Highland Council

Garden waste collections across the Highlands are set to resume next week for householders who have a permit for the fortnightly service.

Nurses, doctors and paramedics working at Raigmore Hospital should be granted the Freedom of the City the depute provost has said.

Highland Council is now projecting a budget gap of £87.5 million due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Highland Council has, along with other Scottish local authorities, submitted details to COSLA of the potential impact of Covid-19 on its budget.

Help is at hand for bereaved families in the Highlands who may find the unexpected cost of funerals out of their reach during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Environmental officers will monitor an area following reported sightings of rats, although they do not think there is a significant problem.

A Highland councillor from Skye has spoken of his grief after losing his father to coronavirus.

ANOTHER Highland Council meeting will be held behind closed doors next week.

A total of 88 people have now died in the NHS Highland area from either confirmed or suspected Covid-19 – up from 72 a week ago.

A helpline set up for Highland residents during the Covid-19 pandemic has received more than 5000 calls since late March.

Safety concerns have prompted Highland Council to stop its staff using its equipment to make PPE.

Department calling on authorities to use 'quiet road time'

The Covid-19 small business and self-catering grant scheme has now paid out £39.42million to 3450 Highland businesses.

The fund supports locally developed regeneration projects for communities, helping job creation and support, and in building sustainable communities.

Highland Council will hold a special meeting in eight weeks' time to discuss the coronavirus.

Highland Council planners took decisions behind closed doors this week amid fierce criticism of the change in democratic process.

Highland Council is supporting national public commemorations of the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

From today, newly self-employed individuals who have not been able to get support will be able to apply for a one-off grant of £2000.

Highland Council's forecast budget black hole of £80 million has been branded "ludicrous".

Due to the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak the planned date of the purchase of the tower by Highland Council has been delayed.