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News published June 2010

  • Highland Young Musician of the Year

    Published 21 Jun 2010

    Five of the Highland’s most talented young musicians will gather at Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on Sunday 27th June as they complete for the title ‘Highland Young Musician of the Year 2010.

  • Highland school receives UNICEF award

    Published 21 Jun 2010

    A school in Badenoch and Strathspey has become the first school in the Highlands to be presented with the UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award.

  • Budget consultation meeting at Nairn

    Published 21 Jun 2010

    The Highland Council concludes its budget consultation at a meeting of its Nairn Ward Forum on Wednesday 30 June.

  • New Head Teacher for Applecross Primary School

    Published 21 Jun 2010

    A permanent Head Teacher has been appointed for Applecross Primary. She is Suzanne Gillies who is currently a teacher at Kirknewton Primary School in West Lothian.

  • Highland representative elected president of SSFA

    Published 21 Jun 2010

    Rod Houston, Development Manager of the Highland Football Academy and former Depute Rector at Golspie HS, has been elected President of the Scottish Schools’ Football Association.  His unanimous el

  • Substance abuse training aims to save Caithness children’s lives

    Published 18 Jun 2010

    People who work with children and young people in Caithness have recently been trained to identify and understand the signs of solvent abuse.

  • Council delighted with choice of Beechwood for Inverness College campus

    Published 18 Jun 2010

    The Highland Council is delighted that the board of management of Inverness College has chosen Beechwood – to the south-east of Inverness – for the site of its new campus. The Council had unanimo

  • Highland riders Youth Dirt Crit results

    Published 17 Jun 2010

    Highland riders shone among the 120 riders who recently took part in the 2010 Scottish Cycling Youth Dirt Crit at the Mountain Biking World Cup in Fort William

  • Council recommended not to proceed with care homes

    Published 17 Jun 2010

    Given the worsening financial situation, and likely further reductions in Government funding, Highland Councillors are being advised that it is not now viable to build new care homes in Fort William,

  • Charging for council services

    Published 16 Jun 2010

    In week six of its Budget Blog, The Highland Council is asking if users of services are prepared to pay more for the services they receive from the Council to ease the impact of public spending cutbac