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| A council has still to spend more than £5m out of £6.8m it budgeted for a year-long arts and culture festival which ended on Saturday. | A council has still to spend more than £5m out of £6.8m it budgeted for a year-long arts and culture festival which ended on Saturday. |
| Just over £1.6m was spent on Highland 2007 up until 30 November. | Just over £1.6m was spent on Highland 2007 up until 30 November. |
| A report to Highland councillors said some grants for community projects had not yet been completed and claimed. | A report to Highland councillors said some grants for community projects had not yet been completed and claimed. |
| But a Highland 2007 spokeswoman said the money would not remain unspent, as it had already been allocated to projects throughout the area. | But a Highland 2007 spokeswoman said the money would not remain unspent, as it had already been allocated to projects throughout the area. |
| Thursday's education, culture and sport service committee will also be told the situation was also due to delays with Ferrycroft/Lairg Auction Mart, Sutherland Sports Facility and Caithness Regional Sports Facility. | Thursday's education, culture and sport service committee will also be told the situation was also due to delays with Ferrycroft/Lairg Auction Mart, Sutherland Sports Facility and Caithness Regional Sports Facility. |
| Slippage of an estimated £445,000 is expected into 2008/09. | Slippage of an estimated £445,000 is expected into 2008/09. |
| Scotland's Highland Year of Culture climaxed with a torchlight procession and fireworks from the Kessock Bridge at Inverness. | Scotland's Highland Year of Culture climaxed with a torchlight procession and fireworks from the Kessock Bridge at Inverness. |
| The fireworks were watched by an estimated 50,000 people. |