Highland Council

A forest being felled to fuel the Wick District Heating Scheme will be restored to peat bog to improve its biodiversity and carbon credentials.

But the stats draw a blank on assaults of teachers or pupils and drugs or weapons.

Changes resulting in the loss of morning flights between Wick and Aberdeen were brought in “to ensure the continued sustainability of the route”.

A multi-billion pound investment in the Highlands and Islands will be discussed by key players in the region’s economy at a summit tomorrow (Friday).

Raymond Bremner says the £100m investment aimed at creating a community facility based around a new Thurso High School will benefit the whole county.

The analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%.

A veteran councillor has resigned with immediate effect citing “serious hate incidents” and social media trolling amongst her reasons.

Campaigners have delivered a petition to Highland Council’s headquarters calling for a proposed tourist tax to be used to address the housing crisis.

The region’s new Youth Convener will attend meetings of Highland Council’s education committee.

The volunteers who helped out at a spring clean around High Ormlie in Thurso were praised for their ‘amazing effort’ to tidy up the area.

Work is due to start in May to install rising bollards at each end of the pedestrian-priority section of Wick’s High Street.

Caithness campaigner Iain Gregory has called for “urgent intervention” from the Scottish Government to help bring roads up to acceptable standards.

Avonlea is now gearing up to provide pupils with additional needs at Wick High School with a space for supported learning.

The latest information undermines the council’s narrative leading to calls for Raymond Bremner to step down.

They say the local authority officials ‘decided to protect their positions and status’ and ‘quash discontent’.

Councillors have agreed to boost senior councillor pay by between £5-11k this year.

Eastern Airways is facing criticism over its “shoddy reliability” following the late cancellation of a Wick flight a week after the PSO was renewed.

Struan Mackie has welcomed a UK government pledge that Vulcan will be asked to continue with MoD activity until April 2027 at the earliest.

A new group has been set up online to push for better connectivity for Caithness against a backdrop of recurring problems affecting Wick flights.

Michael Gregson says ‘the people are just not feeling the love, and this excessive pay rise to ourselves certainly won’t change that perception’.