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Met Office issues update on Arctic blast set to hit the Highlands with up to 10cm of snow

13 January 2024
Met Office issues update on Arctic blast set to hit the Highlands with up to 10cm of snow

Met Office issues update on Arctic blast set to hit the Highlands with up to 10cm of snow

13 January 2024

Yellow weather warnings are in place as meteorologists indicate which areas may be able to build a snowman this weekend


Highland rail routes set for 'significant disruption' due to Network Rail safety works

13 January 2024
Highland rail routes set for 'significant disruption' due to Network Rail safety works

Highland rail routes set for 'significant disruption' due to Network Rail safety works

13 January 2024

The works are due to start at the end of the month and last for three days.


Highland Council refuses to declare an 'emergency' over 67 schools rated 'poor'

11 January 2024
Highland Council refuses to declare an 'emergency' over 67 schools rated 'poor'

Highland Council refuses to declare an 'emergency' over 67 schools rated 'poor'

11 January 2024

Councillor Helen Crawford called for a 'school estate emergency' declaration to tackle the issue but SNP-Independent councillors voted it down.


Councillors set for Highland 'school estate emergency' showdown

10 January 2024
Councillors set for Highland 'school estate emergency' showdown

Councillors set for Highland 'school estate emergency' showdown

10 January 2024

The north has the worst school buildings in Scotland and one parent says this is an 'emergency affecting the whole of Highland society'.


ARIANE BURGESS: Resilience is essential in these challenging times

09 January 2024
ARIANE BURGESS: Resilience is essential in these challenging times

ARIANE BURGESS: Resilience is essential in these challenging times

09 January 2024

She says 'eco-anxiety, the distress caused by these emergencies, is increasingly recognised,' asking 'how can we cope with these feelings?'


Raigmore Hospital's £9 million maternity unit extension gets the green light

09 January 2024
Raigmore Hospital's £9 million maternity unit extension gets the green light

Raigmore Hospital's £9 million maternity unit extension gets the green light

09 January 2024

But there are concerns about the otherwise welcome development related to recruitment, financing and centralisation of maternity care.


Kate Forbes MSP reflects on a 'weighty year' and shares hopes for future

02 January 2024
Kate Forbes MSP reflects on a 'weighty year' and shares hopes for future

Kate Forbes MSP reflects on a 'weighty year' and shares hopes for future

02 January 2024

Highland MSP Kate Forbes was a strong contender in the First Minister leadership race, winning more respect. Here she reflects on a 'weighty year'.


Inverness Courier ones to watch in 2024: Politics

01 January 2024
Inverness Courier ones to watch in 2024: Politics

Inverness Courier ones to watch in 2024: Politics

01 January 2024

With a new year, always comes new hope but who are likely to be among the individuals to keep tabs on in 2024? Here are our ones to watch in politics.


Drug dealer turf war blamed for violence in Highlands

28 December 2023
Drug dealer turf war blamed for violence in Highlands

Drug dealer turf war blamed for violence in Highlands

28 December 2023

Police chief speaks out to reassure residents.


Highlands top cop wants everyone to get through the festive period 'unscathed'

23 December 2023
Highlands top cop wants everyone to get through the festive period 'unscathed'

Highlands top cop wants everyone to get through the festive period 'unscathed'

23 December 2023

Chf Supt Rob Shepherd hopes 'my officers don't have to attend anything that's life-changing for them or the people' involved.


WATCH: ‘At long last we have an announcement of an outline plan and that is welcome’

22 December 2023
WATCH: ‘At long last we have an announcement of an outline plan and that is welcome’

WATCH: ‘At long last we have an announcement of an outline plan and that is welcome’

22 December 2023

After months of blistering criticism, Fergus Ewing says ‘we have to be ready in life to accept victory’ but he still has questions.


EDWARD MOUNTAIN: District heating systems could be disastrous for the Highlands

21 December 2023
EDWARD MOUNTAIN: District heating systems could be disastrous for the Highlands

EDWARD MOUNTAIN: District heating systems could be disastrous for the Highlands

21 December 2023

He says 'the government is proposing to stop you selling your home and perhaps even living in it' adding: 'we need some realism in this policy.'


EXCLUSIVE: First Minister Humza Yousaf signs Inverness Courier's A9 Pledge

21 December 2023
EXCLUSIVE: First Minister Humza Yousaf signs Inverness Courier's A9 Pledge

EXCLUSIVE: First Minister Humza Yousaf signs Inverness Courier's A9 Pledge

21 December 2023

Vowing to finish dualling by 2035, he tells the people of the Highlands 'I can give you that promise, that cast iron guarantee'.


BREAKING: New A9 dualling deadline is 2035, says Scottish Government

20 December 2023
BREAKING: New A9 dualling deadline is 2035, says Scottish Government

BREAKING: New A9 dualling deadline is 2035, says Scottish Government

20 December 2023

Transport secretary Mairi McAllan is currently delivering a statement on the renewed programme.


The Scottish budget and the spending plans for the Highlands

19 December 2023
The Scottish budget and the spending plans for the Highlands

The Scottish budget and the spending plans for the Highlands

19 December 2023

Finance secretary Shona Robison promised a budget that would ‘reaffirm Scotland’s social contract.’


Scottish Budget confirms funding for Tomatin-Moy dualling section to start next year

19 December 2023
Scottish Budget confirms funding for Tomatin-Moy dualling section to start next year

Scottish Budget confirms funding for Tomatin-Moy dualling section to start next year

19 December 2023

Kate Forbes hails ‘good news’ as finance secretary Shona Robison says Highland economy 'needs' the A9 dualling.


A9 dualling programme update is set for Wednesday

19 December 2023
A9 dualling programme update is set for Wednesday

A9 dualling programme update is set for Wednesday

19 December 2023

The cabinet secretary for transport Mairi McAllan is expected to deliver the ministerial statement to Holyrood.


A9 dualling is a question of 'trust' for Scottish Government

18 December 2023
A9 dualling is a question of 'trust' for Scottish Government

A9 dualling is a question of 'trust' for Scottish Government

18 December 2023

Civil servants warned the transport secretary in 2018 that '2025 deadline would not be met' if it was privately financed.


A9 Dualling: The timeline of the Scottish Government’s failures – who knew what and when?

16 December 2023
A9 Dualling: The timeline of the Scottish Government’s failures – who knew what and when?

A9 Dualling: The timeline of the Scottish Government’s failures – who knew what and when?

16 December 2023

Starting in 2012 and ending in February 2023 it charts the lack of progress, secrecy and when it became ‘unachievable’


Fury over confirmation the Scottish Government knew it would miss A9 deadline – since 2018

15 December 2023
Fury over confirmation the Scottish Government knew it would miss A9 deadline – since 2018

Fury over confirmation the Scottish Government knew it would miss A9 deadline – since 2018

15 December 2023

Campaigner Laura Hansler says the government ‘knew they could never deliver and they refused at every turn to give the electorate the truth.’


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