News archive
News published May 2012
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Soil experts brought ‘up to the surface’
Published 16 May 2012This May, people in Highland will get an opportunity to take part in a true underground Festival. The Highland Soil Biodiversity Festival comprises nine days of illustrated talks, field visits and g
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Volunteers clean up on Dunnet Beach
Published 16 May 2012Forty two bags of litter where removed from the north end of Dunnet Beach in north Caithness on Saturday 5 May by a local church group who have volunteered for the second year running to undertake r
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People asked to keep their eyes peeled for apple blossom as Council publishes the first Highland Apple Map
Published 16 May 2012Now we are into May it is time to keep you eyes peeled for Apple blossom, trees that don’t seem that obvious through the rest of the year are bursting into glorious flower. If you see a tree or have
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It’s not too late to act – say HPA radon experts
Published 15 May 2012Issued on behalf of the Health Protection Agency
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Council to run garden waste campaign
Published 15 May 2012The Highland Council is running a campaign to improve the quality of the garden waste collected at Recycling Centres and from the brown bin collection service.
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Sharing services at Invergordon
Published 15 May 2012A new partnership is being introduced in Invergordon on Monday 21 May when the public will be able to source advice and information on library and Council services from under the one roof.
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First cruise boats welcomed in Fort William
Published 15 May 2012The Highland Council is delighted that the cruise ships ‘Marco Polo’ and the ‘Ocean Countess’ will visit Fort William on the 26th May and 4th June respectively.
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Park pupils learn how to plan
Published 15 May 2012Issued by the Cairngorm National Park Authority
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Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd Annual Tour 2012
Published 14 May 2012The National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music
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Inverlochy environmental improvements
Published 14 May 2012The installation of a bronze sculpture of an aluminium worker ‘breaking the crust’ has now completed a £230,000 package of landscaping works in Inverlochy, which has given a welcome facelift to t