News Archive

The Hidden Bronze Age

Saturday 15th August Join Melissa and Romain of the School of Ancient Crafts as we explore how plants and herbs were used in the past.  This workshop will include a spot of foraging as well as making soap with native herbs, using pot-boilers (hot stones) to heat milk and make a soft cheese, baking bread next to an open fire, and much more! Join us again on Sunday 16th August to learn how to build a prehistoric oven in which we will bake fish and bread.  

More Young People Choosing To Stay In Highland and Islands

Opportunity, quality of life and strong community links have been cited as some of the positive reason young people are choosing to stay in the Highlands and Islands.   This is according to a new report on the recent Young people and the Highlands and Islands: Attitudes and aspirations study commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).  

Great Yellow Week

JOIN THE HUNT TO FIND SCOTLAND'S RAREST BUMBLEBEE!.   This August 21st is the start of Great Yellow Week in Caithness, a chance to search for one of Scotland's rarest bees and discover why bumblebees are so important.  

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..  

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.  

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..  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.