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Highland MP Ian Blackford stands down as SNP Westminster leader

01 December 2022
Highland MP Ian Blackford stands down as SNP Westminster leader

Highland MP Ian Blackford stands down as SNP Westminster leader

01 December 2022

Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP Ian Blackford has revealed he will not return as leader of the SNP group Westminster.


Highland Council confirms chief executive Donna Manson will depart in February

30 November 2022
Highland Council confirms chief executive Donna Manson will depart in February

Highland Council confirms chief executive Donna Manson will depart in February

30 November 2022

Council leader pays tribute to her “many successful outcomes and achievements”


Breaking: Highland Council chief executive Donna Manson is to leave the local authority

30 November 2022
Breaking: Highland Council chief executive Donna Manson is to leave the local authority

Breaking: Highland Council chief executive Donna Manson is to leave the local authority

30 November 2022

She is expected to take over at Devon County Council, an official announcement is expected later today


Pilot scheme for Highland Council-run buses to launch in January

29 November 2022
Pilot scheme for Highland Council-run buses to launch in January

Pilot scheme for Highland Council-run buses to launch in January

29 November 2022

At the same time a review of school transport is to go ahead


Breaking: UK Supreme Court rules against the Scottish Government's Indyref2 bid

23 November 2022
Breaking: UK Supreme Court rules against the Scottish Government's Indyref2 bid

Breaking: UK Supreme Court rules against the Scottish Government's Indyref2 bid

23 November 2022

The unanimous judgement states that Holyrood lacks the legislative power


All Highland schools to close on Thursday due to strike action by teachers

18 November 2022
All Highland schools to close on Thursday due to strike action by teachers

All Highland schools to close on Thursday due to strike action by teachers

18 November 2022

The move will affect more than 30,000 pupils across the region


Highland Council wants to reduce the size of green wheelie bins

15 November 2022
Highland Council wants to reduce the size of green wheelie bins

Highland Council wants to reduce the size of green wheelie bins

15 November 2022

The aim is to boost recycling and cut landfill but there are fears of a 'backlash'


Mindblowingly stupid, despicable, morons, mindless idiots – officials hit back at vandals

02 November 2022
Mindblowingly stupid, despicable, morons, mindless idiots – officials hit back at vandals

Mindblowingly stupid, despicable, morons, mindless idiots – officials hit back at vandals

02 November 2022

A spate of more than 20 attacks on public toilets leaves Highland Councillors seeing red as repairs bills soar


Caithness councillors sharply divided over efforts to upgrade the A9 north of Inverness

02 November 2022
Caithness councillors sharply divided over efforts to upgrade the A9 north of Inverness

Caithness councillors sharply divided over efforts to upgrade the A9 north of Inverness

02 November 2022

Highland Council agreed to 'press' for trunk road improvements across the Highlands


Highlands to become 'early adopter' of 20 mph scheme

01 November 2022
Highlands to become 'early adopter' of 20 mph scheme

Highlands to become 'early adopter' of 20 mph scheme

01 November 2022

Transport Scotland has invited Highland Council to take part in a pilot scheme with 130 sites in communities across the region involved


MSP Edward Mountain: 'Being told you have cancer on a telephone in your parliamentary office sucks'

27 October 2022
MSP Edward Mountain: 'Being told you have cancer on a telephone in your parliamentary office sucks'

MSP Edward Mountain: 'Being told you have cancer on a telephone in your parliamentary office sucks'

27 October 2022

He says his own battle with cancer showed him that NHS teams are overstretched and under-resourced


Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of tomorrow's crunch meeting

26 October 2022
Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of tomorrow's crunch meeting

Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of tomorrow's crunch meeting

26 October 2022

Highland Council denies silencing critics or losing the trust of the nursery sector


Highland Council in 'U-turn' on early learning childcare rates

25 October 2022
Highland Council in 'U-turn' on early learning childcare rates

Highland Council in 'U-turn' on early learning childcare rates

25 October 2022

Highland Council has been accused of caving in to pressure and U-turning on early learning and childcare just a month after deciding to freeze rates.


Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

24 October 2022
Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

24 October 2022

Rishi Sunak is set to become the third Prime Minister in less than 50 days after he was elected leader of the Conservative party.


Almost half the young people in the Highlands plan to leave within five years

13 October 2022
Almost half the young people in the Highlands plan to leave within five years

Almost half the young people in the Highlands plan to leave within five years

13 October 2022

Liberal Democrat Councillor Molly Nolan slams SNP and Greens over 'unforgivable' inaction warning of a 'demographic time bomb'


Highland Council's financial crisis is so dire it needs to reassess its 'capacity' to provide public services

05 October 2022
Highland Council's financial crisis is so dire it needs to reassess its 'capacity' to provide public services

Highland Council's financial crisis is so dire it needs to reassess its 'capacity' to provide public services

05 October 2022

With a £40 million blackhole projected, council leader Raymond Bremner warns 'we will be faced with tough decisions'


Keynote Scottish Government programme providing 1140 hours of free childcare is 'beginning to fail'

30 September 2022
Keynote Scottish Government programme providing 1140 hours of free childcare is 'beginning to fail'

Keynote Scottish Government programme providing 1140 hours of free childcare is 'beginning to fail'

30 September 2022

Cllr Andrew Jarvie asks if the council can’t work within private sector budgets 'how on earth does it expect our partners to be able to?'


Breaking: Council forced to call a special meeting amid claims free childcare funding was cut by £10 million

29 September 2022
Breaking: Council forced to call a special meeting amid claims free childcare funding was cut by £10 million

Breaking: Council forced to call a special meeting amid claims free childcare funding was cut by £10 million

29 September 2022

Councillor Helen Crawford warns some nurseries may 'no longer be viable'


COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Highland Council agrees £3.2m package to help worst-off locals through the winter

22 September 2022
COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Highland Council agrees £3.2m package to help worst-off locals through the winter

COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Highland Council agrees £3.2m package to help worst-off locals through the winter

22 September 2022

The measures include a one-off £145 payment to the worst off households and an extension of free school meals


Crisis measures could risk early learning and childcare as Highland Council moves to freeze funding

22 September 2022
Crisis measures could risk early learning and childcare as Highland Council moves to freeze funding

Crisis measures could risk early learning and childcare as Highland Council moves to freeze funding

22 September 2022

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


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