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Highland Council offers to buy houses to help boost accommodation options

13 January 2022
Highland Council offers to buy houses to help boost accommodation options

Highland Council offers to buy houses to help boost accommodation options

13 January 2022

Highland Council is set to enter the housing market in a bid to tackle the shortage of accommodation across the region.


Highland businesses hoping easing of restrictions is just the start

12 January 2022
Highland businesses hoping easing of restrictions is just the start

Highland businesses hoping easing of restrictions is just the start

12 January 2022

The easing of restrictions imposed before Christmas will do nothing to help small hospitality businesses, claims the Federation of Small Businesses.


Limits on numbers at outdoor events to be lifted from Monday

11 January 2022
Limits on numbers at outdoor events to be lifted from Monday

Limits on numbers at outdoor events to be lifted from Monday

11 January 2022

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that limits of 500 attending large outdoor events in Scotland will be lifted from Monday.


First Minister confirms Scotland's Covid restrictions will move in line with the rest of the UK

05 January 2022
First Minister confirms Scotland's Covid restrictions will move in line with the rest of the UK

First Minister confirms Scotland's Covid restrictions will move in line with the rest of the UK

05 January 2022

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross accuses her of a U-turn that left the country as an 'outlier'


Work on new prison for Highlands is finally under way

30 December 2021
Work on new prison for Highlands is finally under way

Work on new prison for Highlands is finally under way

30 December 2021

Work on a new prison for the Highlands is under way after more than a decade of delay which has seen construction costs double.


'Cheap' clothes, Edinburgh being remote and tourism 'stomping' on locals – Emma Roddick talks about her early experience of being a Highlands and Islands MSP

29 December 2021
'Cheap' clothes, Edinburgh being remote and tourism 'stomping' on locals – Emma Roddick talks about her early experience of being a Highlands and Islands MSP

'Cheap' clothes, Edinburgh being remote and tourism 'stomping' on locals – Emma Roddick talks about her early experience of being a Highlands and Islands MSP

29 December 2021

In an exclusive interview with political correspondent Scott Maclennan, SNP MSP Emma Roddick hits out at over-tourism and 'remote' central belt bias


Bid to move towards the break-up of Highland Council falls short by just four votes

10 December 2021
Bid to move towards the break-up of Highland Council falls short by just four votes

Bid to move towards the break-up of Highland Council falls short by just four votes

10 December 2021

Councillor Struan Mackie previously dubbed the regionalisation of councils as 'a failed experiment'


Caithness councillor accuses Highland Council of letting 'democracy die in a ditch' after leader's question time cancelled

10 December 2021
Caithness councillor accuses Highland Council of letting 'democracy die in a ditch' after leader's question time cancelled

Caithness councillor accuses Highland Council of letting 'democracy die in a ditch' after leader's question time cancelled

10 December 2021

The first decision taken at Friday's postponed Highland Council meeting was to cancel a key item seen as a means to hold the leadership to account.


Highland Council meeting postponed due to IT issues

09 December 2021
Highland Council meeting postponed due to IT issues

Highland Council meeting postponed due to IT issues

09 December 2021

The last full Highland Council meeting of the year has had to be postponed for the second year running due to IT issues.


Bremner hits back in council roads row

07 December 2021
Bremner hits back in council roads row

Bremner hits back in council roads row

07 December 2021

A blistering assessment of the condition of local road surfaces sparked a bitter political exchange at Highland Council.


Living Wage plan at Highland Council is no further forward, members are told

06 December 2021
Living Wage plan at Highland Council is no further forward, members are told

Living Wage plan at Highland Council is no further forward, members are told

06 December 2021

Highland Council's work towards living wage status has stalled, the local authority's leader admitted.


MSP asked to explain why Highland Council gets five per cent of roads budget for 12 per cent of roads

17 November 2021
MSP asked to explain why Highland Council gets five per cent of roads budget for 12 per cent of roads

MSP asked to explain why Highland Council gets five per cent of roads budget for 12 per cent of roads

17 November 2021

Caithness councillor Matthew Reiss has called on MSP Maree Todd to look into funding “discrepancies” he says have seen Highland Council short-changed.


Seven Caithness car parks to invite motorists to pay

06 November 2021
Seven Caithness car parks to invite motorists to pay

Seven Caithness car parks to invite motorists to pay

06 November 2021

Voluntary parking charges will be introduced at a number of popular car parks in Caithness.


Caithness committee to decide on voluntary parking charge scheme for motorhomes and cars at sites in far north

03 November 2021
Caithness committee to decide on voluntary parking charge scheme for motorhomes and cars at sites in far north

Caithness committee to decide on voluntary parking charge scheme for motorhomes and cars at sites in far north

03 November 2021

Voluntary parking charges could be introduced at a number of popular car parks in Caithness.


'Warm words' won't help Highlanders heat homes

07 October 2021
'Warm words' won't help Highlanders heat homes

'Warm words' won't help Highlanders heat homes

07 October 2021

Tens of thousands of people in the Highlands could be left in the cold unless the Scottish Government acts now, claims Labour MSP Rhoda Grant.


Watch: Helping Highland schools save energy and fight climate change

05 October 2021
Watch: Helping Highland schools save energy and fight climate change

Watch: Helping Highland schools save energy and fight climate change

05 October 2021

Sustainability charity Energy Sparks is set to offer access to online its energy education programme


Highland Council reaches 'milestone' in ditching £40 million IT contract

04 October 2021
Highland Council reaches 'milestone' in ditching £40 million IT contract

Highland Council reaches 'milestone' in ditching £40 million IT contract

04 October 2021

The local authority wants to bring the problematic contract in-house


Plan to overhaul Highland Council wards rejected by parliamentary committee

28 September 2021
Plan to overhaul Highland Council wards rejected by parliamentary committee

Plan to overhaul Highland Council wards rejected by parliamentary committee

28 September 2021

A Scottish Parliament committee has unanimously rejected plans for a shake-up of Highland Council wards which have been widely criticised.


North MSP secures cross-party support for debate on the ambulance crisis

23 September 2021
North MSP secures cross-party support for debate on the ambulance crisis

North MSP secures cross-party support for debate on the ambulance crisis

23 September 2021

Jamie Halcro Johnston says 'I hope it will leave Humza Yousaf in no doubt of the growing anger that many are feeling'


Plea to health secretary for improved mental health services in rural areas

09 September 2021
Plea to health secretary for improved mental health services in rural areas

Plea to health secretary for improved mental health services in rural areas

09 September 2021

Mental health services in the Highlands are so bad that Conservative and Labour MSPs are working together alongside other parties to demand action.


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