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Patient’s 7.5-year wait to start mental health treatment

28 August 2025
Patient’s 7.5-year wait to start mental health treatment

Patient’s 7.5-year wait to start mental health treatment

28 August 2025

The north health board returns some of the worst numbers in Scotland.


Bught Park and the Northern Meeting Park officially reopen after £15.5m refit

27 August 2025
Bught Park and the Northern Meeting Park officially reopen after £15.5m refit

Bught Park and the Northern Meeting Park officially reopen after £15.5m refit

27 August 2025

The Levelling-Up investment secures the historic home of the Highland Games and permanent base for shinty.


The LibDem vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says it is ‘Time to say Goodbye to Highland Council’

27 August 2025
The LibDem vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says it is ‘Time to say Goodbye to Highland Council’

The LibDem vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says it is ‘Time to say Goodbye to Highland Council’

27 August 2025

Andrew Baxter picks-up where the outgoing MSP left off saying the council is ‘too large, too centralised, and too remote’.


Highland ‘sewage’ discharge sparks young surfers call for Scottish Water to put ‘Hobbies before Jobbies’

27 August 2025
Highland ‘sewage’ discharge sparks young surfers call for Scottish Water to put ‘Hobbies before Jobbies’

Highland ‘sewage’ discharge sparks young surfers call for Scottish Water to put ‘Hobbies before Jobbies’

27 August 2025

Six time national champion Phoebe Strachan says children, communities, and environment ‘deserve better than exposure to polluted seas’.


Highland Council in top 10 most indebted UK local authorities in borrowing per person as total debt stands at £1.3bn

26 August 2025
Highland Council in top 10 most indebted UK local authorities in borrowing per person as total debt stands at £1.3bn

Highland Council in top 10 most indebted UK local authorities in borrowing per person as total debt stands at £1.3bn

26 August 2025

That is a a 14% rise in loans since last year totalling £161m, according to new figures.


Scottish Government overturns Highland Council refusal of controversial Beauly battery storage scheme

24 August 2025
Scottish Government overturns Highland Council refusal of controversial Beauly battery storage scheme

Scottish Government overturns Highland Council refusal of controversial Beauly battery storage scheme

24 August 2025

The appeal found no major landscape impact and planning rules are unconcerned with its safety.


Highland Council plan to drug test staff ‘with cause’ of ‘reasonable suspicion of impairment’

22 August 2025
Highland Council plan to drug test staff ‘with cause’ of ‘reasonable suspicion of impairment’

Highland Council plan to drug test staff ‘with cause’ of ‘reasonable suspicion of impairment’

22 August 2025

Examples were offered of ‘slurred speech, impaired movement, erratic or unusual behaviour’.


Historic Inverness mansion Drakies House to be subdivided into three homes

22 August 2025
Historic Inverness mansion Drakies House to be subdivided into three homes

Historic Inverness mansion Drakies House to be subdivided into three homes

22 August 2025

It will be for rental under the same ownership after Highland Council grants planning permission for the changes.


Highland Council defers decision on its own plan for 17 affordable homes in Dores by Loch Ness for a site visit

22 August 2025
Highland Council defers decision on its own plan for 17 affordable homes in Dores by Loch Ness for a site visit

Highland Council defers decision on its own plan for 17 affordable homes in Dores by Loch Ness for a site visit

22 August 2025

Its officials recommended approval despite local objections but elected members were not so sure.


Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

22 August 2025
Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

22 August 2025

The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Labour all commit to Transport Scotland’s timetable.


Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

21 August 2025
Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

21 August 2025

The Scottish Labour leader signs The Inverness Courier’s Dual the A9 Pledge saying ‘this is the route’ to opportunity and potential in the Highlands.


Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

20 August 2025
Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

20 August 2025

Dozens lash out at ‘big energy’ and Scottish Government ‘riding roughshod over our environment and our local democracy.’


Closure of the Infirmary Bridge sparks questions about its future amid anticipated update

20 August 2025
Closure of the Infirmary Bridge sparks questions about its future amid anticipated update

Closure of the Infirmary Bridge sparks questions about its future amid anticipated update

20 August 2025

Highland Council’s infrastructure boss Malcolm Macleod set to deliver statement on the structure.


Inverness city centre revamp will see Highland Council collaborate to avoid another Academy Street debacle

19 August 2025
Inverness city centre revamp will see Highland Council collaborate to avoid another Academy Street debacle

Inverness city centre revamp will see Highland Council collaborate to avoid another Academy Street debacle

19 August 2025

Cllr Isabell Mackenzie’s move will see stakeholders who ‘live, work and invest in the city’ included from the start.


Scottish Conservatives vow to speed up drive to dual A9

18 August 2025
Scottish Conservatives vow to speed up drive to dual A9

Scottish Conservatives vow to speed up drive to dual A9

18 August 2025

The Scottish Conservatives are the latest political party to sign The Inverness Courier’s Dual the A9 Pledge - and vow to speed up the programme.


‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

13 August 2025
‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

13 August 2025

Non appearance aggravated tensions as campaigners demand Planning Inquiry Commission into projects.


Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

12 August 2025
Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

12 August 2025

A packed and passionate Inverness meeting was told ‘no financial compensation can ever replace what we stand to lose.’


Highland councillor says he will stand ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with locals at renewable energy showdown

11 August 2025
Highland councillor says he will stand ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with locals at renewable energy showdown

Highland councillor says he will stand ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with locals at renewable energy showdown

11 August 2025

Ruraidh Stewart earlier quit Highland Council’s north planning committee claiming the system is ‘rigged’.


Top politician hails the all Highland-run Kishorn Port’s potential to be pivotal in offshore wind

09 August 2025
Top politician hails the all Highland-run Kishorn Port’s potential to be pivotal in offshore wind

Top politician hails the all Highland-run Kishorn Port’s potential to be pivotal in offshore wind

09 August 2025

Cabinet secretary Fiona Hyslop says it’s a ‘game changer’ for Wester Ross.


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.


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