Scarlett Johansson film ‘to be shot in Highlands’

BBC – Scenes for a new film starring Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson could be shot in the Highlands, according to a newspaper report. Under the Skin is based on a novel of the same name by Michel Faber who lives in the Black Isle, near Inverness. The book tells of an alien, to be played [...]

Search for EuroMillions prize-winner in Highlands

BBC – A prize of £282,940.50 won in a EuroMillions draw has still to be claimed in the Highlands, according to the National Lottery. The person matched the five main numbers and one Lucky Star number in the EuroMillions draw on 7 June 2011. The winning EuroMillions numbers on that date were 6, 25, 36, [...]

Highland house prices buck trend

Inverness Courier – HOUSE prices in the Highlands have risen by 2 per cent over the past year – bucking the national trend. According to figures released by the Highland Solicitors Property Centre, the average house price at the end of last year was £170,004 – up £2851 on the same period in 2009. In [...]

Hogmanay to get a warm welcome across NE

Press and Journal – Hundreds of people across Moray and the Highlands and islands will gather tonight to say farewell to 2010 and bring in the New Year. The usual crowds are expected to gather at the Mercat Cross on Forres High Street to wait for the bells to ring at midnight. In Elgin, Bowl [...]

World adventure summit hits Aviemore

BBC – Aviemore is hosting the world’s largest gathering of adventure tourism experts at a special summit this week. It is the first time the annual conference has been held in Europe.About 600 delegates from more than 50 countries will get the chance to sample a range of outdoor activities in the Cairngorms National Park.

Man robbed of phone in Inverness

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old man had his phone stolen by a group of four men in the Bruce Gardens/Glenurquhart Road area of Inverness on Sunday (5 September 2010).
He was leaving an address in Bruce Gardens at around 9pm on Sunday and heading towards Glenurquhart Road when he was approached by four [...]

Conch project offers chance for young artists

Four aspiring artists will win a place to work with professionals when an art project comes to the Highlands at the weekend.
Inverness Old Town Art Project (IOTA) has four free places for young or emerging Highland-based artists working with film/sound/narratives to work alongside Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich for one day – Saturday 11th September [...]

Inverness Leisure Centre starts work to become ‘autism friendly’

Managers and instructors at Inverness Leisure underwent the first of a series of training workshops in Autism awareness as the start of a partnership with the National Autistic Society in Scotland.
The multi-award winning leisure centre is working with the NAS to devise a scheme which will make the facilities at Bught Park as ‘autistic [...]

Police probe B&B frauds across Highlands

Police are currently carrying out enquiries into numerous frauds at board and lodgings offences which have occurred at bed and breakfasts throughout the force area in recent weeks.
These have increased recently and are believed to have been committed by the same man.
The man, who travels alone, on foot and with only small items of hand [...]

‘Worst’ school building in Highlands set to be replaced

Press and Journal – A school described by a senior councillor as in “the worst condition of any primary school in the Highlands” could at last be in line for replacement. The council’s education department has lodged a planning application for the provision of a new primary school at Lochaline on the Morvern peninsula. It [...]

Ross-shire artists to exhibit in Russian show

BBC – An artist who also serves as a volunteer firefighter has been invited to exhibit her work in Russia, along with another Highlands artist. Vicky Stonebridge, from Lochcarron, will attend an international symposium in the Republic of Tatarstan. She will join fellow Ross-shire artists Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie, from Gairloch.

Soap-making firm hopes to clean up in city centre

Press and Journal – A social enterprise business set up four years ago in Inverness to help adults with learning difficulties is enjoying the sweet smell of success – to such an extent that it has opened a new city-centre shop and factory. Ness Soap was previously run from the Corbett Centre in the Merkinch, [...]

Moray Firth Live plans project to fill hyperlocal ‘gap’

A media technology company in the north-east of Scotland has launched an ambitious move to build a hyperlocal news network that reaches into every corner of the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire.
And in the process hopes to create a viable business model for online news and information publishing.
North by North-East Media believes its social enterprise will [...]

SNAP AND WIN: Five full price tickets for ANY NTS property

The National Trust for Scotland owns some of the country’s most important and most beautiful pieces of our cultural heritage, and we’ve got FIVE full price tickets to give away.
Culloden Battlefield, Brodie Castle, Hugh Miller Birthplace and Museum, Glenfinnan Monument are just some of the treasures in our area that the NTS owns and manages [...]

Highlands’ top buildings unveiled

A public building housing the archival heritage of the Highlands, a converted fisherman’s cottage, a new house to be built at a well-known tourist spot and a garden celebrating geologist Hugh Miller have been named the winners of the Inverness Architectural Association (IAA) Design Awards for Inverness and the Central Highlands.
The winning projects were announced [...]

Adults with special needs help educate youngsters

Press and Journal – A group of adults with learning difficulties are successfully spreading an anti-bullying message to children in Inverness schools. The adults, who attend the Corbett Centre in Inverness, have with the staff devised a presentation that hits the mark when it comes to getting the message across. A recent visit to Kinmylies [...]

Large turnout for fundraising drive

Press and Journal – A DOTING grandfather has paid tribute to his local community after almost 200 people turned out to a charity golf tournament to raise money for his seriously ill grandson.Harris Ross was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year when he was just eight months old. Now a year old, he has [...]

University outlines plans to launch tourism degree

Scotsman – A SCOTTISH university is proposing a new degree to deliver better-qualified graduates for the tourism industry. The Batchelor of Arts (BA) degree in tourism and hospitality practice has been proposed by the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands in consultation with tourist agencies.

Lone Highlands tree on British cherry database

BBC – A database of British cherry trees has only one tree listed in the Highlands, organisers of the record have said. The Woodland Trust’s Ancient Tree Hunt has sought locations of Britain’s oldest wild examples.

Renewables ‘can help’ Scotland recover from recession

BBC – Greater use of renewable energy will help Scotland recover from the recession, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has said.

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