News archive
News published May 2010
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Council advised of outcome of new care home business cases
Published 7 May 2010A report being presented by three Council directors to The Highland Council on Thursday 13 May says there is no economic case for the Council to build five new care homes when the resulting costs will
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Council to recognise achievements of Highland football teams
Published 7 May 2010Highland Councillors will be asked at their next meeting on Thursday (13 May) to recognise the achievements of the two Highland Scottish league sides – Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County
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Cut and Style for Charleston young people
Published 7 May 2010Young people coming along to attending Charleston Youth Café next week will look a cut above their peers as hairdressing students from Inverness College will be coming along to snip and style hair.
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Creative Scotland CEO announces £500k boost for Highland arts programme
Published 7 May 2010Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive Designate of Creative Scotland, has today announced that music, dance, literature and drama are among six creative disciplines to benefit from £500,000 funding this year
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Scottish Biodiversity Week comes to Caithness and Sutherland
Published 6 May 201015th to 23rd May 2010 is Scottish biodiversity week and Highland Council's Countryside Rangers in the North Highlands have organised an exciting variety of guided walks and events to celebrate our ma
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Open Doors Days at Highland Deaf Centre
Published 5 May 2010If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at sign language, or if you are struggling to hear the TV or the phone, the Highland Deaf Centre is the place to visit on Friday (7 May) and Saturday (8 May).
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Dornoch Mercat Cross
Published 4 May 2010Staff from The Highland Council met with Councillor Jim McGillivray, Edderton and East Sutherland Ward, and members of the Community Council in Dornoch last week to discuss the recent works around the
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Highland Convener gathers support in Brussels for continued EU funding for Scotland’s rural areas
Published 4 May 2010The future of the Common Agricultural Policy and its likely impact in Scotland was discussed at the Committee of the Regions (CoR) on Monday 3 May with CoR member Councillor Sandy Park, Convener of Th
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Temporary road closure affecting Struie Road
Published 4 May 2010The Highland Council is advising drivers that part of the B9176 Struie Road will be temporarily closed to traffic from 6am on Wednesday 12 May until 8pm on Tuesday 18 May to allow for hazardous tree f
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Last minute call for Easter Ross groups to hear about money saving ideas
Published 4 May 2010Volunteers involved in running community buildings from the Dornoch to Cromarty Bridges still have time to sign up for an Energy Efficiency Seminar running next week (Thursday 13 May) to help them fin