News Archive
14/4/2013
Police in Highland and Islands Division take part in national roads week of action
Police Scotland Highland and Islands Division take part in week of action on the roads in the area as part of a national enforcement campaign to deter and detect speeding and inappropriate drivers. The campaign, which started today at 07:00 hours, is the first under Police Scotland as part of the commitment to making Scotland's road safer.
14/4/2013
Grow your own - Scottish Government Consultation
Plans to simplify and overhaul Scotland�s allotment rules were announced today. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has launched a consultation to consider the shape of future allotment legislation.
14/4/2013
Get Ready To Retune TV Equipment In Caithness on 24th April
Freeview viewers in Caithness will need to retune their TV equipment on 24 April as local airwaves are cleared for the roll-out of 4G mobile broadband. Technical changes at the Rumster Forest transmitter group, affecting around 22,000 homes, will free up frequencies for the future introduction of 4G mobile services.
14/4/2013
Helping People With Brain Injuries In Caithness
Headway Highland has a branch in Caithness that aims to help local people who have suffered a brain injury. Headway Highland in Caithness March 2011 saw the opening of a local support group in the Caithness area as part of Headway Highland.Deadline looms for second round of Community Challenge Fund bids
Community groups are reminded that the deadline for submitting an expression of interest into the second round of The Highland Council�s Community Challenge Fund is 1 May. 35 groups submitted expressions of interest following the first round of bids on 1 February and six were selected to progress bids for a share of the �1 million set aside by the Council for community projects exploring new ways of delivering services at a local level.
14/4/2013
Does Your Orgnaisation Need A Makeover?
One of Scotland�s largest third sector funders is looking for up to 15 organisations with the vision and desire to become Better By Design.The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) is offering the chance to receive free, intensive, expert and bespoke support to those that want to undergo a service redesign. BIG is working with Taylor Haig and the Young Foundation, experts in innovation, change and service design, to find up to 15 high potential organisations that are ready for the challenge and can see the potential through design, thinking to put users at the centre of their services, improve outcomes and make their organisations more innovative.
14/4/2013
Project aims to bring empty homes back into use across Highland
Three areas in the Highlands are to pilot an initiative by The Highland Council to bring empty properties back into affordable housing use. The Council�s Housing and Property Service is to initially target the Black Isle, Inverness Central and Nairn, as pilots which together provide a mix of rural and urban locations.13/4/2013
New Wick Council Offices - Work Begins
The rebuilding of Wick Council Offices has begun with safety fencing going up all round. It wil be almost 18 months before staff move back to the new offices having left in January 2013 to relocate temporarily to Girnigoe street.
12/4/2013
Springtime Today At Thrumster House
A treasure hunt for the children, tea coffee and cake in the sunshine made for a relaxing afternoon at Thrusmter House. The Daffodils were in short supply as the cold weather of the past few weeks has held everything back.
12/4/2013
Caithness families enjoyed Easter fun with The Rangers
The Highland Council Ranger programme of events in Caithness kicked off with a family Treasure Hunt at Geise, near Glengolly on Easter Sunday. More than 100 people turned up to take part in the treasure hunt and to enjoy the lovely walking trails at Geise.
12/4/2013
National Play Strategy - Consultation with children and young people
The Scottish Government wants Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up. Making sure that children and young people are able to take up their right to play is an important part of this.11/4/2013
Caithness Wards Information From the 2011 Census Published Recently
Caithness Landward Population - 11355 Landward Caithness is one of our more sparsely populated Wards. The population grew by 5.2% between 2005 and 2010, perhaps linked to decline in Thurso and Wick as evidence from house sales suggest a drift out of the towns and into the surrounding rural areas.11/4/2013
Oil Well Flaring Gas Near Lybster, Caithness 
One of the few land based oil wells began production near Lybster, Caithness, Scotland. The well is operated and owned by Caithness Petroleum.
11/4/2013
Outreach Service For Blind Veterans
NEW OUTREACH SERVICE FOR BLIND VETERANS LAUNCHED IN ARGYLL AND BUTE AND HIGHLANDS. A new outreach service to support blind and visually impaired veterans has been launched covering Argyll and Bute as well as the Highlands and Islands.11/4/2013
Community Challenge Fund - Next Deadline For Applications 1st May
What is the Community Challenge Fund about? The Council has agreed to work with Community Councils and other community organisations to encourage community empowerment, by introducing a community challenge fund of �1m of recurring expenditure to support community projects which explore new ways of delivering services at a local level. The prime objective of the fund is to help deliver the Council�s Programme (pdf).
11/4/2013
Highland's New Youth Convener - Ainya Taylor
Ainya Taylor from Inverness took up the role of Highland Youth Convener on Monday. The full time role, based at the High Life Highland office in Ardross Street in Inverness is a bursary position running until September 2014.
11/4/2013
Wick High School Silent Auction and Pudding Night - Great Items To Bid For
HEAD FOR THE PUDDING NIGHT TO EAT ALL THE PUDDINGS YOU CAN ON 26TH APRIL To raise money for Belize 2013 conservation and community work trip for 10 students. The silent auction/pudding night will take place on Friday the 26th of April from 7 - 9pm in the main hall.11/4/2013
Never too late to get MMR
With figures showing there are now over 600 cases of measles confirmed in Wales, NHS Highland is taking the opportunity to remind parents about the MMR vaccine which is available for children at 12 months and a second dose at approximately three years and four months. So far this year there have been six confirmed cases of measles across Scotland, none in Highland but, with travel, especially over the Easter holidays, it only needs one person to return home with measles for it to spread.11/4/2013
Medicines Waste Campaign Launched
NHS Highland will this week (09 April) launch a Medicines Waste campaign in a bid to reduce the amount of medicine that is being wasted across the area. Medicines waste is a big issue with up to half of medicines not being taken as prescribed and there is an estimated �3m a year spent in Highland on medicines that end up not being used.10/4/2013
Return To The Wag Of Forse
The last photos we took of the Wag of Forse was in September 2005 so on a bright sunny day yesterday we took a hike up the hill at Forse to see the ancient structures once again. Forse Wag dated 1st millennium B.C.early first millennium A.D.
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