News archive
News published April 2019
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Employability Award success for Dornoch Academy pupil
Published 5 Apr 2019Employability Award training has led Dornoch Academy pupil Reece MacLeod to follow his passion for horses, by helping him to secure a place at the British Racing School in Newmarket.
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Men’s Shed planters for Fort William Good Grub Growing Project
Published 5 Apr 2019The Men’s Shed group in Fort William have been busy making large bespoke planting troughs for the Good Grub growing project set up by staff working in the town’s Charles Kennedy Building.
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Culloden Academy duo set their sights on national final
Published 4 Apr 2019Culloden Academy pupils Harry Ratcliffe and Lauren Parsons are through to the national finals of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Public Speaking Competition.
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Council welcomes Inverness – Heathrow same-day-flights service
Published 4 Apr 2019Highland Council Leaders have welcomed a new Inverness – London Heathrow service this week by British Airways which will allow people to travel between the two cities and return the same day.
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Lochaber High School leads the way in Highland for digital learning and teaching
Published 3 Apr 2019Lochaber High School in Fort William has become the first secondary school in Highland and the twelfth school in Scotland to receive a ‘Digital Schools Award’.
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Celtic Media Festival reveals the nominees for landmark 40th anniversary awards
Published 3 Apr 2019Full List of Celtic Media Festival 2019 Nominees
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Highland Play Award winners announced
Published 2 Apr 2019The Parent Council at Millbank Primary School in Nairn are the winners of the 2019 annual Play Highland Award and are celebrating after receiving £1000 to help towards their play projects.
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Highland Council supports national anti-littering campaign
Published 2 Apr 2019The Highland Council is supporting the 2019 Keep Scotland Beautiful Clean Up campaign and is encouraging as many communities, businesses, schools and individuals as possible to get involved.
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Lochaber Newton Room opens
Published 2 Apr 2019A new Norwegian style learning centre opens in Fort William today (Tuesday 2 April) to encourage more young people in the area into studies and careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
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Temporary road closures in Inverness during parade
Published 2 Apr 2019The Highland Council is advising all road users that a number of temporary road restrictions will be in place across the city of Inverness during the afternoon of Saturday 6 April 2019.