2/7/2009
Keep Up To Date With The Work Of Development Plans

Today (Thursday 2 July) sees the launch of the new Blog for the Highland wide Local Development Plan.  The Blog will be updated regularly with information on meetings and events hosted and attended by the Development Plans team at The Highland Council.   ... [more]

2/7/2009
Success For Sutherland Primary School

Pupils from Brora Primary will end the term on a high as their school is the first in the North Highlands to be awarded the Scottish Football Association Level 1 Quality Mark in recognition of the high standards continuously maintained by the coaching team.   Janitor David Rose and his team of coaches at the 93 pupil school have been coaching football to children for a good number of years and successes have included winning the local schools competition, the Paynter Cup and reaching the last 8 in Scotland for the SFA Soccer 7s national competition.   ... [more]

11/6/2009
Valuable Statue Of Mercury Stolen From Dunrobin Castle

Valuable Statue Of Mercury Stolen From Dunrobin Castle, Golspie POLICE in Golspie are appealing for information after a large garden statue was stolen from Dunrobin Castle gardens, the home of Lord Strathnaver of Sutherland.  The statue, which is approx 6ft and weighs approx 440kg, is a high value item, believed to worth somewhere in the region of between twenty to thirty thousand pounds.   ... [more]

1/6/2009
European Health Insurance Card - don't go on holiday without it!

Having a holiday in the European Union should mean rest and relaxation, but for the unfortunate few, it could turn into an unlucky break.   Breaking your ankle while dancing in a beach club or while mountain climbing is bad enough to deal with, let alone having to cope in a foreign language and even more stressful when you have to worry about treatment procedures.   ... [more]

1/6/2009
HIE plans to invest over £220m into local economy

HIE plans to invest over £220m into local economy over the next three years Plans to invest more than £220 million over the next three years in economic and community development have been published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).   The enterprise agency’s latest operating plan – its first since transferring business advice services to local authorities on 1 April 2009 – details HIE’s contribution to deliver the Scottish Government’s Economic Strategy in the Highlands and Islands.   ... [more]

27/5/2009
Inspection of Dornoch Academy and the learning community surrounding the school

As part of the inspectorate's new joined-up strategy for evaluating all of the educational provision of local authorities, separate reports are issued today on the inspection by HMIe of the quality of education at Dornoch Academy and community learning and development (CLD) in the surrounding area.   In a very positive school report, HMIe highlight well behaved and well-motivated pupils, imaginative and well-planned curricular provision, support for vulnerable young people, commitment of all staff and the leadership of the head teacher as particular strengths.   ... [more]

9/5/2009
Highland student secures Geographical study trip of a lifetime

A Dornoch Academy student is heading off around the world to help her studies after winning £4000 of support from the Royal Geographical Society-IBG's Learning and Leading Gap Year Programme.   Seventeen year old Lynn Munro from Spinningdale in Sutherland has been selected to become one of only twelve students across the UK to receive a grant to undertake a geographical themed Gap Year anywhere in the world.   ... [more]

9/5/2009
Council reduces speeds at three more Highland Schools

From Tuesday 5 May, 2009, three more schools in the Highlands will have part time 20 mph speed limits in operation for children's' safety.   The new limits are being introduced at Tongue Primary, Sutherland and at Bualnaluib Primary, Aultbea and Inverasdale Primary in Ross.   ... [more]

1/5/2009
Banks Agree To Help Caithness Companies With New Government Initiaitives

Highland based banks agree to help Caithness companies benefit from new Government funding initiatives Representatives from the main Banks operating in the Caithness area have agreed to share their understanding of the new government initiatives with local businesses at a specially convened event at the Weigh Inn Hotel, Thurso on 8th May from 1pm.   Businesses have been suffering from the effects of recession and the 'credit crunch' making life more difficult for those seeking to grow or simply survive.   ... [more]

31/3/2009
Older People To Be Treated In the Community In Sutherland

NHS Highland is continuing to develop the range of services it provides in Sutherland so that more people can be treated and cared for in their own homes.   The Cambusavie Unit, at the Lawson Memorial Hospital, in Golspie, was purpose built as a 30 bed long-term facility in 1989, when patients were transferred from the old Cambusavie Hospital.   ... [more]