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Scottish Water is accused of short-changing residents over Inverness flooding fix 15 years in the making

08 August 2025
Scottish Water is accused of short-changing residents over Inverness flooding fix 15 years in the making

Scottish Water is accused of short-changing residents over Inverness flooding fix 15 years in the making

08 August 2025

Councillor Ken Gowans slams ‘unacceptable’ service residents experienced.


Inverness to get two new watering holes as Dog Falls and Dramnation get provisional licences

05 August 2025
Inverness to get two new watering holes as Dog Falls and Dramnation get provisional licences

Inverness to get two new watering holes as Dog Falls and Dramnation get provisional licences

05 August 2025

The move paves the for the tap room and boutique whisky bar to open under MRG Holdings run by Gavin and Anita Stevenson.


NHS Highland relies on four other health boards to provide lifesaving vascular treatment

05 August 2025
NHS Highland relies on four other health boards to provide lifesaving vascular treatment

NHS Highland relies on four other health boards to provide lifesaving vascular treatment

05 August 2025

Bosses are told the system is surviving off emergency protocols and locum cover during search for long-term solution.


Highland deliberate self-harm cases reach 1547 in five years according to new figures

01 August 2025
Highland deliberate self-harm cases reach 1547 in five years according to new figures

Highland deliberate self-harm cases reach 1547 in five years according to new figures

01 August 2025

Inverness and Nairn LibDem candidate Neil Alexander says ‘mental health support ‘falls far short of what is needed’.


NHS Highland confirms Culloden GP practices are extending pause on new patient registrations

01 August 2025
NHS Highland confirms Culloden GP practices are extending pause on new patient registrations

NHS Highland confirms Culloden GP practices are extending pause on new patient registrations

01 August 2025

The move comes amid plans for an extension to provide more consulting rooms but that could take months.


Proposed new Inverness taproom The Dog Falls set to learn if it will get a licence

27 July 2025
Proposed new Inverness taproom The Dog Falls set to learn if it will get a licence

Proposed new Inverness taproom The Dog Falls set to learn if it will get a licence

27 July 2025

The aim is to breathe fresh life into the ex-Semichem store on Queensgate with craft beers and high-quality local products.


INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT ROUND-UP: drug charges, theft, E-scooter driving ban and a murderer chasing youths

27 July 2025
INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT ROUND-UP: drug charges, theft, E-scooter driving ban and a murderer chasing youths

INVERNESS SHERIFF COURT ROUND-UP: drug charges, theft, E-scooter driving ban and a murderer chasing youths

27 July 2025

Here is our pick of the most prominent cases at hitting the headlines from our court reporters this past week.


Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

27 July 2025
Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

27 July 2025

Scottish Government’s four-hour target for patients admitted, transferred or discharged missed.


Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

26 July 2025
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

26 July 2025

But she insists she is unable to attend a meeting of MPs and MSPs in August.


New Inverness ‘boutique malt whisky bar’ Dramnation set to hear if it gets a provisional licence

26 July 2025
New Inverness ‘boutique malt whisky bar’ Dramnation set to hear if it gets a provisional licence

New Inverness ‘boutique malt whisky bar’ Dramnation set to hear if it gets a provisional licence

26 July 2025

The plans is to have a whisky bar on one floor and a ‘tasting room and sensory experience in the basement’ as well as on and off sales.


UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

26 July 2025
UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

26 July 2025

The university secured an overall 92% satisfaction rate in the 2025 National Student Survey.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

25 July 2025
Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

25 July 2025

Dr Neil McNamara says ‘there will be a sadness there, a sorrow’ and a ‘terrible sense of guilt’.


Ellie Wilson calls for action over ‘harassment’ by her convicted rapist’s GP father

24 July 2025
Ellie Wilson calls for action over ‘harassment’ by her convicted rapist’s GP father

Ellie Wilson calls for action over ‘harassment’ by her convicted rapist’s GP father

24 July 2025

She now ‘fears for her safety’ while NHS Highland says ‘where concerns are raised we will investigate’.


Highland GP is using social media to ‘abuse’ woman raped by his son twice

22 July 2025
Highland GP is using social media to ‘abuse’ woman raped by his son twice

Highland GP is using social media to ‘abuse’ woman raped by his son twice

22 July 2025

But Ellie Wilson hits back saying ‘I won’t be silenced’ despite the toll taken by ‘utterly abhorrent’ posts.


NatureScot hopes Inverness gull summit can produce solutions but MSPs remain sceptical

22 July 2025
NatureScot hopes Inverness gull summit can produce solutions but MSPs remain sceptical

NatureScot hopes Inverness gull summit can produce solutions but MSPs remain sceptical

22 July 2025

Both Fergus Ewing and Douglas Ross want it to be ‘open’ and ‘directly accountable to the public’.


£152 million contract for dualling the A9 Tay Crossing to Ballinluig section is expected to go to Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd

18 July 2025
£152 million contract for dualling the A9 Tay Crossing to Ballinluig section is expected to go to Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd

£152 million contract for dualling the A9 Tay Crossing to Ballinluig section is expected to go to Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd

18 July 2025

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop says ‘we are achieving the targets we have laid out, and making steady progress across the corridor’


MSP warns A96 diversion is gridlocked after crash between Inverness and Nairn this morning

18 July 2025
MSP warns A96 diversion is gridlocked after crash between Inverness and Nairn this morning

MSP warns A96 diversion is gridlocked after crash between Inverness and Nairn this morning

18 July 2025

Edward Mountain says that traffic on the diversion is barely moving and backroads are jammed as well.


LibDems ‘pot zero’ plan aims to aims to halve energy bills in a decade

18 July 2025
LibDems ‘pot zero’ plan aims to aims to halve energy bills in a decade

LibDems ‘pot zero’ plan aims to aims to halve energy bills in a decade

18 July 2025

As MP Angus MacDonald slams ‘ludicrous’ Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch renewable energy ‘myths’.


Podcast: Highland Green Freeport races to secure ‘generational’ employment with £890m of investment

17 July 2025
Podcast: Highland Green Freeport races to secure ‘generational’ employment with £890m of investment

Podcast: Highland Green Freeport races to secure ‘generational’ employment with £890m of investment

17 July 2025

Chief executive Calum Macpherson says North Sea renewables ‘should take 50 to 100 years just to build out’.


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