News archive

News published August 2015

Inverness Provost beats the drum for City Youth Pipe Band
Published 28 Aug 2015
Young drummers and pipers from the City of Inverness Youth Pipe Band will give a public performance this weekend (Saturday 30 August, 1:15pm) at Tesco Ness-side, Inverness before guest of honour, Provost of Inverness and Area, Councillor Helen Carmichael.
Wick High computing success bucks national trends
Published 28 Aug 2015
The progress of ICT learning by pupils at Wick High School is bucking national trends as more girls at the school take part in the “Apps for Good” programme and teams of boys and girls from the school win UK competitions.
Campaign to encourage young voters in Highland and Islands to register
Published 27 Aug 2015
A campaign has begun to encourage 15 - 17 year olds to sign up and register to vote.
Council to ask Inverness Leisure and High Life Highland to amalgamate.
Published 27 Aug 2015
Members of The Highland Council’s Education, Children and Adult Services Committee have agreed that the Council should invite the Chief Executives of Inverness Leisure and High Life Highland.
Teaching provision at Bun-Sgoil Shlèite, Isle of Skye
Published 27 Aug 2015
Members of The Highland Council’s Education, Children and Adult Services Committee have endorsed the Council’s existing policy across Highland regarding teacher/pupil ratios.
Easter Ross District Partnership meeting next week
Published 27 Aug 2015
The next meeting of the Easter Ross District Partnership will take place on Friday 4 September at the Averon Centre in Alness.
Workers replacing Ruthven Road Bridge find 121 year old time capsule
Published 27 Aug 2015
Workers from construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall plc have unearthed a 121 year old time capsule while working for The Highland Council to replace the Ruthven Road Bridge on the outskirts of Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Badenoch and Strathspey, Ardersier and Nairn District Partnership
Published 26 Aug 2015
The next meeting of the Badenoch and Strathspey, Ardersier and Nairn District Partnership will take place on Wednesday 2 September at 9.30 am at the Golf View Hotel in Nairn.
Communities Called to ACTION for Green Transport Project
Published 26 Aug 2015
ACTION (Alternative Community Transport in Our Neighbourhood) Highland Highway is a proposal to install a network of rapid electric charging points in the Highlands.
Members seek reassurance that safeguards are in place for major projects
Published 26 Aug 2015
The Corporate Arrears Recovery System Project was to purchase a system which would allow the Council to link all its debtors’ associated debts into one system.