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Public feedback on Highland renewables projects prompts strong response from MSP

26 July 2025
Public feedback on Highland renewables projects prompts strong response from MSP

Public feedback on Highland renewables projects prompts strong response from MSP

26 July 2025

A Highland MSP has reported back key findings from a public meeting on the expansion of renewables projects.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals reveal for the first time about losing a patient

24 July 2025
Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals reveal for the first time about losing a patient

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals reveal for the first time about losing a patient

24 July 2025

Dr Neil McNamara says ‘there will be a sadness there, a sorrow’ and a ‘terrible sense of guilt’.


Highland GP is using social media to ‘abuse’ woman raped by his son twice

22 July 2025
Highland GP is using social media to ‘abuse’ woman raped by his son twice

Highland GP is using social media to ‘abuse’ woman raped by his son twice

22 July 2025

But Ellie Wilson hits back saying ‘I won’t be silenced’ despite the toll taken by ‘utterly abhorrent’ posts.


LibDems ‘pot zero’ plan aims to aims to halve energy bills in a decade

18 July 2025
LibDems ‘pot zero’ plan aims to aims to halve energy bills in a decade

LibDems ‘pot zero’ plan aims to aims to halve energy bills in a decade

18 July 2025

As MP Angus MacDonald slams ‘ludicrous’ Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch renewable energy ‘myths’.


Highland Green Freeport in race to secure ‘generational’ employment after amassing £890m of investment

17 July 2025
Highland Green Freeport in race to secure ‘generational’ employment after amassing £890m of investment

Highland Green Freeport in race to secure ‘generational’ employment after amassing £890m of investment

17 July 2025

Chief executive Calum Macpherson says North Sea renewables ‘should take 50 to 100 years just to build out’.


Highland Green Freeport in race to secure ‘generational’ employment after amassing £890m of investment

17 July 2025
Highland Green Freeport in race to secure ‘generational’ employment after amassing £890m of investment

Highland Green Freeport in race to secure ‘generational’ employment after amassing £890m of investment

17 July 2025

In an exclusive interview Green Freeport chief executive Calum Macpherson says North Sea renewables ‘should take 50 to 100 years just to build out’.


Last chance for Highlanders to make their views known on community benefit from green energy

16 July 2025
Last chance for Highlanders to make their views known on community benefit from green energy

Last chance for Highlanders to make their views known on community benefit from green energy

16 July 2025

MP Angus MacDonald says billions are being lost abroad to foreign-owned utility companies.


In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

14 July 2025
In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

14 July 2025

There has been little change to the numbers since 2014.


Royal Mail’s ‘unacceptable collapse’ in Wester Ross is impacting NHS medical supplies

10 July 2025
Royal Mail’s ‘unacceptable collapse’ in Wester Ross is impacting NHS medical supplies

Royal Mail’s ‘unacceptable collapse’ in Wester Ross is impacting NHS medical supplies

10 July 2025

MP Angus MacDonald says delays risk the ‘irreversible damage’ to locals and it isn’t ‘just about late birthday cards or missing Amazon parcels’.


WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

10 July 2025
WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

10 July 2025

The Labour government’s energy secretary fears businesses there could ‘face damage to their competitiveness’.


Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

10 July 2025
Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

10 July 2025

MSP Edward Mountain slams the loss of vascular service as ‘fundamentally dangerous and inadequate’.


REVEALED: Highland Council failed to fund road maintenance since 2018 by £90 million

04 July 2025
REVEALED: Highland Council failed to fund road maintenance since 2018 by £90 million

REVEALED: Highland Council failed to fund road maintenance since 2018 by £90 million

04 July 2025

New figures reveal that the current annual shortfall is around £13 million.


Highland MPs and MSPs set to attend second community council renewables convention

02 July 2025
Highland MPs and MSPs set to attend second community council renewables convention

Highland MPs and MSPs set to attend second community council renewables convention

02 July 2025

The gathering on August 12 is focussed on ‘respecting local democracy’.


WATCH: First Minister John Swinney accused of ‘condoning’ the loss of Highland medical services

02 July 2025
WATCH: First Minister John Swinney accused of ‘condoning’ the loss of Highland medical services

WATCH: First Minister John Swinney accused of ‘condoning’ the loss of Highland medical services

02 July 2025

MSP Edward Mountain warns patients must ‘travel hundreds of miles for treatment when they are seriously ill.’


Respected Tain and Easter Ross Councillor Derek Louden resigns from Highland Council

01 July 2025
Respected Tain and Easter Ross Councillor Derek Louden resigns from Highland Council

Respected Tain and Easter Ross Councillor Derek Louden resigns from Highland Council

01 July 2025

He was known for his honesty, self-effacing modesty, civic pride and business acumen.


A9, A96 and A82 casualty toll exceeds 1500 between 2020 and 2024, including 81 deaths

01 July 2025
A9, A96 and A82 casualty toll exceeds 1500 between 2020 and 2024, including 81 deaths

A9, A96 and A82 casualty toll exceeds 1500 between 2020 and 2024, including 81 deaths

01 July 2025

A further 556 were seriously injured as political pressure mounts on the Scottish Government to deal with this ‘life and death’ issue.


Scottish Parliament called to recognise Highland community council convention on renewables project

23 June 2025
Scottish Parliament called to recognise Highland community council convention on renewables project

Scottish Parliament called to recognise Highland community council convention on renewables project

23 June 2025

It reiterates the demands for a pause on develops and applauds how it ‘amplified’ concerns with the ‘industrialisation of natural landscapes’.


Could £30m revamp serve up Inverness Castle as best seat in town for a dram?

23 June 2025
Could £30m revamp serve up Inverness Castle as best seat in town for a dram?

Could £30m revamp serve up Inverness Castle as best seat in town for a dram?

23 June 2025

Highlife Highland’s bid for an alcohol licence to be decided this week.


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