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15/1/2024
Opportunity To Represent Your Local Community With Interim Community Council Elections
Nominations are invited from people seeking election to the Community Councils which did not form during the 2023 Community Council Elections and the ones that fell into abeyance. This is your chance to help represent the views of your community to The Highland Council and other public agencies.
15/1/2024
Have A Gneiss Day - Donald's Take On North West Sutherland's Ancient Rocks
Donald Mitchell's, Highland Ranger's take on North West Sutherland's ancient rocks. I knew practically nothing about rocks before moving to the northwest many years ago but very quickly realised that you cannot ignore rocks here, the landscape IS rocks, outside the front door, through the window or on your drive to work, rocks, rocks and more rocks.
15/1/2024
Costs Up, Heating Down - Millions Of Scots Willing To Endure Record Low Temperatures At Home This January To Combat High Energy Bills And Cost Of Living
A new report from clean energy-tech company, Aira , has revealed that Scots are considering alternative heating solutions, such as heat pumps, to combat rising energy costs and the cost-of-living crisis. Heat pumps are known to reduce home energy costs for Scots by 25% and household carbon emissions by at least 75%.15/1/2024
Consultation On Eligibility For Right To Be Paid From Broadcasting And Public Playing Of Music
Recording artists, record labels, collecting societies, broadcasters and public venues are invited to share their views by 11 March 2024. the government is considering changes to how foreign record labels and foreign recording artists qualify for rights to be paid when their music is broadcast or played in public.
12/1/2024
Council urges anyone with information about snow pole thefts in Sutherland to report it
The Highland Council is asking the public to report any information they may have about the theft of snow poles taken from a section of the A838 route in Sutherland. A member of the public contacted the local roads team to report that 12 snow poles had been cut off to near ground level on the A838 between the Skerricha Junctions (Laxford - Rhiconich).
9/1/2024
Take The Plunge In 2024 - Places Available On Courses Starting With UHI North, West And Hebrides In January, Including Free Upskilling Short Courses
There's still time to apply for a course starting at UHI North, West and Hebrides in late January, with a limited number of free places on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate upskilling short courses. The college has more than 100 courses to choose from in January, including a range of full-time and part-time courses at further education, higher education, and postgraduate level, providing options for people leaving school, looking to get back into work, change careers or upskill.
15/12/2023
Brora Development Trust Secures Nhi Funding Support
The Brora Development Trust has been awarded funding from North Highland Initiative to help support families with school aged children with their food bills during the school holidays. Brora Development Trust is a registered Scottish charity whose function is to address social, economic, environmental and cultural issues in the Brora district, and to enable the community to play a bigger role in shaping its own future.
4/12/2023
Suppliers Invited To Inaugural Highland Registrars' Wedding Fair
Suppliers working in the wedding market are being invited by Highland Registrars to a newly established Wedding Fair. The Highland Wedding Fair will take place on Sunday 4 February 2024 with public access from 11.00am - 3.00pm (suppliers will have access from 8:30am) Highland Council's Chief Registrar, Lesley Gray says: "We are delighted to host our first Wedding Fair and are pleased to offer suppliers a table at this exciting new event being held at the Highland Archive and Registration Centre in Inverness." She explained: "All couples, regardless of whether they choose a Registrar to conduct their ceremony, do have to contact the Registration Office for the legal preliminaries to marriage, so we hope to attract plenty of interest.4/12/2023
Has Interest In As Many Community Councils Disappeared- Timetable For Community Council Elections Confirmed
The Highland Council has announced the timetable to make a final attempt to reform the 30 Community Council elections that failed to form in September 2023. Community Councils are voluntary organisations that express the views and concerns of local people within their area across a wide range of issues from new buildings and roads to local services and facilities.4/12/2023
Council Launches Highland 20mph Consultation
The Highland Council has launched a public consultation for the Highland-wide 20mph roll-out project and is looking for feedback from communities. 125 Highland settlements are part of the project which equates to around 610km of roads across the Highlands, 590km of which are on Local Authority Roads.
4/12/2023
GP Surgeries Will Be Closed For Four Days At Christmas December 23-26) And Four Days Again At New Year December 30-january 2
NHS has reminded everyone of the holidays for GP surgeries and to make sure to get repeat prescriptions in plenty of time. Stock up on cold and flu remedies to treat yourself..4/12/2023
Maintenance On Our Web Sites
Our web sites may be offline for a period of time any time this evening until tomorrow morning Scheduled maintenance is being performed on our servers this evening, 4th December, between 19:00 to 5th December 2023 07:00. This could be anything up to an hour although we plan to keep downtime to much less if possible..3/12/2023
Visiting Relatives And Friends This Christmas? Make Sure Your Home Is Safe After Dark
Consider carefully what you are putting on social media, especially if you are staying away to visit friends and relatives this Christmas. Be wary of posting photographs of Christmas parties that contain images of high value jewellery.
1/12/2023
Msp Welcomes Naver Bridge Tendering
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, has welcomed news that the first stage of the tender process to replace the existing Naver Bridge in north-west Sutherland is expected to start imminently. Mrs Grant made representation to Highland Council earlier this year, highlighting the concerns the community brought to her about the perilous condition of the existing bridge.29/11/2023
Scottish Child Payment Helping Families Of More Than 323,000 Children
Total spending on five family payments passes £596 million. The families of more than 323,000 under-16s were benefitting from Scottish Child Payment at the end of September, official statistics show.29/11/2023
Pensioners Check This - Countdown To Deadline Day Claim Pension Credit By 10 December And Score Extra £300
Those who apply before the deadline could qualify for an extra £300 Cost of Living boost thanks to Pension Credit backdating rules. Harry Redknapp teams up with DWP to urge pensioners to apply for Pension Credit ahead of deadline day on 10 December.
29/11/2023
Highland Winter Roads Report - Wednesday 29 November 2023
The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time. It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.
21/11/2023
Yes Vote For Dornoch Business Improvement District
Dornoch businesses have voted yes for the Dornoch Business Improvement District (BID) for a period of 5 years from 1 March 2024 until 28 February 2029. Ballot papers for the Dornoch BID election were sent to eligible voters on Thursday 28 September 2023 and the businesses had the opportunity to cast their vote for the past seven weeks.18/11/2023
Take Part In The Council's Budget Challenge - Council Budgets Are Facing Huge Problems
Highland Council's engagement with communities and staff will help to inform the budget proposals and consequent decisions which will be made in February 2024. This includes allocating resources to deliver the Council's strategic priorities and enable the best outcomes across the Highlands.
18/11/2023
Hunt Warned Against Cutting Tax For Wealthy While Making Stealth Raid On 36m Workers
Jeremy Hunt has been warned against using next week's autumn statement to announce pre-election tax cuts for the wealthy while overseeing a multibillion-pound stealth raid on the incomes of 36 million workers. With the Conservatives trailing in opinion polls, the chancellor is considering deep cuts to inheritance tax for his set-piece speech to the Commons on Wednesday after receiving upbeat figures for the public finances from official forecasters.
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