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A faulty pole box at the centre of a pylon fire has been isolated from the network with a full repair set to take place tonight.

MSP Ariane Burgess says freeports do not offer the sustainable investment rural communities need

MPs and MSPs lined up to welcome the development

Port boss Bob Buskie says this region must 'take advantage of that opportunity'

Global Energy's Iain Sinclair says if we don’t then 'in the next 12 to 18 months then it will bypass us'

He says 'we don’t want our young people to have to leave home to fulfil all their dreams and ambitions'

He is widely expected to announce that the Opportunity Cromarty Firth consortium has won a bid for green freeport status.

Sources says the Cromarty Firth and Inverness bid will be named tomorrow

We detail what it could do for the north and net zero amid reports the north has won the race for the free trade zone

The losing bids are expected to be offered Investment Zone status though that is tricky

The company says it is 'perfectly aligned' with the bid as it aims to build the next generation heavy lift vessels

Stuart Black says the impact of a green freeport would be 'proportionately greater than anywhere else'

The 'silver bullet' potential of hydrogen has been acknowledged by business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg who has been invited to Ross-shire.

Fearn could see more than 14,000 HGV trips annually but developer says it will help 'transition towards a net zero future'

Local community councils want to form a united opposition plan to the proposals for what would be the UK’s largest plant of its kind.

Though fears persist a 'raw political' decision could go against the Highlands where a freeport could 'reverse the decline'

Industry giants say the Cromarty Firth is the "only" place to site a freeport

A HOTEL miles from the nearest town has become the latest site to host a new electric car recharging point – as the rush towards EV tech hots up.

Jim Smith takes up the role as Opportunity Cromarty Firth awaits the UK and Scottish governments' decision

ScottishPower and Storegga have expressed their support for the Green Freeport bid by Opportunity Cromarty Firth.