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31/1/2012
Dunnet Beach Clean
The north end of Dunnet Beach in Caithness now looks much tidier following a recent public beach clean (on Sunday 29 January 2012) organised by The Highland Council Countryside Rangers. In total throughout the day about fifty people volunteered their time to help pick the litter from the beach which had gathered in great quantities during the winter storms.
31/1/2012
Find Out If Your Business Can Supply Highland Council
Help is at hand for Caithness businesses to supply The Highland Council. A free event aimed at helping businesses to supply The Highland Council will take place on Thursday 9 February 2012 in Thurso.27/1/2012
Crofting Commission Election Attracts 29 Candidates
There will be a contest in five of the six constituencies within the Crofting Commission electoral area. A total of 28 candidates will contest the five constituencies of: � Shetland; � East Highlands (East Sutherland, Easter Ross, East Inverness and Moray); � Western Isles; � West Highlands (West Sutherland, Wester Ross, Skye and Lochalsh); and � South West Highlands (Lochaber, Argyll and Bute, Arran and Cumbrae, Small Isles).26/1/2012
Caithness Voluntary Group Food Hygiene Training
Introduction to Food Hygiene Training 10.00-1.30pm, Wednesday February 22nd, at Telford House, Williamson Street, Wick. Covering food law and HACCP, food hygiene management systems, and myths surrounding food preparation.25/1/2012
Household Water Charges Frozen
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Secretary Alex Neil today welcomed news that Scottish Water will freeze household water charges for 2012-13. In April 2012 household water charges will remain frozen, which means water charges have remained at the same level for four years.24/1/2012
Council select contractor for Stromeferry works
The Highland Council has selected TRAC Engineering Ltd to carry out stabilisation works on the A 890 Stromeferry Bypass which takes traffic between Wester Ross and Lochalsh/Skye and has been closed due to the danger of rockfall since 22 December, last year. Following a rockfall, emergency works were undertaken which did not leave a stable rock slope but which did protect the rail line.23/1/2012
Half million pound boost for Wick's Pulteneytown Area
With the Wick, Pulteneytown Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS) drawing to an end, The Highland Council's Planning , Environment and Development Committee has awarded two grants and agreed to submit a third to Historic Scotland for approval, worth a total of �486,585. The Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), funded by Historic Scotland and the Highland Council, was launched in 2007 to regenerate the Pulteneytown Conservation Area in Wick through the reuse and repair of its historic buildings.23/1/2012
Woodland On Skye Begins Harvesting
Harvesting starts as part of Storr native woodland restoration. Tree felling and harvesting has begun at Storr Woodland, north of Portree on the island of Skye.23/1/2012
Sandown Design Charrette - 30 January - 2 February 2012
The Highland Council are pleased to announce further details of a design charrette to be held for the Sandown site in Nairn from Monday 30 January to Thursday 2 February 2012. The charrette, which will be facilitated by architects - Ironside Farrar - will take the form of an interactive design workshop which will allow the community, local authority and a wide range of stakeholders to come together to discuss and agree design ideas which will be translated into drawings to develop a masterplan for the site.23/1/2012
Time to Enrol Children For School In Highland
Parents and guardians of children are being informed by The Highland Council that it's time for enrolment into pre-school and primary school in the Highlands. The next school session starts on 13 August 2012.22/1/2012
MV Hamnavoe Took Short Crossing In Severe Weather
The 'short sea route' came into its own early last Saturday (21.01.12) afternoon in an unusual manner as storm-force Westerly severe gales swept huge Atlantic Ocean breakers into the Pentland Firth � And the crossing of the narrowest Eastern End of the Firth between Canisbay Parish and South Ronaldsay enabled Orkney to maintain its sea-link with Caithness on one of the wildest sea-days of the 2011/12 winter so far, a season where weather patterns have been dominated by a series of deep atmospheric depressions sweeping in from the West in quick succession. The trip was not done by Pentland Ferries' Pentalina, which normally plies the route thrice-daily, but by NorthLink Ferries' Hamnavoe which made an exceptionally-circuitous crossing from Scrabster to Stromness, adding just an hour to her scheduled 90 minutes' of sailing time.
22/1/2012
New Council Offices For Wick
The centre of Wick will see regeneration come to life when work on the new council office begins later this year. Most of the existing council offices at Market Square will be demolished to make way for a modern building whilst retaining Stafford Place - the curved building that is part of High Street.
21/1/2012
Scottish Open Contributes £5.1 Million To Scotland
More than £5 million was contributed to the Scottish economy as a result of the 2011 Barclays Scottish Open, according to a study released today. This figure includes £4 million to the economy of the Highlands and Islands.21/1/2012
New Ferry Timetables at Stromeferry
The introduction on Monday 23 January of an early morning train service between Inverness and Kyle, arriving in Kyle at 8.40 am, has resulted in changes to the timetable of the passenger ferry service which has been introduced between North and South Strome to combat the closure of the A 890 Stromeferry Bypass. Monday - Friday, the 60-passenger Sula Mhor from Plockton will make two return journeys in the morning, leaving South Strome at 8.00 am and 9.20 am, and North Strome at 8.15 am and 9.30 am.21/1/2012
Caithness & North Sutherland Regeneration P'ship - Update
Week commencing 16th January: Energy: Scottish Government has announced that Scrabster harbour is one of 14 sites across Scotland to become an "Enterprise Area". Scrabster is included as one of five sites in the Low Carbon & Renewables - North grouping.21/1/2012
Grants and Funding For Land Managers
SNH recognises the important role that farmers, landowners and crofters play in looking after the wider countryside and our most valuable sites, SSSIs and Natura sites. There are several sources of funding to support land management activities that deliver environmental and nature and landscapes benefits.
20/1/2012
Plans to be drawn up to replace Stromeferry Bypass
As a matter of urgency, Highland Council roads officials have been asked to bring forward options for a long term solution that provides a secure transport link between Wester Ross and Lochalsh. The move came at the Council's Transport Environmental and Community Services Committee today (Thursday) as the result of the closure of the A 890 Stromeferry Bypass - which takes traffic from Lochcarron to Kyle/Plockton and on to Skye - due to landslides and the continuing danger of rock fall.20/1/2012
Deadline Looms For Crofting Commission elections
Eligible candidates are reminded that the deadline for returning nomination papers to seek election to the new Crofting Commission is 4 pm on Thursday 26 January. Six people will be elected by Scotland's crofting community to represent their interests on the Crofting Commission, which will come into effect on 1 April 2012 when it will replace the current Crofters Commission.20/1/2012
Natural Environment For Health, Wealth And More
Natural environment will support wealth, health, lifestyle and culture, says new SNH strategy. Scotland?s natural environment should be valued not just for its own sake, but because it generates wealth and can sustain and improve our health, lifestyles and culture.
19/1/2012
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