The Highland Council and High Life Highland, working in collaboration, have announced the purchase of two new vehicles which will be fitted out as mobile libraries and will be operational in the north and west this summer. The chassis of the vehicles will be delivered next month with the fitting out work then taking place at a total cost of £332,000.
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team has been called out twice in the last few days and in both cases was able to evacuate the casualty to a 4x4 vehicle and then to the public road for transport to hospital in Inverness.
The first incident was on Saturday when the Team assisted a walker with an ankle injury in Glen Affric, then on Monday it responded to call from a walker who had become unwell in the area of Loch a’Bhraoin between Braemore and Dundonnell.
The six members of Sutherland County Committee have unanimously agreed to recommend to Highland Council that overnight parking at two car parks in Durness and Golspie should be banned. The proposal is believed to have been triggered to prevent campervans from parking overnight but would apply to all motorists.
Daytime parking would still be allowed, but if the plans are adopted by the full council, there would be an enforcement team empowered to give out penalty notices to anyone parking overnight.
A free series of webinars is set to acknowledge the Highland Community Waste Partnership as the project comes to a close. Over the past three years, the partnership, led and driven by eight community groups across the Highlands and coordinated by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful, has worked to reduce waste and promote more sustainable consumption across the region.
To reflect on the progress and learnings of the partnership, the webinar series will kick off on 17 March and will highlight key areas of activity including partnership working, food waste and composting, share and repair, and single-use items and packaging.
