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SNP Hold Inverness Central After Highland Council Bi-election

The by-election for a councillor to represent Inverness Central - Ward 14 on The Highland Council has been won by Emma Roddick - Scottish National Party (SNP) who was one of six candidates who contested the vacancy.   Voting was by the single transferable vote and Emma Roddick emerged as the winner at the third stage of the count.  

Candidates Confirmed for UK Parliamentary General Election 2019

18 candidates are seeking election on Thursday 12 December 2019 for the three Highland UK Parliamentary general election constituencies.   Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency has attracted 5 candidates; Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency 7 candidates; and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency 6 candidates.  

Virtual reality lessons ignite Highland children's imaginations

Daviot Primary School is delighted to share that their children are pioneering virtual reality (VR) learning in Highland to help raise engagement and increase attainment for all pupils.   The school recently acquired "ClassVR"; a simple to use virtual reality user interface made for education.  

Mixed results in firework, cigarette and vape test purchasing by Trading Standards

Highland Council's Trading Standards team is reporting mixed findings from its Autumn age restricted product test purchase programme.   During the exercise, premises in Easter Ross, Inverness and Aviemore were test purchased for fireworks, cigarettes and vape liquids.  

Highland Town Centre's Given A Welcome Boost

Over £2.3 million pounds of investment is set to benefit town centres across the Highlands with 30 transformational projects about to get underway to stimulate economic investment and to help towns diversify and flourish.   The Town Centre capital grant fund from the Scottish Government is targeted to encourage town and city centres to diversify and flourish, giving new purpose and creating footfall.