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Highland Council agrees 8% rent hike amid tenants concerns about ‘affordability’

29 January 2025
Highland Council agrees 8% rent hike amid tenants concerns about ‘affordability’

Highland Council agrees 8% rent hike amid tenants concerns about ‘affordability’

29 January 2025

The ‘significant burden’ of loan charges consumes 43% of the budget while 31% goes on repairs and maintenance.


NHS Highland PR boss joins Highland Council’s £1.7 million management team

29 January 2025
NHS Highland PR boss joins Highland Council’s £1.7 million management team

NHS Highland PR boss joins Highland Council’s £1.7 million management team

29 January 2025

Ruth Fry takes up £109k chief officer job while Paul Reid takes on fleet and facilities


Giving blood at Dingwall Leisure Centre was totally easy and painless, says reporter Scott MacLennan

28 January 2025
Giving blood at Dingwall Leisure Centre was totally easy and painless, says reporter Scott MacLennan

Giving blood at Dingwall Leisure Centre was totally easy and painless, says reporter Scott MacLennan

28 January 2025

He says ‘there were zero unpleasant side effects beyond, perhaps, my evening whisky carrying a little more potency than normal’.


Tenants’ Union backs for Highland Council visitor levy but demands some cash is spent on housing crisis

28 January 2025
Tenants’ Union backs for Highland Council visitor levy but demands some cash is spent on housing crisis

Tenants’ Union backs for Highland Council visitor levy but demands some cash is spent on housing crisis

28 January 2025

The group Living Rent says ‘addressing housing inequality takes priority over expanding an already booming tourist sector’.


Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

28 January 2025
Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

Visitor levy spat sees Lib Dem Andrew Baxter tell unnamed SNP councillor to ‘go back to school’

28 January 2025

It comes amid misinformation claims that the law compels its introduction when it does not.


Britannia parking’s debt collectors demand £170 from pensioner who never received a ticket

28 January 2025
Britannia parking’s debt collectors demand £170 from pensioner who never received a ticket

Britannia parking’s debt collectors demand £170 from pensioner who never received a ticket

28 January 2025

The ‘cowboy style’ operation was slammed by Dingwall Councillor Sean Kennedy who was also stung when the machines were out of order.


Cromarty Firth councillor Sinclair Coghill joins Highland Alliance group

27 January 2025
Cromarty Firth councillor Sinclair Coghill joins Highland Alliance group

Cromarty Firth councillor Sinclair Coghill joins Highland Alliance group

27 January 2025

He says the move is a bid for ‘a platform where I can better represent and raise the concerns of the constituents’.


Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025
Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025

The rises of 19 per cent and 28 per cent come after Chief Superintendent Rob Shepherd warned “something has to give”.


Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025
Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says the numbers are of ‘significant concern’


Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025
Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025

The move will see almost all areas of the region receive new or expanded sites.


Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025
Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025

Key to the approach is working the Merseyside officers to tackle those dealing in the north.


Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025
Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025

It is considered one of the worst examples in Scotland of a patient fit to go home but cannot because of a lack of care.


Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025
Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025

Councillor Michael Gregson says ‘they are letting down the staff, the pupils, the parents and the people of the Highlands’


Highland Council plan to buy D&E Coaches valued at between £5.5 million and £6 million

23 January 2025
Highland Council plan to buy D&E Coaches valued at between £5.5 million and £6 million

Highland Council plan to buy D&E Coaches valued at between £5.5 million and £6 million

23 January 2025

It is hoped if the deal goes through it could cut the £25 million school transport bill and boost public transport.


Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

23 January 2025
Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

23 January 2025

MSP Edward Mountain says ‘the situation in Highland schools is at breaking point’.


Highland Council plans biggest rent hike in a decade with a rise of 8% in April

22 January 2025
Highland Council plans biggest rent hike in a decade with a rise of 8% in April

Highland Council plans biggest rent hike in a decade with a rise of 8% in April

22 January 2025

That works out at an average of £372.84 more a year while the council claims the impact on tenants will be ‘minimal’


Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

22 January 2025
Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

22 January 2025

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant was told £200m to be spent on the issue and there are weekly meetings looking at the crisis.


Wave of Highland pupils missing class as 54 per cent lost out on 10-20 per cent school year

20 January 2025
Wave of Highland pupils missing class as 54 per cent lost out on 10-20 per cent school year

Wave of Highland pupils missing class as 54 per cent lost out on 10-20 per cent school year

20 January 2025

The ‘deeply alarming’ new figures show more than 54 per cent of pupils missed 10-20 per cent of the school year.


Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

17 January 2025
Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

17 January 2025

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.


Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full debate Highland human rights

17 January 2025
Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full debate Highland human rights

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full debate Highland human rights

17 January 2025

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.


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