Politics

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The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.

But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.

Hikes to employer national insurance contributions will cost Eden Court an extra £100,000 a year, it has confirmed.

The family of Nairn’s Alistair Wilson, murdered in 2004, said they were “extremely grateful” to the First Minister after he met with them yesterday.

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.

The First Minister has met the family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after more than two decades.

The public has until February 25 to make their views known as critics slam the scheme as a waste of money.

Missing boy triggers massive Easter Ross response; tractor-daft tot at Black Isle Show; Save Our Gymnastics Club and designer heads for Big Apple.

Shania Twain’s shout-out for Black Isle designer; Dingwall woman picks up posthumous medal for brother and Tain tragedy spurs life-saving campaign.

The chairman of the North Coast 500 had to spend time sheltering in an air-raid shelter in Lviv during a mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine.

Scottish Government failures on social care are being blamed for landing the Highlands and Islands NHS with a £154 million bill over the last decade.

Who are the figures and what are the political issues to keep an eye on for the Highlands in 2025?

Radical new approaches need to be adopted to avoid the Scottish fishing industry being crushed, a fishermen’s organisation has warned.

Plans to drive forward “significant new housing” in the Highlands will be unveiled early in 2025, a major housing society has vowed.

Some strong words spoken as top targets for 2025 revealed.

A multi-million pound rise in anti-diabetes medication spending at NHS Highland highlights the need tor better prevention measures, an MSP has argued.

A Highland MP said he was ‘shocked’ by the ‘opulence’ and emptiness of the UK government’s brand-new £150 million headquarters in Glasgow.

Rethinking use of public buildings in Dingwall could see the biggest shake-up in over a generation and bring benefits, as SCOTT MACLENNAN reports.

Waspi women have been subject to a “great injustice” according to far north MSP Maree Todd.