The measures include a one-off £145 payment to the worst off households and an extension of free school meals
Providers say they are already short-changed to the tune of 24 per cent while the local authority says it simply cannot up the hourly rate
Three Highland councillors with Caithness connections have travelled to London to pay their respects to the Queen over the coming days.
The health board confirmed only 'the most time-critical or high risk' will continue while 'many planned appointments will be cancelled'
Convener Bill Lobban urged people to 'come together' as that 'may help us come to terms with such a loss'
It comes as Highland Council postpones major events and committees after the death of the Queen
Chief executive Donna Manson says 'this is a period of mourning' and 'it is important that we get that right'
Highland Council Convener Bill Lobban says 'no one in history, almost, has done so much for this country over so many years'
Flags are at half mast on all Scottish Government buildings and Ms Sturgeon sent condolences to the new King and Royal Family
Ms Truss added that 'she was the very spirit of Great Britain and that spirit will endure'
Her reign of 70 years was the longest of any British monarch
Ofgem has confirmed an 80 per cent rise in the energy price cap to £3549 from October in news that many households have been dreading.
But first consent from the Sheriff Court is needed because the land is considered 'inalienable'
Councillor Raymond Bremner says 'The main thing is to improve safety in those areas'
That is despite the Caithness committee agreeing to exclude the mediaeval quarter of the town
Caithness councillors have agreed to make Thurso’s temporary lockdown-era 20mph scheme a permanent fixture.
The local authority was responding to the uncertainty triggered by strike action
Highland Council’s visitor management plan will see £115,000 invested in hand dryers as part of a wave of improvements at public toilets.
Nicky Marr hears how women will have a central role in potentially the biggest economic boom in the north since oil and gas
Nicky Marr sits down with the movers behind the bid to find out why the north is so important to green energy
