Proposed wind farm at Abhainn Dhubh
Important Notice It might come as news to some of you that EPower Ltd are proposing to build a wind farm at Abhainn Dhubh which is above Dingwall at the …
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Finn competing at the Commonwealth Games
Finn Crockett, brought up in Strathpeffer, school in the village and Dingwall Academy, son of Heather and Kevin Crockett (Heather is the local medical practice nurse and she and Kevin orchestrate …
Come and here the skirl of the pipes tonight!
THIS TUESDAY (5th July) we will be back performing in Strathpeffer Square for the first time in nearly 3 years! There will also be a display of Highland Dancing from …
Community Resilience Briefing – 1 July 2022
Welcome to The Highland Council’s fortnightly briefing for groups with an interest in local community resilience. Covid related information Scottish Government Covid-19 Guidance NHS Inform Covid data NHS Inform Covid …
Community Resilience Briefing – 17 June 2022
Welcome to The Highland Council’s fortnightly briefing for groups with an interest in local community resilience. Covid related information · Scottish Government Covid-19 Guidance · NHS Inform Covid data · …
Pop-up Opera at the Spa
Pop-up Opera is back with three brilliant half-hour shows for audiences of all ages! They are coming to the Spa Pavillion on Thursday the 16th of June. Experience all the …
5K Colour Run-Walk
The Community Centre is organising its latest fun colour run on Sunday 12 June 2022 between 11:00 am and 1:30 pm. The event is great fun and raises funds for …
Community Resilience Briefing – 2 June 2022
Community Resilience Briefing – 02 June 2022 Dear Community Resilience Group/Community Council/Colleagues Welcome to The Highland Council’s fortnightly briefing for groups with an interest in local community resilience. Covid related …
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the Community Council will be planting a tree in the Square beside the Sweetie shop on Friday 3rd June 2022 at 7:00pm. A live …
Community Resilience Briefing – 20 May 2022
Community Resilience Briefing – 20 May 2022 Welcome to The Highland Council’s regular briefing for groups with an interest in local community resilience. As COVID restrictions have been removed, and …
Election results for Ward 5
Here are the election results for the council elections for Ward five that took place on the 5th of May 2022. The electorate is only 10,406 for our ward, but …
Community Resilience Group Briefing – 13 May 2022
Thank you to those of you who responded to the survey we circulated last month. It was very heartening to hear that the majority of you both use and value …
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The future of McColl’s looks in doubt
The future of McColl’s as a business looks in doubt. My first reaction to the news was rather selfishly – where are we going to go when we run out …
COVID self-isolation guidance ends in Scotland
Self-isolation guidance from the Government ends today in Scotland and life can return to normal, or as close as it can get back to it. Here’s an article from BBC …
The candidates in the upcoming Council Elections
This is the list of candidates you can vote for in the upcoming Election of Councillors for Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (Ward five) of the Highland Council. Polling is …
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Fire safety for home owners
I know that I’m rather late on this on this piece of news because the law changed back in January (2022), but as they say, better late than never! If …
Proposed Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan
Here’s the latest news about the proposed Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan from Highland Council. You may recall that in early 2021 you made a written comment on the …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 25 March 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. Transmission rates continue to rise and COVID-19 is still a public health risk. Please continue to follow government guidance in order …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 18 March 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. Transmission rates continue to rise and COVID-19 is still a public health risk. Please continue to follow government guidance in order …
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Mackays Hotel up for auction
Mackays Hotel is up for sale. The auction for it takes place on the 24th of March, and the opening bid stands at £415,000, which sounds like a bit of …
Strathpeffer Gathering back on
The Strathpeffer Gathering is back on this year for the first time since 2018.
Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 11 March 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. Covid-19 transmission rates continue to be high in Highland and across much of Scotland. Please continue to follow government guidance in …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 4 March 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. Transmission rates of COVID-19 continue to be high in Highland. Please continue to follow government guidance in order to limit the …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 25 February 2022
Annual leave meant we were unable to send the weekly briefing on Friday as usual. This briefing includes information on the intention for all legal COVID-19 restrictions in Scotland to …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 18 February 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. Please continue to follow government guidance in order to limit the spread of the virus. This week’s briefing is attached and …
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Severe Weather on Friday
The storm force winds from storm Eunice won’t affect our neck of the woods although the snow from it will. The Met Office have just updated their yellow warning of …
Severe weather later this week *Updated*
The Met Office have announced two named storms that will impact our part of the world from mid-week. Storm Dudley is set to bring severe gales later on Wednesday and …
Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 11 February 2022
There continues to be cautious grounds for optimism with further lifting of protective measures. Please continue to follow government guidance in order to limit the spread of the virus. This week’s …
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Strathpeffer ‘open for business’ as A834 reopens ahead of schedule
Scottish Water has advised residents and road users that the A834 Strathpeffer road has now reopened to all vehicles after essential work to the village’s sewer network was completed ahead …
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Snow and Strong Wind warning
We are aware of weather warnings for parts of Scotland, including Highland, from this afternoon through to tomorrow morning. The Met office has issued a warning for the period between …
Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 4 February 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. The move to cautious grounds for optimism continues, however baseline measures for COVID protection remain place. Please continue to follow government …
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Further update from SSEN
Latest Update Tuesday 1st February 15.45 Storm Malik Dalwhinnie 4 C ETR midday – restored Whitebridge 8 C ETR midday – restored Foyers 4C ETR midday – 4pm – restored …
Fancy a job as a Enumerator this spring?
The delayed 2021 census is finally coming up this spring across Scotland and David Black the Regional Manager in the Highlands and Islands for Scotland’s Census 2022 is asking if …
SSEN Storm Update
It’s been quite a stormy weekend across our part of the world. First there was storm Malik on Saturday, and then on Sunday evening storm Corrie arrived with more gale …
Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 28 January 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. There continues to be cautious grounds for optimism with further lifting of protective measures this week. Please continue to follow government …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 21 January 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. There continues to be cautious grounds for optimism with further lifting of some more protective measures that were introduced before Christmas …
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Message from the Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club
We have a recognised problem developing on the course with dog mess. We welcome anyone wishing to walk their dogs around the course but they must ensure that any dog …
Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 14 January 2022
I hope you have all had a good week. There appears to be some cautious grounds for optimism and there will be some lifting of protective measures that were introduced …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 7 January 2022
We wish you all a Happy New Year and a hope for better times ahead. We also hope that many of you will have had a relaxing break over the …
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Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan 2
Highland Council have recently published their update to the Inner Moray Firth Local Development Plan. Its available to download from their website, but I thought that it would be helpful …
Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 23 December 2021
This is the final weekly briefing of 2021 for local community resilience groups. Should there be any significant COVID-19 announcements during the festive break that may be relevant to yourselves, …
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Community Resilience Group Weekly Briefing – 17 December 2021
I hope you have all had a good week. You will all be aware of the concerns around the increase in the number of cases of the new variant Omicron. …
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