Highland Council
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| Area | 25657 |
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| Population | 235,540 (2018) |
| Capital | Inverness |
| Points of interest | Loch Ness |
| Urquhart Castle | |
| Ben Nevis | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2357957 |
About Highland Council
Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It shares borders with the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Moray and Perth and Kinross.
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... Highland Council, which is looking after the artwork on the town s behalf, has been offered more than £2...
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... It is now in the care of Highland Council, but any sale would benefit Invergordon Common Good Fund...
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... Highland Council announced it was putting defence mechanisms in place in Kingussie, including around the high school...
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... However, dozens of objections have been lodged with Highland Council...
Road and rail travel disrupted as heatwave goes on
... " Highland Council said the road had been affected by three separate landslides on Monday...
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...Highland Council says it has put a stop to the hiring of bouncy castles at its premises for health and safety reasons...
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Road and rail travel disrupted as heatwave goes on
Landslides and flooding have disrupted road and rail travel in the Highlands following thundery downpours on Monday and overnight.
It Comes as across Scotland.
Network Rail Said The West Highland Line could be closed near Roybridge until Thursday due to flood damage.
The A86 at Roybridge has also been closed because of a landslide. Said a 113-mile (181km) diversion was in place.
In one incident, Said a driver had a lucky escape when a 100-tonne landslide struck the B863 loop road between Glencoe and Kinlochleven on Monday night.
After finding The Road blocked by debris, The Woman made a three-point turn before her car came within 100m (328ft) of a second, larger landslide.
Glencoe team leader Andy Nelson Said this slide was estimated to have involved 100 tonnes of boulders, mud and trees and carried a small road bridge down a hillside.
On Monday, Scotland recorded its hottest day of the year So Far , with Threave in Dumfries and Galloway reaching 30. 7C.
Parts of the country have had thunderstorms since Saturday, and the Met Office has in place for The Weather affecting the Highlands until 21:00 on Tuesday .
Said it was asked by police to go to the aid of The Driver stuck on the B863 at about 18:00 on Monday.
Mr Nelson Said the area had been hit by an " almost tropical" storm and waterfalls in Glen Coe were swollen and black with mud and other debris.
He Said The Driver had managed to turn her car around when a larger landslide hit, washing away a bridge and its solid granite parapet.
" She was lucky. The landslide came down at least 100m from her, " Said Mr Nelson.
" Police asked us to assist and for us it was simple job. We basically gave her a 'piggy back' so she wasn't Knee Deep in mud. "
Highland Council Said The Road had been affected by three separate landslides on Monday.
A spokeswoman Said : " The B863 Kinlochleven loop road is currently closed as engineers assess the damage cause by landslips yesterday evening. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
