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Highland Council convener congratulates Queens New Year Honours recipients By Tom Ramage  |  Updated: 13:29, 03 January 2021 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper Highland Council convener Bill Lobban The honours were given for their services in health, community care, music, sport and athletics and response to their communities during COVID-19 response. Mr Lobban said today: “I congratulate all Highland recip...

Honour hits the right note with the Ceilidh King © Supplied by Fergie MacDonald Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Ceilidh King Fergie MacDonald said he is “honoured and humbled” after being made an MBE in the New Year’s Honour List. The accordionist, 83, who stays in Mingarry in the west Highlands, has been playing music for nearly 70 years and has inspired generations of traditional musicians. He s...

Former Caithness area convener absolutely delighted to receive MBE By Alan Hendry  |  Updated: 15:06, 31 December 2020 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the days newspaper David Flear served for four years as area convener of Caithness. Picture: Angus Mackay Photography Former Caithness area convener David Flear said he was "absolutely delighted" to have been awarded an MBE and paid tribute to his family for supporting him. Mr Fle...