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News published May 2006

  • Youth input at Education, Culture and Sport Committee

    Published 24 May 2006

    Youth groups from throughout the Highlands will be centre-stage at the start of The Highland Council’s Education Culture and Sport Committee tomorrow (Thursday).  The meeting starts at 10.30 am and

  • Police Board Extend Chief Constable’s Contract

    Published 24 May 2006

    Issued on behalf of the Northern Joint Police Board on Wednesday 24 May 2006 The Northern Joint Police Board today (Wednesday) agreed to extend the contract of Chief Constable, Ian Latimer until Septe

  • Lifeline bridge replacement scheme gets under way

    Published 24 May 2006

    Work begins this week on the first of two phases of improvements which will remove a 7.5 Tonnes weight restriction on the Letters to Loggie road on Lochbroom-side, near Ullapool.

  • No more excuses for underage sales

    Published 24 May 2006

    Following the recent conviction of two Highland businesses and fines imposed totalling £800, a senior Highland Councillor and the Council’s Chief Trading Standards Officer are urging all businesses

  • Public invited to meetings on Community Warden Initiative

    Published 24 May 2006

    The two-year Community Warden initiative, which is funded mainly by the Scottish Executive, is reviewed every 6 months, and The Highland Council, which manages the three Community Wardens, wants to kn

  • The Sharmanka Travelling Circus - A delightful exhibition of spectacular automata by Eduard Bersudsky

    Published 24 May 2006

    June sees the arrival in the Highlands of a unique opportunity to see The Sharmanka Travelling Circus. Eduard Bersudsky’s “kinemats” are not so much sculptures but performers. Each one in turn s

  • Help needed to detect "alien" plants

    Published 24 May 2006

    The Partnership for Rural Inverness and Nairn is asking for help to detect “alien” Giant Hogweed plants that are just starting to appear in Nairnshire, East Inverness and the Black Isle. 

  • Community takes the lead

    Published 24 May 2006

    Residents in Alness and Invergordon are being invited to attend Public Meetings in order to find out what people think about the Community Warden initiative in their area.

  • Grantown Primary School Gets Top Marks

    Published 23 May 2006

    Grantown Primary School has gained the highest possible praise from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIe) for the school’s partnership with parents, the School Board and the community as

  • Highland Council Launches Home Composting Scheme

    Published 23 May 2006

    Next week The Highland Council launches its Home Composting scheme in Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey offering residents a lifetime’s supply of free compost if they buy a discounted com