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News published May 2006

  • Fire Brigade Helps Wick Pupils In Award

    Published 8 May 2006

    Three pupils at Wick High School have received certificates from Highland and Islands Fire Brigade that will count towards attaining their Service Section of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

  • Highland Facilitation Improves

    Published 8 May 2006

    Community consultation across the Highlands looks like improving thanks to a Scottish Executive funded initiative.

  • Fionnar In Lochaber

    Published 8 May 2006

    The teenage Gaelic vocal harmony group "Fionnar", established by The Highland Council’s Mairi Mhor Gaelic Song Fellowship in 2003, is hosting a night of Gaelic music, song and dance at the Lochaber

  • Council Welcomes Euro Backing For West Ross Road Improvements

    Published 8 May 2006

    The Highland Council has welcomed the award of £1 million of Euro funding towards the third and final phase of the upgrading of the A832 between Achnasheen and Kinlochewe.

  • Council to oppose Future Plans for Dumping Nuclear Waste at Dounreay

    Published 8 May 2006

    Any plans by the Government in the future to use Dounreay, Caithness, as a national repository for nuclear waste, will be strongly opposed by The Highland Council. Convener Councillor Alison Magee and

  • Glowing Report For Dochgarroch Primary School

    Published 8 May 2006

    Dochgarroch Primary School, by Inverness, has been given an outstanding report following a recent HMIe inspection.

  • Cycling Safely - A Confidence Course For Adults

    Published 8 May 2006

    The Highland Council’s Road Safety Unit, in partnership with Healthways in Ross and Cromarty, has organised a couple of informal training courses for adults who are thinking about returning to using

  • Craft Makers Come To The Highlands

    Published 8 May 2006

    The 3-year project aims to place a craft maker-in-residence for a term in a school in all eight areas of the Highlands, culminating in a major touring craft exhibition in 2007, the Year that Scotland

  • Master Plan For A96 Corridor

    Published 8 May 2006

    Members of The Highland Council’s Inverness and Nairn Area Committees have agreed to support a development strategy of the A96 corridor which could provide homes for an expected 20-30,000 population

  • Investment In Public Safety At Cemeteries

    Published 8 May 2006

    The Highland Council has allocated £160,000 in this year’s budget to tackle the repair of unsafe headstones and memorials in its burial grounds.