Highland Council

“Visiting schools is a legitimate and natural part of our work.” writes Black Isle councillor Sarah Atkin.

Former care home staff accommodation in Wester Ross looks set to be turned into accessible housing under plans lodged with Highland Council.

Steps must be taken to “maintain consistency” for pupils at an Easter Ross primary school, a Highland MSP has said.

Prospective candidates will have until 4pm on Friday 10 May 2024 to submit their completed nomination forms.

‘At this time of year everyone is itching to be outdoors and make the most of the long daylight hours.’

The council claims it will save £310,000 with the new structure which aims to strengthen strategic and operational delivery.

The local authority claims she would be leaving the role after just under three years ‘to pursue other interests’.

Kiltearn Primary School parent council are appealing for the acting head teacher to be reinstated.

Politicians must now get permission from the education boss to visit schools which they say impedes their ‘ability to represent our constituents’

Top officials say that councillors, MSPs and MPS must get permission from education bosses before visiting schools.

ONLY 36 per cent of pupils in one Highland Virtual Academy class achieved an A, B or C in their exam.

The sometimes dramatic limitations of online learning has convinced two pupils of the irreplaceable value of face-to-face teaching.

Geoff Aberdein says the party needs to hold the Highlands ‘to have any chance of winning’ the general election in Scotland.

The alarm was raised by a councillor concerned mourners could be taken in by fraud.

Cllr Alasdair Rhind, who represented the Tain and Easter Ross ward, will be buried following a funeral service on Friday.

Highland householders are being blamed for causing a series of explosions at an East Lothian energy plant.

Saddened community figures have called Cllr Alasdair Rhind a “font of knowledge, gentleman and friend”.

The family at the centre of the allegations now just wants to ‘move on with our lives’ but are satisfied their daughter has been ‘vindicated.’

Tributes have been flooding in from shocked members of the community after the sudden death of a popular Highland councillor overnight.

He says it is ‘crucial’ schools ‘are not granted an exemption when it comes to political scrutiny.’