Category: Highland Council
VIDEO and PICTURES: SQA exam delight for Nairn Academy pupils as Highland shows “improved attainment” in several key areas set against a drop in the Scottish pass rate – headteacher Julie Macdonald praises pupils and staff for resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/watch-exam-joy-for-highland-straight-pupils-283935/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
How both votes SNP gave the tories 4 seats in Highland and Islands.
So the Scottish Parliament election has come to an end and the results are in. The SNP increased their vote share and did really well but didn’t manage a majority despite an increase in votes. This is because the current voting system in Scotland is designed to prevent a single party from being able to…
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For all those within the Nairn River Community Council area, remember to post your ballot papers back by the 4th of December.
For all those within the Nairn River Community Council area, remember to post your ballot papers back by the 4th of December.
EU Elections Highland Count
Final Results for Highland Party Vote Count Scottish National Party (SNP) 28,681 The Brexit Party 13,854 Liberal Democrats 13,416 Conservative and Unionist Party 7,577 Scottish Green Party 7,052 Labour Party 3,109 UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1,619 Change UK – The Independent Group 1,199 Edgar, Gordon 286 Parke, Ken 124
EU election 2019 Count
The counting of the votes for the EU parliament elections 2019 will begin today. Ever wondered what happens to all those ballot papers after closing of polls on Thursday? The Electoral commission shared the following images on twitter…
Pride Ness
The Pride Ness parade takes place in Inverness on the 6th. This video is worth another share, MFR interview the man behind the petition to try and prevent the event from going ahead.
Fit Housing coming to Nairn
The front page of the Nairnshire this week features the story on Fit housing coming to Nairn (you can view a larger PDF version of this here). This innovative project in partnership with NHS Highland, Carbon Dynamic and Albyn Housing could pioneer the future of health and social care across Scotland and has already won…
End of term update
Having no previous experience or knowledge of working in local government the last two years has been a huge learning curve but during that time I have learnt so much and have built a good working relationship with many groups in Nairn.
Budget 2017 – Independent Group Misrepresent Budget Position
**press release from the Highland Council SNP group** As time passes and the Highland Council approach the eleventh hour with regard to the setting of the budget the SNP Group are pleased to acknowledge that the proposed cuts will be nowhere near what was originally proposed by the Independent Group. Talking about this, Cllr. Maxine…