News archive

News published September 2011

  • Closure of Invergordon Academy

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Invergordon Academy was closed today (Monday 12 September) on health and safety grounds as the result of damage to an area of ceiling caused by water penetration over the weekend. This affected the sc

  • Invergordon Academy Update

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Work will continue through the night in an attempt to enable Invergordon Academy to reopen tomorrow (Tuesday) following a ceiling leak which has resulted in water penetration into the canteen and corr

  • South West Inverness Flood Relief Channel – Fourth and Final Phase

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Highland Councillors have given the go ahead for the fourth and final phase of a £16 million scheme to protect 600 houses, which are at risk of flooding on the south side of Inverness.  

  • Aird and Loch Ness Ward Forum discusses timber extraction and transportation

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Communities on South Loch Ness are invited to The Highland Council’s Aird and Loch Ness Ward Forum to discuss timber extraction and the impact on local roads of transporting the felled wood to marke

  • Business Gateway set to attend Black Isle Gathering for the first time

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Entrepreneurs from across Ross and Cromarty will be able to tap into the knowledge of an Internet wizard and a business expert when Business Gateway takes a stall at this year’s Black Isle Gathering

  • Appointment of High Life Highland Director

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Councillor Thomas Prag, Inverness South, has been elected as a Director of the Board of High Life Highland, the new arms length company which will deliver community learning and leisure services on be

  • Youth Award Successes

    Published 12 Sep 2011

    Pupils from St Duthus School in Tain have been taking part in a music project with Feis Rois which saw them developing new skills.  In addition the group decided to work towards a Dynamic Youth Award

  • Council reorganises mussel fishery operation

    Published 9 Sep 2011

    Falling sales and profitability have prompted the directors of Highland Fresh Mussels Ltd and The Highland Council to review the management structure of the Tain mussel fishery. As a result the decisi

  • Inverness marks 30 years of town twinning with La Baule, France

    Published 9 Sep 2011

    Inverness will celebrate being twinned with the French holiday resort of La Baule for 30 years this weekend as a French delegation arrives in the Highland capital to attend a series of special events

  • Northern Community Justice Authority publishes its fourth MAPPA Annual Report 2010-11

    Published 9 Sep 2011

    The Northern Community Justice Authority (NCJA) has today published its fourth detailed annual report which outlines how agencies effectively work together to minimise the risk to the public of sex of