News archive
News published February 2010
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Highland Museum is finalist for national award
Published 15 Feb 2010The Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore is one of 6 museums in Great Britain chosen by the public to reach the final stages of the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award 2010.
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Ward Forum gets a lesson on Education
Published 15 Feb 2010The Highland Council’s Cromarty Firth Ward Forum has invited the Head Teachers of the two local Academies to attend their Ward Forum next Thursday (25th February 2010).
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Reprieve for key bus service for Dingwall and Ullapool communities
Published 11 Feb 2010The positive effect of The Highland Council's Ward Forum system was to the fore in Dingwall on Wednesday 10th February.
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Special Planning Committee overturns wind turbine decision
Published 11 Feb 2010At today’s special meeting of The Highland Council's Planning, Environment and Development Committee members overturned a previous decision to grant planning permission for a 15 kw wind turbine e
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Planning Committee confirms previous decision for change of use at Croy site
Published 11 Feb 2010Members of The Highland Council’s Planning, Environment and Development Committee have today (11 Feb 2010) confirmed the decision made by the Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey Planning A
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Council Tax frozen as Council sets £607 million budget
Published 11 Feb 2010The Highland Council has confirmed a freeze on the Council Tax for a third year in succession. The tax for 2010-11 is: Band A: £775.33; Band B: £904.56; C: £1,033.78; Band D: £1,163; Band E:
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Population projections for the Highlands
Published 11 Feb 2010If the trends of recent years continue, the population of the Highlands is set to reach 257,965 by 2033, representing an increase of 18% (38,565) from the 2008 population of 219,400. This is a higher
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Inverness Traditional Music Project - song workshop
Published 11 Feb 2010Straight from Celtic Connections - clarsach musician and singer - Katie Mackenzie is offering the opportunity for singers to come and take part in a Scots Song Workshop.
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Population projections for the Highlands
Published 11 Feb 2010The latest statistics from the General Registers Office for Scotland project that the population of the Highlands is expected to grow by 18% to 259,768 in 2033 if the trends experienced during the per
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Tourism is focus of Caithness ward forum
Published 10 Feb 2010Tourism will be the focus of discussion at a meeting of The Highland Council’s Caithness Joint Ward Forum to be held in the Pentland Hotel, Thurso, on Tuesday 16 February at 7.30 pm.