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Café affected by fatal fire ‘could close’ unless ‘extremely quiet’ trade picks up

Café affected by fatal fire ‘could close’ unless ‘extremely quiet’ trade picks up

Café affected by fatal fire ‘could close’ unless ‘extremely quiet’ trade picks up

A much-loved café which has been “extremely quiet” since a devastating nearby fire has warned it “could be forced to close” unless trade improves.


Chancellor Rachel Reeves claims Scotland will get an additional £3.4 billion

Chancellor Rachel Reeves claims Scotland will get an additional £3.4 billion

Chancellor Rachel Reeves claims Scotland will get an additional £3.4 billion

But what does that mean for the Highlands including vital sectors like the whisky industry?


Highland Council considering annual council tax hikes of 5–7%

Highland Council considering annual council tax hikes of 5–7%

Highland Council considering annual council tax hikes of 5–7%

The rises are the local authority’s way of dealing with both a massive deficit and to invest in infrastructure.


COLIN CAMPBELL: Labour ramming through winter fuel payment move was either ignorance or just not caring

COLIN CAMPBELL: Labour ramming through winter fuel payment move was either ignorance or just not caring

COLIN CAMPBELL: Labour ramming through winter fuel payment move was either ignorance or just not caring

Rachel Reeves’ inexplicable and extraordinary winter fuel betrayal is a whole lot worse than "Maggie Thatcher Milk Snatcher", says our columnist.


RHODA GRANT: Highland Labour MSP expresses ‘concern around the perilous position’ of ICT

RHODA GRANT: Highland Labour MSP expresses ‘concern around the perilous position’ of ICT

RHODA GRANT: Highland Labour MSP expresses ‘concern around the perilous position’ of ICT

She says ‘I hope that proposed refinancing solutions can ensure the long-term sustainability of the club’.


EMMA RODDICK: ‘It is hard to imagine how much worse things can get’

EMMA RODDICK: ‘It is hard to imagine how much worse things can get’

EMMA RODDICK: ‘It is hard to imagine how much worse things can get’

She says ‘one of Labour’s very first decisions’ was to scrap winter fuel payments leaving over 800,000 pensioners with less money to heat their homes.


Disabled pensioner battles 'grave robbers' over dead mum’s £12k council tax debt

Disabled pensioner battles 'grave robbers' over dead mum’s £12k council tax debt

Disabled pensioner battles 'grave robbers' over dead mum’s £12k council tax debt

A disabled pensioner is being pursued for a £12,000 council tax debt owed by his dead mum.


PICTURES: Inverness pupils’ Big Breakfast fundraiser nets hundreds of pounds for STV Children’s Appeal

PICTURES: Inverness pupils’ Big Breakfast fundraiser nets hundreds of pounds for STV Children’s Appeal

PICTURES: Inverness pupils’ Big Breakfast fundraiser nets hundreds of pounds for STV Children’s Appeal

Hundreds of pounds have been raised for a prominent children’s charity appeal thanks to the efforts of pupils at an Inverness school.


Devastating winter fuel payment cut means almost 59,000 Highland pensioners will lose out

Devastating winter fuel payment cut means almost 59,000 Highland pensioners will lose out

Devastating winter fuel payment cut means almost 59,000 Highland pensioners will lose out

Just 6772 now qualify which is a drop of 88 per cent in the part of the UK with some of the harshest weather and highest fuel poverty.


‘I didn’t know any of these ladies before but I now feel they are my friends’ - Inverness project celebrates 1st year

‘I didn’t know any of these ladies before but I now feel they are my friends’ - Inverness project celebrates 1st year

‘I didn’t know any of these ladies before but I now feel they are my friends’ - Inverness project celebrates 1st year

It is one year since Inverness Foodstuff - tackling food poverty and social isolation - expanded its work from Ness Bank Church into Hilton.


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