPod touch, money and make up was stolen from a school bag in the female changing rooms at Lochaber high school.

Sometime between 9pm on Thursday September 10 and 9am the following morning, the window of a green Ford Focus car was smashed at Middle Street car park, Fort William.

In the early hours of Friday September 11 the door mirror of a Volkswagen Scirrocco car was damaged at Alma Road, Fort William.

Anyone with information regarding these crimes is asked to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously via 0800555111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

Tonnes of rubbish cleared off Glencoe

MORE than 20 tonnes of rubbish and metal has been cleared from the hills of Glencoe.

Thirty-six bags of old steel from tows, lift cables, electrical wire and rotten timber were airlifted from Meall a Bhuiridh as part of a massive clean up by Glencoe Mountain Resort, ski clubs and volunteers.

The junk had built up as a result of storm damage during the 60 years of the mountain resort’s operation but couldn’t be removed without a helicopter.

Andy Meldrum, managing director of the resort, said: ‘It’s brilliant that we have been able to make a start on ensuring that the simply stunning Glencoe landscape is a little cleaner today than it was before. There is still lots of work to do, but rest assured that this is only the start and we will be doing our utmost over the coming years to continue this process. A massive thanks to everyone who contributed.’