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News published September 2015

  • Marybank Primary School Education Scotland report

    Published 2 Sep 2015

    Highland Council very much welcomes the Education Scotland report on Marybank Primary School, which praises highly the pupils, staff and whole school community.

  • Project Facebook Page competition results in a real star

    Photo Published 2 Sep 2015

    A recent hard fought Competition has been going on in the Social Media World. The Highland Seashore Project let the public fight it out to select their favourite photograph in a Seashore Life Photo Competition.

  • Beauly's pipes come home for BLAS 2015

    Published 2 Sep 2015

    With shinty’s day of days, the Camanachd Cup Final a fortnight away, and a team from the Aird district near Inverness flying the flag in shinty’s showpiece occasion for the first time in over 60 years, an historic set of bagpipes which have been played on the Brazilian beaches at Copacabana and the Grand Canyon, having survived the rigours of the first World War, will be centre-stage in Beauly as shinty comes to the fore in the celebration of Blas 2015.

  • Highland’s new Youth Convenor

    Youth Convener Published 1 Sep 2015

    Kat Bateson from Inverness has been appointed to the role of Highland Youth Convenor. This full time role, based at the High Life Highland office in Ardross Street, Inverness, is a bursary position running to the end of August 2016.

  • Preparatory works to begin on Inverness West Link Road

    Published 1 Sep 2015

    Works on the long awaited Inverness West Link Project will begin in mid-September. Funding for the project was unanimously agreed by Council in March this year.