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Highland Council issues Whin Park reopening date after £500k upgrade work finally begins

02 February 2025
Highland Council issues Whin Park reopening date after £500k upgrade work finally begins

Highland Council issues Whin Park reopening date after £500k upgrade work finally begins

02 February 2025

Highland Council is targeting a completion date of Easter after issuing artist’s impressions of the new equipment.


Police launch appeal to trace 55-year-old Dawn Robinson reported missing in Inverness

02 February 2025
Police launch appeal to trace 55-year-old Dawn Robinson reported missing in Inverness

Police launch appeal to trace 55-year-old Dawn Robinson reported missing in Inverness

02 February 2025

She was last seen around 8.25am on Saturday February 1 in the Academy Street area of the city.


Major Longman landfill site, Foyers power station and Invergarry worker accommodation developments in the pipeline

02 February 2025
Major Longman landfill site, Foyers power station and Invergarry worker accommodation developments in the pipeline

Major Longman landfill site, Foyers power station and Invergarry worker accommodation developments in the pipeline

02 February 2025

Formal launch of the planning permission process for a trio of Great Glen developments.


Road users report 10+ minute delays on A9 at Moy roadworks with more works at Carrbridge

02 February 2025
Road users report 10+ minute delays on A9 at Moy roadworks with more works at Carrbridge

Road users report 10+ minute delays on A9 at Moy roadworks with more works at Carrbridge

02 February 2025

Lanes at those locations are ‘restricted in both directions due to continuous essential roadworks’.


Alness company Pat Munro Ltd plans quarry for Farr just south of Inverness

02 February 2025
Alness company Pat Munro Ltd plans quarry for Farr just south of Inverness

Alness company Pat Munro Ltd plans quarry for Farr just south of Inverness

02 February 2025

The business hopes to extract 50,000 tonnes of sand and gravel a year over a 15 year period.


Top Highland Council bosses pay to tally more than £2.1 million annually

01 February 2025
Top Highland Council bosses pay to tally more than £2.1 million annually

Top Highland Council bosses pay to tally more than £2.1 million annually

01 February 2025

The 18 member team includes the chief executive, three assistant chief executives and 14 chief officers.


Incidents at the Church Street Wetherspoon’s in Inverness spark move for more CCTV to help police

01 February 2025
Incidents at the Church Street Wetherspoon’s in Inverness spark move for more CCTV to help police

Incidents at the Church Street Wetherspoon’s in Inverness spark move for more CCTV to help police

01 February 2025

Drug taking and anti-social behaviour on School Lane and in burial grounds are also cited as reasons.


Inverness gull management on the block for a second year running

31 January 2025
Inverness gull management on the block for a second year running

Inverness gull management on the block for a second year running

31 January 2025

Four councillors block egg and nest removal, preferring a ‘do not feed the gulls’ campaign - final decision due on Monday.


Highland Council agrees 8% rent hike amid tenants concerns about ‘affordability’

29 January 2025
Highland Council agrees 8% rent hike amid tenants concerns about ‘affordability’

Highland Council agrees 8% rent hike amid tenants concerns about ‘affordability’

29 January 2025

The ‘significant burden’ of loan charges consumes 43% of the budget while 31% goes on repairs and maintenance.


NHS Highland PR boss joins Highland Council’s £1.7 million management team

29 January 2025
NHS Highland PR boss joins Highland Council’s £1.7 million management team

NHS Highland PR boss joins Highland Council’s £1.7 million management team

29 January 2025

Ruth Fry takes up £109k chief officer job while Paul Reid takes on fleet and facilities


Giving blood was totally easy and painless, says reporter Scott MacLennan

28 January 2025
Giving blood was totally easy and painless, says reporter Scott MacLennan

Giving blood was totally easy and painless, says reporter Scott MacLennan

28 January 2025

He says ‘there were zero unpleasant side effects beyond, perhaps, my evening whisky carrying a little more potency than normal’.


Tenants’ Union backs for Highland Council visitor levy but demands some cash for the housing crisis

28 January 2025
Tenants’ Union backs for Highland Council visitor levy but demands some cash for the housing crisis

Tenants’ Union backs for Highland Council visitor levy but demands some cash for the housing crisis

28 January 2025

The group Living Rent says ‘addressing housing inequality takes priority over expanding an already booming tourist sector’.


Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

28 January 2025
Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

28 January 2025

It comes amid misinformation claims that the law compels its introduction when it does not.


Britannia parking’s debt collectors demand £170 from pensioner who never received a ticket

28 January 2025
Britannia parking’s debt collectors demand £170 from pensioner who never received a ticket

Britannia parking’s debt collectors demand £170 from pensioner who never received a ticket

28 January 2025

The ‘cowboy style’ operation was slammed as a Highland Councillor suspects that the ‘business model relies upon this income’.


Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025
Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025

The rises of 19 per cent and 28 per cent come after Chief Superintendent Rob Shepherd warned “something has to give”.


Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025
Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says the numbers are of ‘significant concern’


Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025
Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025

The move will see almost all areas of the region receive new or expanded sites.


Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025
Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025

Key to the approach is working the Merseyside officers to tackle those dealing in the north.


Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025
Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025

It is considered one of the worst examples in Scotland of a patient fit to go home but cannot because of a lack of care.


Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025
Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025

Councillor Michael Gregson says ‘they are letting down the staff, the pupils, the parents and the people of the Highlands’


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