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Health secretary in Inverness to visit NHS Highland bosses

10 February 2020
Health secretary in Inverness to visit NHS Highland bosses

Health secretary in Inverness to visit NHS Highland bosses

10 February 2020

Health secretary Jeane Freeman has arrived in Inverness for meetings with NHS Highland bosses.


HIE budget cut by £13.5 million in just two years

07 February 2020
HIE budget cut by £13.5 million in just two years

HIE budget cut by £13.5 million in just two years

07 February 2020

Regional MSP Donald Cameron has hit out after the Scottish budget.


Highland Council fears capital funding cut by a third despite Scottish Government budget promises

06 February 2020
Highland Council fears capital funding cut by a third despite Scottish Government budget promises

Highland Council fears capital funding cut by a third despite Scottish Government budget promises

06 February 2020

Highland Council has given a “very cautious” response to the Scottish Government’s budget and claims that funding has been increased.


Highland MSP makes history by delivering Scottish budget

06 February 2020
Highland MSP makes history by delivering Scottish budget

Highland MSP makes history by delivering Scottish budget

06 February 2020

The Scottish Government has delivered its budget despite announcing that its finance secretary had been suspended hours before he was due at Holyrood.


Scotland's finance minister Derek Mackay resigns over allegations he messaged teenage boy for months

06 February 2020
Scotland's finance minister Derek Mackay resigns over allegations he messaged teenage boy for months

Scotland's finance minister Derek Mackay resigns over allegations he messaged teenage boy for months

06 February 2020

Highland MSP Kate Forbes will deliver the Scottish budget finance secretary Derek Mackay's resigns


Vote in Holyrood rescues £19m in rates relief for Highland businesses

04 February 2020
Vote in Holyrood rescues £19m in rates relief for Highland businesses

Vote in Holyrood rescues £19m in rates relief for Highland businesses

04 February 2020

Highland MSP Kate Forbes has declared victory in a bid to secure crucial business rates schemes worth almost £20 million across the Highlands.


Highland MP Drew Hendry demands end to the rollout of Universal Credit

04 February 2020
Highland MP Drew Hendry demands end to the rollout of Universal Credit

Highland MP Drew Hendry demands end to the rollout of Universal Credit

04 February 2020

The introduction of the controversial welfare policy will be delayed in some areas until 2024 and cost an extra £500 million.


NHS Highland reconsiders approach to pay-offs

31 January 2020
NHS Highland reconsiders approach to pay-offs

NHS Highland reconsiders approach to pay-offs

31 January 2020

NHS Highland has put the brakes on its policy of telling bullying victims that they will have to go through the formal courts or tribunals system.


Student association slams the running of the University of the Highlands and Islands

31 January 2020
Student association slams the running of the University of the Highlands and Islands

Student association slams the running of the University of the Highlands and Islands

31 January 2020

The Highlands and Islands Students’ Association (HISA) has suggested duplication of roles is putting the future of UHI at risk.


First Minister rebuffs request to meet NHS Highland staff and patients

30 January 2020
First Minister rebuffs request to meet NHS Highland staff and patients

First Minister rebuffs request to meet NHS Highland staff and patients

30 January 2020

MSP Edward Mountain accuses the Scottish Government of 'complete disregard' for Highland healthcare


REVIEW: KT Tunstall delights with a Lidl help from friends

30 January 2020
REVIEW: KT Tunstall delights with a Lidl help from friends

REVIEW: KT Tunstall delights with a Lidl help from friends

30 January 2020

The Scottish singer/songwriter wowed the Strathpeffer Pavilion.


Appeal for flats plan is rejected

28 January 2020
Appeal for flats plan is rejected

Appeal for flats plan is rejected

28 January 2020

Residents of a conservation area in Inverness have scored a victory over a housing developer who sought to build in the city's Ardross Street.


Councillors consider rent rise for council houses

28 January 2020
Councillors consider rent rise for council houses

Councillors consider rent rise for council houses

28 January 2020

Councillors are being asked to approve a three per cent rise in rents for council homes across Highland.


Schools are victims of council cash crisis

25 January 2020
Schools are victims of council cash crisis

Schools are victims of council cash crisis

25 January 2020

A HARD-HITTING audit has raised concerns about Highland Council’s ability to meet a range of financial challenges.


Union losing patience over NHS bullying

24 January 2020
Union losing patience over NHS bullying

Union losing patience over NHS bullying

24 January 2020

NHS Highland has been accused of a “scandalous” record of failing to keep tabs on incidents of bullying as unions lose patience with the health board.


Pupils at city school take a stand on environmental concerns

21 January 2020
Pupils at city school take a stand on environmental concerns

Pupils at city school take a stand on environmental concerns

21 January 2020

Determined pupils at an Inverness primary have successfully lobbied for their own blue bin.


Move to make it a criminal offence for Highland taxi drivers to refuse disabled passengers

19 January 2020
Move to make it a criminal offence for Highland taxi drivers to refuse disabled passengers

Move to make it a criminal offence for Highland taxi drivers to refuse disabled passengers

19 January 2020

Highland councillors have moved a step closer to making it a criminal offence for taxi drivers to refuse a fare from someone in a wheelchair.


Artwork to go beside new park

18 January 2020
Artwork to go beside new park

Artwork to go beside new park

18 January 2020

HIGHLAND Council hope to get a hole-in-one with the placement of a viewing platform next to what was once the eighth fairway of Torvean golf course.


Action over a surge in holiday lets

17 January 2020
Action over a surge in holiday lets

Action over a surge in holiday lets

17 January 2020

ONLINE giant Airbnb has welcomed Scottish Government plans to allow councils to regulate short-term lets across the country.


City centre pub calls time on late licence bid

17 January 2020
City centre pub calls time on late licence bid

City centre pub calls time on late licence bid

17 January 2020

The Gellions pub has withdrawn an application to extend its opening hours amid a noise dispute with neighbours.


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