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News published October 2010

  • Tain and Easter Ross Forum focuses on planning

    Published 20 Oct 2010

    Tain and Easter Ross residents are invited to a Ward Forum being held on Thursday 28 October to hear about The Highland Council’s role in planning. The Forum is being held in the Fearn Village Hall,

  • Badenoch and Strathspey Ward Forum looks at winter preparation

    Published 20 Oct 2010

    The focus of the next meeting of The Highland Council’s Badenoch and Strathspey Ward Forum will be “Getting Ready for Winter”.

  • Highland success at Good Practice Awards in Adult Learning 2010

    Published 19 Oct 2010

    A project for which the Highland Adult Literacies Partnership was successful in being granted LEADER funding has received a national award for good practice in adult learning from Scotland’s Learnin

  • Launch of Highland and Islands edition of Monopoly

    Published 19 Oct 2010

    The new MONOPOLY: Highlands and Islands Edition was launched today (Tuesday) at Loch Ness, which has grabbed the top property usually occupied by Mayfair, on the new game. Ben Nevis lands on ‘Old Ke

  • Temporary Road Closures for city events

    Published 19 Oct 2010

    Road users in Inverness are advised that temporary road restrictions will be in place during certain times over the next few weeks when four key events take place in the city.

  • Deadline for Challenge Fund applications

    Published 19 Oct 2010

    The deadline for applications to the Challenge Innovation Fund is fast approaching.  The aim of the Challenge Innovation Fund, operated by Planning, Environment and Development Committee of The Highl

  • Praise for prompt response to major fire at Inverness home

    Published 19 Oct 2010

    Members of the local community in Smithton worked last night (Monday) with care home staff, social work and the emergency services to relocate 59 elderly people from Culloden Court Nursing Home after

  • Curriculum for Excellence comes under the Spotlight

    Published 18 Oct 2010

    The new Curriculum for Excellence will come under the spotlight at the next Dingwall and Seaforth Ward Forum to be held in Dingwall on Wednesday 27th October.

  • Litter purge begins in Highland communities

    Published 18 Oct 2010

    Those intent on dropping litter and fly tipping are being given advance notice that enforcement teams will be in Dingwall, Fort William and Inverness over the next two weeks beginning on Monday 25 Oct

  • Inverness announced as 2014 Mòd venue

    Published 15 Oct 2010

    Event organisers An Comunn Gàidhealach are hailing this year’s Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail (The Royal National Mòd) a massive success as the week long celebration of Gaelic arts, music, culture a