News archive
News published November 2007
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Highland welcomes Glasgow’s success in hosting 2014 Commonwealth Games
Published 9 Nov 2007The Highland Council has warmly welcomed the announcement that Glasgow is to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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Seminar for the Management and Development of North European roads
Published 9 Nov 2007The Highland Council is hosting an important International conference today (Friday 9 November) bringing together 117 delegates from Finland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Canada and Scotland to highligh
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Launch of Inverness Winter Festival
Published 8 Nov 2007Plans for the first Inverness Winter Festival – aimed at boosting trade for local businesses and putting the city on the Scottish winter festival calendar - were unveiled today (Thursday). The festi
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School closures due to high winds
Published 8 Nov 2007Four secondary schools and nine primary schools in Caithness and Sutherland were forced to close today (Thursday) because of high winds.
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Council gives go-ahead to Inshes Primary School extension
Published 8 Nov 2007Members of The Highland Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee today (Thursday) agreed to the construction of a two classroom extension at Inshes Primary School, Inverness.
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Local Historian to the Rescue
Published 8 Nov 2007Monies raised by local historian, George Grant, from the sale of his book “Pictorial Memories of Ardersier” are to be dedicated to a local cause - the restoration of Ardersier War Memorial Hall.
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Rhymetimes for Skye children
Published 8 Nov 2007Parents and their babies will soon have access to free singing and rhyming sessions on the Isle of Skye thanks to a new initiative recently launched throughout the region.
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North Sutherland Field of Hope Raises Awareness of Marie Curie Charity
Published 7 Nov 2007Pupils from Melvich Primary School, North Sutherland, today (Wednesday) helped raise awareness of the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity by planting a Field of Hope at a viewpoint on a new stretch of mod
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Inverness Teacher Wins Employee of the Year Award
Published 7 Nov 2007A teacher at Drummond School, Inverness, who introduced an innovative programme to make it easier for senior pupils to adjust to life on leaving school, has been chosen as The Highland Council’s Emp
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Highland projects line up to win viewer vote and share of £1.2 million
Published 6 Nov 2007Two young people’s projects in the Highlands out of 24 groups across Scotland are to appear on television in a bid to win Big Lottery Fund good cause cash. The Highland groups will be competing late