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The latest Transition Black Isle news can be found below.

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Cumbria coal mine approved

20 December 2022

The UK will build its first new coalmine for three decades at Whitehaven in Cumbria, despite objections locally, across the UK and from around the world. Michael Gove, the levelling up se...
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Highland Council 'Have your Say' consultation results

28 November 2022

This consultation was introduced by Highland Council on 2 August The Highland Council has launched a community engagement exercise to ask people's views on how they would like to see ...
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20 Minute Neighbourhoods in the Highlands and Islands

26 November 2022

We would have expected any text like this as the subject of an event or article to be followed by a question mark.  But confidently without one, this is the title of a blog and report by Nick Wri...
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Agriculture Bill consultation EXTENDED

24 November 2022

Consultation on the Scottish Government's proposed new Agriculture Bill closes on Monday 21 November    HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO  MONDAY 5 DECEMBER.  Although it might seem a ...
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We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.