THE new sheriff at Stornoway, Sheriff Ian Cameron, missed his first
day on the Bench yesterday.
Sheriff Cameron, who succeeds Sheriff Donald Booker-Millburn, was
unable to travel to Stornoway because of a back problem.
His two predecessors at the court -- Sheriff William Fulton and
Sheriff Donald Booker-Millburn -- also suffered from back problems
during their term of office at Stornoway.
Also at Stornoway yesterday, 34-year-old Mr Brian Stewart became the
youngest chief executive of a local authority in Scotland when he took
over as head of the Western Isles Council.
A first class honours graduate of Edinburgh University, he had local
government experience in England before becoming director of
administration with Ross and Cromarty District Council five years ago.
Following a meeting with his management team yesterday morning he then
had a scheduled meeting with Western Isles Enterprise in the afternoon.
Mr Iain Maciver, the new factor of the publicly-owned Stornoway Trust
Estate, also began work with the trust yesterday but will not take over
the post on May 1.
Mr Maciver, the current president of the Scottish Crofters' Union,
will take over from Mr Donald M. Smith who retires at the end of April
after 32 years as factor.
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