Highland Council

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.’

He was backed by Struan Mackie who accuses the council of ‘creating a culture of fear and intimidation.’

Ambitious ongoing plans to put the “heart back” into a Black Isle village through the creation of a central hub have taken another big step.

A long-established Plockton business hopes an expansion and creation of a café will safeguard its future amid the "challenging" retail conditions.

The local authority said ‘suitable and robust arrangements were not effectively put in place at school.’

Inspectors have given a Black Isle school a mix of ‘satisfactory’ and ‘good’ ratings following their most recent visit.

Achiltibuie and Lochinver Primary hope to be third time lucky in their search for a headteacher to fill role in “beautiful area with huge benefits”.

He hit out at recent statements that dualling may be delayed again by saying ‘if it is allowed to drift then it will drift into never never land.’

A new toilet facility has opened at Gairloch beach, in a bid to cope with increasing pressure from tourism with high-quality infrastructure.