Repair work on the A835 road at what is known as Check Rail Corner near Garve is scheduled to begin today, more than two years after a retaining wall was damaged following a collision.
The initial work involves clearance of vegetation with ground excavation and diversion of cables with the actual repairs due to start in April and expected to be completed by November.
A spokesperson for Bear Scotland, responsible for the work which is replacing the retaining wall, said the project is particularly complex given the need to keep the road and railway line open. Temporary traffic lights will continue to operate as the work progresses.
This week is enrollment week for Primary 1 pupils for the 2026 to 2027 school session.
If your child will be 5 years old on or before 28 February 2027, he or she is now eligible to be enrolled before Friday 30th January with parents being asked to consider whether enrollment should be for English Medium or Gaelic Medium education.
Younger children born between 1 March 2022 and 29 February 2024 are entitled to a funded Early Learning and Childcare place with enrolment week between 9th and 13th February.
Full details of enrolment procedures are available on the Highland Council website.
Highland Council has agreed to sell what was formerly a play park in Torridon to Torridon District Community Association for £1 under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act which gives community bodies the right to own, lease or use public service assets.
The land was estimated to be worth £20,000 but the Council’s agreement gives the local group a 100% discount. The purchasing Community Association plans to turn the ground into a new play area for the village along with children from Kinlochewe and Shieldaig.
In the weekend football, Ross County won its first away match of the season when it beat Airdrieonians one nil with a goal three minutes from the end of normal time. The result takes County off the foot of the Championship, now one point ahead of Queens Park.
In League One. Inverness Caley Thistle came back from being one nil down at half time to beat Alloa Athletic three one. Caley Thistle remains at the top of the league on goal difference from Stenhousemuir with a game in hand.
