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Highland Council’s £105,487-a-year education boss Nicky Grant is on ‘approved leave’

21 March 2024
Highland Council’s £105,487-a-year education boss Nicky Grant is on ‘approved leave’

Highland Council’s £105,487-a-year education boss Nicky Grant is on ‘approved leave’

21 March 2024

The council refuses to say what 'approve leave' is or why the top official does not appear to have been at work since at least February 21.


UPDATE: Fortrose Academy loses both head teacher and deputy head to ‘approved leave’

21 March 2024
UPDATE: Fortrose Academy loses both head teacher and deputy head to ‘approved leave’

UPDATE: Fortrose Academy loses both head teacher and deputy head to ‘approved leave’

21 March 2024

Questions are being asked what is behind the move but the council refuses to say what it means by ‘approved leave.’


Highland Council announces Fortrose Academy head teacher Jacquie Ross has been replaced

21 March 2024
Highland Council announces Fortrose Academy head teacher Jacquie Ross has been replaced

Highland Council announces Fortrose Academy head teacher Jacquie Ross has been replaced

21 March 2024

The local authority says she is 'currently absent from work' and Gairloch High head Wim Chalmet is taking over for now.


Could a Highland-specific manifesto help win over the north to Alex Salmond’s Alba Party?

20 March 2024
Could a Highland-specific manifesto help win over the north to Alex Salmond’s Alba Party?

Could a Highland-specific manifesto help win over the north to Alex Salmond’s Alba Party?

20 March 2024

Highland Councillor Karl Rosie is to draft what Alex Salmond says is a 'call to arms' as they highlight significant regional issues.


Alex Salmond set to host a public meeting on the ‘future of the Highlands’ including the A9

20 March 2024
Alex Salmond set to host a public meeting on the ‘future of the Highlands’ including the A9

Alex Salmond set to host a public meeting on the ‘future of the Highlands’ including the A9

20 March 2024

Councillor Karl Rosie will join him as the Alba Party plans a ‘Highland Manifesto’ amid allegations the SNP are 'asleep at the wheel.'


Port of Cromarty Firth in the running for £160 million worth of UK government funding

19 March 2024
Port of Cromarty Firth in the running for £160 million worth of UK government funding

Port of Cromarty Firth in the running for £160 million worth of UK government funding

19 March 2024

The cash is the so-called Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme to create a site to build turbines.


Highland Council returns bins for new collection service because they were rubbish

15 March 2024
Highland Council returns bins for new collection service because they were rubbish

Highland Council returns bins for new collection service because they were rubbish

15 March 2024

3380 bins for its for the revamped waste and recycling collections had ‘minor problems' but service is not affected.


Loch Ness hydro scheme renamed as new owner StatKraft targets 2030 operational date

14 March 2024
Loch Ness hydro scheme renamed as new owner StatKraft targets 2030 operational date

Loch Ness hydro scheme renamed as new owner StatKraft targets 2030 operational date

14 March 2024

Project director Donald Weir says it is a ‘renaissance of a form of energy generation that has been dormant for decades.’


Disadvantaged kids set to lose vital help as Highland Council looks to cut funding

11 March 2024
Disadvantaged kids set to lose vital help as Highland Council looks to cut funding

Disadvantaged kids set to lose vital help as Highland Council looks to cut funding

11 March 2024

MCR Pathways' Mike Evans says 'that one sense of stability' will be 'literally ripped away' from hundreds of vulnerable young people.


Confirmed road closures for Inverness Half Marathon and Inverness 5K events

10 March 2024
Confirmed road closures for Inverness Half Marathon and Inverness 5K events

Confirmed road closures for Inverness Half Marathon and Inverness 5K events

10 March 2024

Find out if you could be affected by the closures across large parts of the city on Sunday.


Mixed reaction to UK Budget but Scotland to get £295 million more in funding

07 March 2024
Mixed reaction to UK Budget but Scotland to get £295 million more in funding

Mixed reaction to UK Budget but Scotland to get £295 million more in funding

07 March 2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt called it a 'budget for long term growth' with a boost for the drinks sector and a blow for oil and gas.


Hundreds of Highland Council staff feel they are not always treated fairly at work

07 March 2024
Hundreds of Highland Council staff feel they are not always treated fairly at work

Hundreds of Highland Council staff feel they are not always treated fairly at work

07 March 2024

Hundreds more admit personal relationships at the local authority have made them feel 'uncomfortable.'


Drew Hendry calls on Jeremy Hunt to create VAT-free zones in town and city centres

05 March 2024
Drew Hendry calls on Jeremy Hunt to create VAT-free zones in town and city centres

Drew Hendry calls on Jeremy Hunt to create VAT-free zones in town and city centres

05 March 2024

The Highland MP says 'VAT-free streets is not just about economic revival but also about ensuring fairness.'


RHODA GRANT: Rural communities must see the gains of large-scale energy projects

05 March 2024
RHODA GRANT: Rural communities must see the gains of large-scale energy projects

RHODA GRANT: Rural communities must see the gains of large-scale energy projects

05 March 2024

The Labour MSP says 'local benefit from these developments has not improved and communities are losing out.'


Teaching unions separately demand action as they slam Highland Council's approach to staff

04 March 2024
Teaching unions separately demand action as they slam Highland Council's approach to staff

Teaching unions separately demand action as they slam Highland Council's approach to staff

04 March 2024

Unison has 'grave concerns' about violence in schools and the EIS has lashed out at proposals to cut 70 principal teachers.


Details behind Highland Council's agreed 'outline' budget will only be known in two weeks

29 February 2024
Details behind Highland Council's agreed 'outline' budget will only be known in two weeks

Details behind Highland Council's agreed 'outline' budget will only be known in two weeks

29 February 2024

The agreed proposals are branded 'nebulous, vague, hazy, obscure, indistinct, unclear, indefinite, murky, blurred, formless and featureless.'


Highland Council leadership passes budget unchanged despite serious challenges

29 February 2024
Highland Council leadership passes budget unchanged despite serious challenges

Highland Council leadership passes budget unchanged despite serious challenges

29 February 2024

Council leader Raymond Bremner says it 'allows for significant investment to take place and protect jobs across our communities.'


Highland Council budget day: LibDems demand £50m more for St Clement's and roads

29 February 2024
Highland Council budget day: LibDems demand £50m more for St Clement's and roads

Highland Council budget day: LibDems demand £50m more for St Clement's and roads

29 February 2024

The group wants £20 million to end the decades-long wait for a new St Clements special school and £30 million for roads over three years.


Opposition groups say Highland Council budget 'does nothing to improve life'

28 February 2024
Opposition groups say Highland Council budget 'does nothing to improve life'

Opposition groups say Highland Council budget 'does nothing to improve life'

28 February 2024

They say the budget has 'no real substance' and question if it 'will in fact cover the financial gap.'


EDWARD MOUNTAIN: New energy efficiency Bill could 'obliterate' Highland finances

27 February 2024
EDWARD MOUNTAIN: New energy efficiency Bill could 'obliterate' Highland finances

EDWARD MOUNTAIN: New energy efficiency Bill could 'obliterate' Highland finances

27 February 2024

The MSP warns that 'it is practically impossible' for Highland homes to meet proposed energy performance standard.


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