More competition in the food market in Caithness begins on Friday 29th October with the opening of a new Farmfoods shop in Wick. The new store occupies the one formerly occupied by Poundland and another one next door.
The Highland Council has approved a number of key recommendations as part of its medium term financial planning approach. Councillors considered revenue budget projections for the coming financial year, medium term planning for future budgets over the next 5 years and forecasted budget gaps, as well as a number of capital developments and future capital strategy.
The committee will discuss a paper Visitor Management Car Parking & Motorhome Provision at its online meeting on 3 November 2021. Initially the charging scheme will be voluntary -As with Council-owned sites, there will be no enforcement of charges until such time in the future that a full common good consultation and Traffic Regulation Order amendment are carried out if so decided.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (October 28th) sold 4,260 store sheep. Lambs (2,816) averaged £67.74 and sold to £109 gross for a Texel cross lamb from Lochfleet, Dornoch.
An additional public holiday on Friday 3 June 2022 has been approved at a meeting of The Highland Council. The additional public holiday is to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and 70 years on the throne in line with UK Government arrangements.
Highland Council members, during their Committee meeting which took place today, considered a detailed appraisal of options for taking forward a new Care Facility for the North Coast, to be located in Tongue. This built upon the prior commitments to take forward a new Care Facility to replace the existing Melvich and Caladh Sona care homes operated by NHS Highland.
Plans to increase onshore wind capacity published ahead of COP26. A consultation on the Scottish Government's ambition to more than double Scotland's onshore wind capacity by 2030 has been launched.
Vaccinated traveller policy expanded. The final seven countries have been removed from the international travel red list, meaning travellers to the UK from those destinations will no longer have to stay in hotel quarantine for 10 days on arrival.
Farmers and crofters are to be supported to play their part in Scotland becoming a global leader in sustainable and regenerative agriculture. A National Test Programme will begin next spring, with up to £51 million of investment over the following three years.
An extra public holiday for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on Friday 3 June 2021..
The redesign of services in Caithness will take a step forward at the end of next month when the initial agreement is presented to the NHS Highland Board for sign off. Having been through the first stages of NHS Highland governance the initial agreement will be heard at the next Board meeting in November.
The spat over French fishing boat licences is set to create long delays on Christmas goods to and from the EU. Expect November customs chaos, warns ParcelHero.
2,732 new cases of COVID-19 reported*. 38,122 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results* 7.7% of these were positive*.
Police have recently warned about rogue traders operating in the north. So can you spot one? Here is some police advice.
DSRL is funding research through the University of the Highlands and Islands for a critical PhD project to model the behaviour of legacy radioactive particles in the marine environment at Dounreay. An important part of the work to close down Dounreay is to address the legacy of the radioactive particles that wash up on the beaches next to the site.
In a bid to engage customers throughout the COP26 conference and beyond, the Co-op26 campaign aims to get people asking questions about how they can impact climate change at a community level. Six flagship Co-op stores across the UK have ‘rebranded' to Co-op26 with amplified exterior signage and window vinyl takeovers to reflect Co-op26 and capture the attention of passers' by.
The uptake of the COVID vaccine programme in NHS Highland has been excellent and we fully appreciate that many are now keen to get their COVID booster and their flu vaccination. In Caithness NHS Highland will be delivering Flu and COVID vaccination clinics for the following GP Practices - Riverbank Surgery, Dunbeath Surgery, Lybster Medical Centre and Riverview Practice.
The Leader of The Highland Council, Cllr Margaret Davidson has welcomed the announcement in the UK Government's Autumn Budget and Spending Review that the local authority has been successful in its ambitious levelling up fund bid for its Zero Carbon Cultural Regeneration Project. The bid for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Constituency centred around linking up Inverness Castle, the Northern Meeting Park and Bught Park.
Remember that some of the items in the budget apply to England and some are for all UK. he Scottish budget is on 9 December 2021.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths have been rising in the UK, pressurising a health service that's already working hard to treat the backlog of non-COVID patients that have accumulated since March 2020. While some modellers suggest that cases have peaked and are now set to fall, the overall number of new infections isn't the only trend to pay attention to.
