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Garden waste collections set to change for Inverness and Nairn

Garden waste collections set to change for Inverness and Nairn

Garden waste collections set to change for Inverness and Nairn

17 August 2022

Garden waste collection customers in Inverness and Nairn could face changes to their usual collection days.


Hopes £30m hotel will be given go-ahead

Hopes £30m hotel will be given go-ahead

Hopes £30m hotel will be given go-ahead

16 August 2022

Developers are “optimistic” their long-running efforts to win permission for a new hotel on a key city centre site will finally be realised.


FROM THE ARCHIVES: How the Education (Scotland) Act transformed the lives of young people but repressed Gaelic

FROM THE ARCHIVES: How the Education (Scotland) Act transformed the lives of young people but repressed Gaelic

FROM THE ARCHIVES: How the Education (Scotland) Act transformed the lives of young people but repressed Gaelic

16 August 2022

The Education (Scotland) Act celebrated its 150th anniversary on August 6 this year.


RESPECT: Two-minute silence honours those hit by 'terrible tragedies' in Highland communities

RESPECT: Two-minute silence honours those hit by 'terrible tragedies' in Highland communities

RESPECT: Two-minute silence honours those hit by 'terrible tragedies' in Highland communities

15 August 2022

A council committee observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect for those affected by the tragic incidents in Skye and Wester Ross last week.


Two controversial planning applications to be decided on by councillors this week

Two controversial planning applications to be decided on by councillors this week

Two controversial planning applications to be decided on by councillors this week

15 August 2022

Two planning applications that attracted public objections but are recommended for approval by planning officers could be ruled on this week.


Doggie sculpture winner blasts "1960s-style" River Ness walkway

Doggie sculpture winner blasts "1960s-style" River Ness walkway

Doggie sculpture winner blasts "1960s-style" River Ness walkway

15 August 2022

A dental equipment technician has won a contest to name the new River Ness-side sculpture installed by Inverness Angling Club.


Highland Council seeks views on how area based funds should be spent

Highland Council seeks views on how area based funds should be spent

Highland Council seeks views on how area based funds should be spent

15 August 2022

Highland Council is asking people's views on how they would like to see area-based funds spent.


New waste strikes on council staff pay

New waste strikes on council staff pay

New waste strikes on council staff pay

12 August 2022

GMB Scotland has announced this morning further strike dates affecting waste and recycling services across Scottish local government.


More turbines may be on horizon near Loch Ness

More turbines may be on horizon near Loch Ness

More turbines may be on horizon near Loch Ness

12 August 2022

Controversial plans for 14 new turbines near Loch Ness will be recommended for approval despite objections from nearby communities.


New online exhibition charts how 1872 education act transformed Highland children's lives

New online exhibition charts how 1872 education act transformed Highland children's lives

New online exhibition charts how 1872 education act transformed Highland children's lives

12 August 2022

A new Highland online exhibition will mark the 150th anniversary of an act of parliament that transformed the lives of Scottish children.


ANALYSIS: Council hails 'significant achievement' on landfill progress

ANALYSIS: Council hails 'significant achievement' on landfill progress

ANALYSIS: Council hails 'significant achievement' on landfill progress

12 August 2022

The Scottish Government has placed a ban on all non-household biodegradable waste going to landfill from 2025.


Highland play park report reveals £245k investment next year – and £3.5m repairs bill

Highland play park report reveals £245k investment next year – and £3.5m repairs bill

Highland play park report reveals £245k investment next year – and £3.5m repairs bill

11 August 2022

Highland councillors will next week discuss a strategy to bring the region’s 321 play parks up to scratch.


Highland Council has netted more than a million pounds in parking penalties.

Highland Council has netted more than a million pounds in parking penalties.

Highland Council has netted more than a million pounds in parking penalties.

10 August 2022

Highland Council has been making a fortune off badly parked motorists.


Waste workers from Highland Council set to strike

Waste workers from Highland Council set to strike

Waste workers from Highland Council set to strike

10 August 2022

Waste workers strike escalates as Unite announces second wave of council strike action the union today confirmed.


Sandown will not get housing

Sandown will not get housing

Sandown will not get housing

09 August 2022

Councillors have agreed to take an area of land in Nairn off the market and explore uses other than housing for it.


VIDEO AND PICTURES: Exam joy for Highland straight A pupils

VIDEO AND PICTURES: Exam joy for Highland straight A pupils

VIDEO AND PICTURES: Exam joy for Highland straight A pupils

09 August 2022

There was joy for high-achieving pupils at Nairn Academy today as the secondary school reported positive overall SQA exam results.


Nailbiting wait is over for Highland students as SQA results land

Nailbiting wait is over for Highland students as SQA results land

Nailbiting wait is over for Highland students as SQA results land

09 August 2022

More than 4,500 young people across the Highlands received their SQA exams results today – with improved attainment in several key areas.


Decision on Nairn workshop

Decision on Nairn workshop

Decision on Nairn workshop

09 August 2022

Councillors on Highland Council’s Nairnshire area committee have decided to put a Nairn workshop up for lease.


Sandown will not get housing

Sandown will not get housing

Sandown will not get housing

08 August 2022

Councillors have agreed to take an area of land in Nairn off the market and explore uses other than housing for it.


Highland Council Black Isle area committee appoints new chairman

Highland Council Black Isle area committee appoints new chairman

Highland Council Black Isle area committee appoints new chairman

08 August 2022

Councillor Lyndsey Johnston has been appointed chairman of the Highland Council’s Black Isle area committee.


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