News archive
News published March 2015
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Ullapool Harbour improvements bring temporary diversion
Published 19 Mar 2015Improvements to Ullapool Harbour's linkspan will mean the closure of the port to vehicular traffic from April 20 to May 18.
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Don’t be duped by scam parcel postcards warns Highland Council Trading Standards
Published 18 Mar 2015Highland Council Trading Standards are aware that Scam postcards are being delivered to residents’ homes claiming that a parcel containing “jewellery” or valuables up to £50 is waiting for the homeowner.
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Landmark City-Region Deal gets go-ahead
Published 18 Mar 2015The Highland Council have joined with Highlands and Islands Enterprise, HITRANS, and the University of the Highlands and Islands to welcome the support announced today during the budget by making funding available to the Highlands for 2015-16 to deliver a City Deal for Inverness and the wider region.
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Highland Council Convener welcomes £100,000 towards City-Region Deal plans
Published 18 Mar 2015Convener of The Highland Council, Councillor Jimmy Gray has welcomed the UK Government’s budget announcement today
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Trading Standards to host drop-in sessions for home maintenance and improvement businesses
Published 18 Mar 2015Highland Council Trading Standards are to hold two drop-in sessions aimed at traders who conduct works on domestic properties.
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Trading Standards and Police to host online Facebook chat event on rogue doorstep callers
Published 18 Mar 2015Highland Council Trading Standards and Police Scotland Highland and Islands Division are to host a Facebook chat event on the topic of rogue traders who call at your door offering to carry out works on your home. The event will take place on Tuesday 24th March at 6pm.
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The Highland Council helping make our world brilliant with WWF’s Earth Hour
Published 18 Mar 2015The Highland Council is helping to build a brighter future by supporting WWF’s Earth Hour, a spectacular and symbolic lights out event that focuses the world’s attention on our planet, and the need to protect it.
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Still time for eligible voters to cast their vote in Cairngorms National Park Election
Published 17 Mar 2015Voters in Wards 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the Cairngorms National Park Election have until 4pm on Thursday, 19 March 2015 to return their postal votes for a community representative to serve their areas on the Cairngorms National Park Authority Board.
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Provost welcomes students from Nova Scotia to the City
Published 17 Mar 2015Earlier today (Tuesday 17 March) the Provost of Inverness Alex Graham was joined by pupils from Inverness Royal Academy to welcome a group of young Gaelic students from across the Atlantic to the Town House.
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Meeting of Inverness West District Partnership
Published 17 Mar 2015The first meeting of the Inverness West District Partnership in 2015 is to be held on Friday 20 March at 10am in Merkinch Community Centre.