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News published July 2014

• Highland Communities show support on final day with baton

  Published 14 Jul 2014

  Saturday was the fourth and final day that the Highlands hosted the Queen’s Baton and even the overcast sky and rain could not dampen the enthusiastic support communities gave the relay as it made its way from Inverness Castle to Fort William.

• Celebrations continue as Queen’s Baton travels through Highlands

  Published 12 Jul 2014

  Yesterday (Friday 11 July) the Queen’s Baton returned to the Highlands for day three of its visit through the region, with thousands of people along the route coming out to show their support and cheer on the baton bearers.

• Highland bids farewell to the Baton Relay

  Published 11 Jul 2014

  At 8.30am 12 July the Provost of Inverness will be at Inverness Castle to send the baton on its way to Fort William with stops in Drumnadrochit, Fort Augustus, Spean Bridge and Fort William.

• Tain school consultation extended

  Published 11 Jul 2014

  The deadline for a consultation to find a site for the proposed new 3 – 18 school campus in Tain has been extended to Friday 18 July, 2014.

• Crowds cheer as Baton visits Ross-shire, Sutherland and Caithness

  Published 10 Jul 2014

  Yesterday (Wednesday 9 July) the sun shone as crowds turned out in three areas across the Highlands – Ross-shire, Sutherland and Caithness – to cheer when the Queen’s Baton made its way from the West Coast to the North Coast.

• sportscotland unveil new £20 million National and Regional Facilities Investment

  Published 9 Jul 2014

  sportscotland has today (Wednesday) announced a new £20 million National and Regional Facilities Investment.

• Local rogue builder to appear on BBC How Safe is Your House?

  Published 8 Jul 2014

  A local Highland builder is to appear in a new BBC rogue trader consumer programme entitled “How Safe is Your House?”

• Ten business development clinics – meet the experts

  Published 8 Jul 2014

  Business Gateway Highland is running a series of ten business advice clinics across the Highlands between July and November.

• Cauldeen Primary School inspection report

  Published 8 Jul 2014

  Cauldeen Primary School and Nursery, which was recently inspected, has been judged as having key strengths.

• Teenage pregnancy rates in Highland hit 20 year low

  Published 8 Jul 2014

  Teenage pregnancy rates in the Highlands have hit a twenty year low, figures published by the Scottish Government show.

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