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Alba set to launch its general election campaign in the north with a Highland manifesto in Easter Ross

31 May 2024
Alba set to launch its general election campaign in the north with a Highland manifesto in Easter Ross

Alba set to launch its general election campaign in the north with a Highland manifesto in Easter Ross

31 May 2024

Alex Salmond alongside Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate Steve Chisholm aim win the party’s first seat at an election win.


WATCH: Nicola Sturgeon blames ‘austerity, Brexit, the pandemic’ for A9 dualling delays’

29 May 2024
WATCH: Nicola Sturgeon blames ‘austerity, Brexit, the pandemic’ for A9 dualling delays’

WATCH: Nicola Sturgeon blames ‘austerity, Brexit, the pandemic’ for A9 dualling delays’

29 May 2024

Fergus Ewing asked her: ‘surely, many people are right to say the A9 just wasn’t the top priority for the Scottish Government’.


Scottish Government set to U-turn on wood burning stoves ban in new build homes

28 May 2024
Scottish Government set to U-turn on wood burning stoves ban in new build homes

Scottish Government set to U-turn on wood burning stoves ban in new build homes

28 May 2024

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she is “delighted that the energy minister has committed to adapting the regulations’.


Labour selects Michael Perera as the party’s Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire candidate

27 May 2024
Labour selects Michael Perera as the party’s Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire candidate

Labour selects Michael Perera as the party’s Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire candidate

27 May 2024

Despite being ‘stunned by Matheson’s brass neck and lies’ Mr Perera says ‘Matheson’s failings in his health brief that are even more egregious’.


Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to face a grilling over her role in the A9 dualling failure

27 May 2024
Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to face a grilling over her role in the A9 dualling failure

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to face a grilling over her role in the A9 dualling failure

27 May 2024

The timing is uncomfortable for the SNP as it highlights one of its biggest broken promises in the middle of the general election campaign.


WATCH: Kate Forbes says SNP can be trusted despite First Minister backing shamed ex-minister

24 May 2024
WATCH: Kate Forbes says SNP can be trusted despite First Minister backing shamed ex-minister

WATCH: Kate Forbes says SNP can be trusted despite First Minister backing shamed ex-minister

24 May 2024

John Swinney backed Michael Matheson over a 27 day recommended suspension – on the day of the SNP general election campaign launch.


Sunak says SNP ‘have let down Scottish school children for years and years’ amid anger over election timing

23 May 2024
Sunak says SNP ‘have let down Scottish school children for years and years’ amid anger over election timing

Sunak says SNP ‘have let down Scottish school children for years and years’ amid anger over election timing

23 May 2024

He was responding during a campaign stop in Nigg after John Swinney accused him of being ‘disrespectful’ over the timing.


Ross-shire candidates: ‘We do democracy very well in this country and we will do so again’

22 May 2024
Ross-shire candidates: ‘We do democracy very well in this country and we will do so again’

Ross-shire candidates: ‘We do democracy very well in this country and we will do so again’

22 May 2024

Lib Dems, SNP, and Greens all have their say: ‘We do democracy very well in this country and we will do so again’


Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General Election for July 4

22 May 2024
Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General Election for July 4

Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General Election for July 4

22 May 2024

He says ‘now is the moment for Britain to choose its future’ as opinion polls favour a Labour victory in the next 43 days of campaigning.


General Election 2024: Your new Highland constituencies and who is running to become your MP

22 May 2024
General Election 2024: Your new Highland constituencies and who is running to become your MP

General Election 2024: Your new Highland constituencies and who is running to become your MP

22 May 2024

As Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is meeting the cabinet amid mounting talk in Westminster that he is about to call an election.


Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

20 May 2024
Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

Exclusive Alistair Campbell interview on the 2024 General Election: The UK is ‘desperate for change’

20 May 2024

He says ‘I can't think of anything in Britain that has really improved. I can't think of a single thing’ but ‘I'm hopeful of change’.


Watchdog says Highland Council has the largest budget gap in Scotland this year

19 May 2024
Watchdog says Highland Council has the largest budget gap in Scotland this year

Watchdog says Highland Council has the largest budget gap in Scotland this year

19 May 2024

Audit Scotland warns ‘it's getting harder for councils to do more with less’ but local authorities could be more transparent.


‘All to play for’ - Jamie Stone pushes Dounreay as the site for Scottish nuclear generation after surprise revelation

18 May 2024
‘All to play for’ - Jamie Stone pushes Dounreay as the site for Scottish nuclear generation after surprise revelation

‘All to play for’ - Jamie Stone pushes Dounreay as the site for Scottish nuclear generation after surprise revelation

18 May 2024

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack confirmed that the UK government is planning a nuclear site north of the border.


Alba Party announces Steve Chisholm as Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate

17 May 2024
Alba Party announces Steve Chisholm as Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate

Alba Party announces Steve Chisholm as Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross candidate

17 May 2024

Alex Salmond says he is ‘delighted’ someone of his business experience is ‘carrying the Alba Party standard in the Highlands at the General Election.’


John Swinney agrees to sign pledge tabled by The Inverness Courier to dual the A9 by 2035

16 May 2024
John Swinney agrees to sign pledge tabled by The Inverness Courier to dual the A9 by 2035

John Swinney agrees to sign pledge tabled by The Inverness Courier to dual the A9 by 2035

16 May 2024

Asked if he would go as far as Humza Yousaf in putting pen to paper, the First Minister said ‘yes, of course’.


Port of Ardersier owners Haventus secures £100 million investment

14 May 2024
Port of Ardersier owners Haventus secures £100 million investment

Port of Ardersier owners Haventus secures £100 million investment

14 May 2024

First Minister John Swinney says the loan of Scottish and UK public money ‘demonstrates the huge confidence in this new facility.’


John Swinney elected unopposed as new SNP leader

06 May 2024
John Swinney elected unopposed as new SNP leader

John Swinney elected unopposed as new SNP leader

06 May 2024

John Swinney has been crowned the new leader of the SNP after winning the support of potential contender, Highland MSP Kate Forbes.


COMMENT: ‘A change in SNP leader will do nothing more than put icing on a burnt cake’

03 May 2024
COMMENT: ‘A change in SNP leader will do nothing more than put icing on a burnt cake’

COMMENT: ‘A change in SNP leader will do nothing more than put icing on a burnt cake’

03 May 2024

Lib Dem candidate David Green says he is not hopeful the government will fix ‘its broken relationship with rural Scotland.’


Can Highland Council actually deliver £2bn promised investment in roads and schools?

03 May 2024
Can Highland Council actually deliver £2bn promised investment in roads and schools?

Can Highland Council actually deliver £2bn promised investment in roads and schools?

03 May 2024

Opposition leader Alasdair Christie has questions and wonders ‘when the new school will be open for children.’


New schools and roads investment for Ross-shire: ‘What is not to like about this?’

03 May 2024
New schools and roads investment for Ross-shire: ‘What is not to like about this?’

New schools and roads investment for Ross-shire: ‘What is not to like about this?’

03 May 2024

Highland Council plans a £2 billion investment splurge over two decades.


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