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Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

28 January 2025
Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

28 January 2025

It comes amid misinformation claims that the law compels its introduction when it does not.


Debt collectors working for Britannia parking demand £170 from Caithness pensioner who never received a ticket

28 January 2025
Debt collectors working for Britannia parking demand £170 from Caithness pensioner who never received a ticket

Debt collectors working for Britannia parking demand £170 from Caithness pensioner who never received a ticket

28 January 2025

Alex Crawford says ‘to me it seems like the whole thing is a big rip-off, it is simply not fair’.


Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025
Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025

The rises of 19 per cent and 28 per cent come after Chief Superintendent Rob Shepherd warned “something has to give”.


Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025
Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says the numbers are of ‘significant concern’


Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025
Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025

The move will see almost all areas of the region receive new or expanded sites.


Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025
Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025

Key to the approach is working the Merseyside officers to tackle those dealing in the north.


Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025
Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025

It is considered one of the worst examples in Scotland of a patient fit to go home but cannot because of a lack of care.


Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025
Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025

Councillor Michael Gregson says ‘they are letting down the staff, the pupils, the parents and the people of the Highlands’


Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

23 January 2025
Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

23 January 2025

MSP Edward Mountain says ‘the situation in Highland schools is at breaking point’.


Highland Council proposes the biggest rent hike in a decade of 8% this year

22 January 2025
Highland Council proposes the biggest rent hike in a decade of 8% this year

Highland Council proposes the biggest rent hike in a decade of 8% this year

22 January 2025

That works out at an average of £372.84 more a year while the council claims the impact on tenants will be ‘minimal’


Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

22 January 2025
Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

22 January 2025

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant was told £200m to be spent on the issue and there are weekly meetings looking at the crisis.


Clock ticking to agree Wick John O’Groats Airport ‘lifeline’ flights deal

21 January 2025
Clock ticking to agree Wick John O’Groats Airport ‘lifeline’ flights deal

Clock ticking to agree Wick John O’Groats Airport ‘lifeline’ flights deal

21 January 2025

Highland Council remains ‘committed’ but funding depends on Transport Scotland.


Pupil absence rates put Highland Council in the top five worst performing local authorities in Scotland

20 January 2025
Pupil absence rates put Highland Council in the top five worst performing local authorities in Scotland

Pupil absence rates put Highland Council in the top five worst performing local authorities in Scotland

20 January 2025

The ‘deeply alarming’ new figures show more than 54 per cent of pupils missed 10-20 per cent of the school year.


Transport Scotland adds Caithness date to consult on plans to change national speed limit

20 January 2025
Transport Scotland adds Caithness date to consult on plans to change national speed limit

Transport Scotland adds Caithness date to consult on plans to change national speed limit

20 January 2025

Previously there was no meeting for anyone living along the A9 and A99 between Inverness and Caithness despite the potential impact.


Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

17 January 2025
Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

17 January 2025

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.


Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

16 January 2025
Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

16 January 2025

Fergus Ewing warns ‘never make the same mistake twice when you can make it five or six times and be sure’.


Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

15 January 2025
Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

15 January 2025

The march through the city was launched after a meeting between hospitality businesses and the council at Eden Court.


Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

15 January 2025
Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

15 January 2025

Business leader Colin Marr says ‘I can't think of another tax which has taxes on top of it’.


1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

11 January 2025
1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

11 January 2025

The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.


Far north records coldest temperature in the UK with -18.5C – the chilliest January night in 15 years

11 January 2025
Far north records coldest temperature in the UK with -18.5C – the chilliest January night in 15 years

Far north records coldest temperature in the UK with -18.5C – the chilliest January night in 15 years

11 January 2025

Altnaharra, Loch Glascarnoch, Lairg and Aviemore all saw the mercury plunging to negative double digits.


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