Budget negotiations appear to have led to the charge being resurrected.
The proportion of those stranded in hospital in the Highlands even outstripped Glasgow with double the population.
Highland Council confirmed more than 402 laptops need work in August – a 35 per spike compared to last year.
She says ‘one of Labour’s very first decisions’ was to scrap winter fuel payments leaving over 800,000 pensioners with less money to heat their homes.
Far north councillor Struan Mackie has resigned from the Conservative party as well as departing the Conservative group at Highland Council.
A fiery meeting saw broad support to provide a live map of proposals, support community councils and clarity on local impacts.
MSP Edward Mountain warns cancer ‘just worries the hell out of you constantly’ and delays can impact survival.
The Wilson family described Jo Farrell as ‘callous’ leading Douglas Ross to use his last FMQs as Tory leader to challenge John Swinney.
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More than 20,000 people in the far north over the age of 66 will be among nearly 60,000 across the Highlands to lose out on the winter fuel payment.
Newly appointed Lauren McKittrick says ‘my aim is to ensure that there are opportunities for each and every young person’.
The con calls on victims to ‘act quickly’ after falsely claiming a ‘a local council’ issued a penalty charge notice.
The top team wage bill at the local authority now tops £1.5 million in salaries alone.
Building a Local Scotland campaigners say the country is ‘one of the least locally governed countries in the world’.
MSP Edward Mountain tells council leader Raymond Bremner it ‘brings the council into direct competition with local businesses’.
Parents says additional support is not available where it should be as the focus is now on kids from deprived backgrounds.
Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says it is intended to create a ‘hostile’ environment for groups from Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool and London.
The five new bosses will work in areas like education, care, housing, property and health and social care.
He is the third member to leave the Conservative group at Highland Council since the 2022 election.
Opposition leader Alasdair Christie says ‘the question must be asked what damage or impact is it having on our children’s education.