Politics

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

Action must be taken soon to bring back vaccinations into GP practices, a Highland MSP said during a Holyrood debate on rural health last night.

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

Far north MP Jamie Stone has criticised cutbacks which saw the Duncansby coastguard having its rope rescue equipment removed.

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

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

While the festive season is a time of joy and celebration I know it can also be ncredibly tough for many, particularly those struggling financially.

Maree Todd is urging her constituents in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross to get their winter flu jab to help guard against serious illness.

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.

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone has called for more Wick flights to make up for “inadequate public transport on the ground”.

The family of Nairn’s Alistair Wilson, murdered in 2004, said they were “extremely grateful” to the First Minister after he met with them yesterday.

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.

The First Minister has met the family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after more than two decades.

The public has until February 25 to make their views known as critics slam the scheme as a waste of money.

The chairman of the North Coast 500 had to spend time sheltering in an air-raid shelter in Lviv during a mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine.

Scottish Government failures on social care are being blamed for landing the Highlands and Islands NHS with a £154 million bill over the last decade.

Radical new approaches need to be adopted to avoid the Scottish fishing industry being crushed, a fishermen’s organisation has warned.

Plans to drive forward “significant new housing” in the Highlands will be unveiled early in 2025, a major housing society has vowed.

For Caithness it has been a year for having concerns validated.

As we head into 2025, John Davidson asked politicians and local figureheads what their top three priorities were for county in the new year