Highland Council

More cash will come north but the jury is out on whether finance secretary Shona Robison delivered for the north.

Calls are growing for an urgent rethink on proposals which could affect services for women and children affected by domestic abuse in the Highlands.

People across the Highlands are being invited to take part in the next round of budget engagement in light of the financial forecast for 2025-26.

After a recent Highland Council report warned that 26 Caithness play parks were under threat of closure a Thurso protest group made its views known.

Almost 300 fines have been issued to drivers in Inverness though totals for other areas including Dingwall, Nairn, Wick and Thurso are much lower.

A Thurso Highland councillor has spoken of his frustration at being repeatedly rebuffed in his bid to discover information about two care facilities.

Community representatives are unhappy with the change to opening hours of Highland Council’s Thurso service point since the pandemic.

The council is seeking views over options to increase house rents by 8, 9 or 10 per cent - warning that the money raised is vital for maintenance.

Efforts to get railings reinstated at a busy Thurso junction have come to naught.

The temporary deployment of average speed cameras on a notorious section of the A836 has been branded “a missed opportunity” and “a waste of money”.

Highland Council has rebuffed suggestions that scores of its play parks are under threat of closure – despite publishing a table of those due to close

A report outlining the extent of the overpayments was put in front of councillors at an audit committee today.

A Thurso Highland councillor claims the current review which has put most play parks in the town under threat represents a good opportunity.

A Highland politician - and survivor of sexual violence - is seeking a meeting with Highland Council amid concerns Women’s Aid services are at risk.

Domestic abuse services for women and children in the Highlands could close under funding plans by Highland Council, Women’s Aid groups are warning.

One of them was told to attend a meeting for an interview with council investigators ‘under caution’.

The bureaucratic blunder emerged because the local authority was not checking ‘to confirm the existence of its staff’.

The mass closure of play parks across the region, including 26 in Caithness, is being discussed by Highland Council at a meeting next week.

Passengers are advised that this week’s severe weather has had a substantial impact on air services between Wick and Aberdeen.

The Met Office warns of snow and ice affecting Caithness over Friday and Saturday.