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Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

28 June 2024
Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

28 June 2024

The opt-in new partnership seeks to increase contributions to £7500 per MW on top of the £5000 per MW already in place.


In the last week of campaigning the SNP is predicted to take the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat

27 June 2024
In the last week of campaigning the SNP is predicted to take the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat

In the last week of campaigning the SNP is predicted to take the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seat

27 June 2024

But can the polls be trusted when all the Highland constituencies are brand new after boundary changes?


Highland Council confirms it faces a £2.8 billion ‘housing challenge’ to build 24,000 new homes

27 June 2024
Highland Council confirms it faces a £2.8 billion ‘housing challenge’ to build 24,000 new homes

Highland Council confirms it faces a £2.8 billion ‘housing challenge’ to build 24,000 new homes

27 June 2024

Thousands of jobs at the Green Freeport in the next decade is fuelling the need for new homes but funding construction is the issue.


First Minister is open to dualling the A9 sooner than 2035 according to a cross-party group of MSPs

26 June 2024
First Minister is open to dualling the A9 sooner than 2035 according to a cross-party group of MSPs

First Minister is open to dualling the A9 sooner than 2035 according to a cross-party group of MSPs

26 June 2024

All the Holyrood parties SNP, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats and Alba were involved – except the Greens are against the project.


Dualling campaigner ‘pleads’ with First Minister to dual lethal A9 sections first but John Swinney is ‘reticent’

25 June 2024
Dualling campaigner ‘pleads’ with First Minister to dual lethal A9 sections first but John Swinney is ‘reticent’

Dualling campaigner ‘pleads’ with First Minister to dual lethal A9 sections first but John Swinney is ‘reticent’

25 June 2024

Laura Hansler says ‘it is only a matter of time before we are faced with catastrophic consequences’.


Highland battleground: Election vows made to region

24 June 2024
Highland battleground: Election vows made to region

Highland battleground: Election vows made to region

24 June 2024

SNP, Labour and Tories lay out plans that would impact north in their mission to win votes.


The snap general election may go down as a battle of slogans and scandal over substance

21 June 2024
The snap general election may go down as a battle of slogans and scandal over substance

The snap general election may go down as a battle of slogans and scandal over substance

21 June 2024

Voters were allowed just 43 days to decide who is best suited to form the next UK government amid all the problems facing the country.


Ambitious 20-year plan to regenerate Highlands

20 June 2024
Ambitious 20-year plan to regenerate Highlands

Ambitious 20-year plan to regenerate Highlands

20 June 2024

Highland Council’s multibillion-pound vision would see investment in roads, schools, housing and renewables.


Highland Council declares a ‘housing challenge’ as it needs 24,000 homes in a decade costing up to £2.8 billion

19 June 2024
Highland Council declares a ‘housing challenge’ as it needs 24,000 homes in a decade costing up to £2.8 billion

Highland Council declares a ‘housing challenge’ as it needs 24,000 homes in a decade costing up to £2.8 billion

19 June 2024

The local authority issues a paper looking at how renewable companies could help deliver the new homes.


Highland Council grants planning permission for new £54 million Nairn Academy

18 June 2024
Highland Council grants planning permission for new £54 million Nairn Academy

Highland Council grants planning permission for new £54 million Nairn Academy

18 June 2024

The new school is set to be opened just after the 2026 summer holidays while the old school will be demolished.


Scottish Labour candidate Michael Perera says the party wants to help councils repurpose homes and sell them to people for just £1

17 June 2024
Scottish Labour candidate Michael Perera says the party wants to help councils repurpose homes and sell them to people for just £1

Scottish Labour candidate Michael Perera says the party wants to help councils repurpose homes and sell them to people for just £1

17 June 2024

The bold move would see empty homes repurposed and put back on the market alongside if people commit to living locally.


WATCH: Greens slammed as ‘morally corrupt’ after claiming A9 dualling is ‘a subsidy for wealthy, usually white men’

17 June 2024
WATCH: Greens slammed as ‘morally corrupt’ after claiming A9 dualling is ‘a subsidy for wealthy, usually white men’

WATCH: Greens slammed as ‘morally corrupt’ after claiming A9 dualling is ‘a subsidy for wealthy, usually white men’

17 June 2024

New figures from Transport Scotland show single carriageways on the road are twice as deadly as dualled sections.


Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

17 June 2024
Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

17 June 2024

There were 199 injuries and 15 deaths on single carriageways while on dual carriageways that fell to 114 injuries and seven deaths.


Inverness Chamber of Commerce issues manifesto calling on the next UK government to invest in the Highlands

15 June 2024
Inverness Chamber of Commerce issues manifesto calling on the next UK government to invest in the Highlands

Inverness Chamber of Commerce issues manifesto calling on the next UK government to invest in the Highlands

15 June 2024

The Chamber wants the next occupant of No 10 ‘to fully embrace the Highlands’ position at the centre’ of the just transition.


Have the Conservatives mounted the worst general election campaign in decades?

14 June 2024
Have the Conservatives mounted the worst general election campaign in decades?

Have the Conservatives mounted the worst general election campaign in decades?

14 June 2024

From surprising his own MPs with a snap election to ditching candidates and the resignation of Douglas Ross – can anything go right for Rishi Sunak?


Polls paint a mixed picture for Highland seats – can we trust them?

14 June 2024
Polls paint a mixed picture for Highland seats – can we trust them?

Polls paint a mixed picture for Highland seats – can we trust them?

14 June 2024

They are currently predicting wins for Liberal Democrats and the SNP


Inverness BID launches a survey assessing the impact of gulls on those in the city centre

13 June 2024
Inverness BID launches a survey assessing the impact of gulls on those in the city centre

Inverness BID launches a survey assessing the impact of gulls on those in the city centre

13 June 2024

The organisation ‘BID are collecting information on gull disturbance incidents in the city centre during the summer of 2024’.


Public responds to potential gull population rise: ‘Great!! Even more ‘rats with wings’ mugging anyone with a sausage roll’

12 June 2024
Public responds to potential gull population rise: ‘Great!! Even more ‘rats with wings’ mugging anyone with a sausage roll’

Public responds to potential gull population rise: ‘Great!! Even more ‘rats with wings’ mugging anyone with a sausage roll’

12 June 2024

Just 175 eggs were removed in Inverness city centre compared to 1950 last year after New NatureScot guidance led to delays.


Highland Council ‘marks a major milestone’ as it endorses Green Freeport final business case

11 June 2024
Highland Council ‘marks a major milestone’ as it endorses Green Freeport final business case

Highland Council ‘marks a major milestone’ as it endorses Green Freeport final business case

11 June 2024

Freeport chief executive Calum MacPherson says the ‘the public and private sectors coming together for the long-term benefit of the Highlands’.


Inverness gull population set for take-off as NatureScot guidance cripples efforts to control their numbers

10 June 2024
Inverness gull population set for take-off as NatureScot guidance cripples efforts to control their numbers

Inverness gull population set for take-off as NatureScot guidance cripples efforts to control their numbers

10 June 2024

New guidance and delays in licensing egg removal mean that just 175 eggs were this year removed compared to 1950 last year.


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