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1/8/2015

Golspie Gala 2015

The enthusiasm at Golspie Gala 2015 was not dampened by some rain..

1/8/2015

North Lands Creative Glass Seashore Art Project

This past week kids have been learning how to make their own pigments from items found on the seashore and making their own creations. The project by Northlands Creative Glass has been running for the past few days at the harbour..

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28/7/2015

Wick Gala 2015 - Children's Fancy Dress

The rain came down but the crowd voted to go ahead with the event. See all the photos in the gallery above..

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26/7/2015

Wick Gala 2015

Wick Gala 2015 got off to a great start with another fabulous show of decorated floats with many themes. The foot walkers with their collecting tins were as amazing as usual for Wick Gala.

26/7/2015

Halkirk Highland Games 2015

The weather was kinder than anticipated given the rain this year and the ground stood up very well with no muddy condition like the county show. Heavy athletes came from several countries to compete A good show of dancing kept the afternoon flowing between the pipe bands and, cycle and flat races..

24/7/2015

Wick Green Gym - Volunteer and get fit for free!

Green Gyms are all about Healthy People, Healthy Places. Come along and volunteer to help look after local green spaces and also improve your own fitness at the same time.

24/7/2015

North MSP highlight need for more to be done to tackle bullying

Highlands and Islands (including Moray) MSP, Rhoda Grant, who set up the anti-bullying site Tobie (Tackling Oppressive Behaviour In Employment) is delighted at the number of people accessing her site, but she is equally concerned by the level of bullying in the workplace that is on-going. Eight months ago, during December 2014, Rhoda Grant launched the site in Inverness and Elgin.

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23/7/2015

Biology workshop for children at Caithness Horizons

Join Museum Mascot Peter the Penguin and natural historian Neil Redgate to learn why Museums collect and preserve biology collections. Thursday 6th August, 10.30am-12.30pm Suitable for children ages between 7 &12 years.

23/7/2015

Communities leading on development of Local Area Plans for LEADER Programme

Communities across the Highlands are in the process of developing Action Plans outlining local priorities for the LEADER 2014-2020 Programme expected to launch in late Autumn 2015. LEADER is an EU Fund aimed at promoting economic and community development within rural areas.

23/7/2015

World first for Highland Folk Museum - Porridge Ice Cream

With Scottish summers being notoriously unpredictable the team at the Highland Folk Museum had an idea. Why not create a dish for all temperatures? They imagined combining our nation's favourite breakfast dish, renowned for its warmth giving properties, with everyone's summer favourite - ice cream - and came up with porridge ice cream.

23/7/2015

Watch out for telephone ‘disconnection scam' warns Highland Council Trading Standards

Highland Council Trading Standards have issued a warning of a new twist on previous cold call telephone scams, which has been termed as the ‘disconnection scam'. This recent type of scam can affect both businesses and consumers.

21/7/2015

Ham Harbour and Mill

Over the years we have visited Ham to see the Harbour and the Mill. This time a camera suspended beneath a kite gave us a few views from above.

20/7/2015

Tooled up for tick time

The Highland Council's Environmental Health team is raising awareness of the dangers from ticks, in particular the serious illness known as Lyme disease which can be transmitted to humans through a tick bite. Ticks are very small spider-like creatures which feed on blood.