Politics

MP Ian Blackford has apologised to a local photographer after a picture taken in Caithness caused a row and a backlash on social media

MSP David Stewart has been told that a patient had his confidential data was breached twice after the latest incident was made public yesterday.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said there is now reason for 'cautious optimism' as new cases have stabilised

Despite UK vaccine breakthrough, PM Boris Johnson is calling on the country to 'squeeze the disease'

Prospect members in air traffic control at Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (Hial) are to be balloted over the company’s centralisation plans.

There's no vaccine for Brexit and uncertainties over the process coupled with Covid-19 are doing the Highlands no favours, civic leaders warn.

'Waiting times must not be allowed to spiral out of control' – Edward Mountain

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could bring his Cabinet to Inverness next year to mark the centenary of a historic summit in the Highland capital.

THE impact of Covid-19 on social security within the Highlands has been flagged at the Scottish Parliament.

A commitment to ensure work or training for young people despite the impact of Covid-19 has been welcomed.

The £30 million Rural and Islands Housing Fund was launched in 2016, and housing minister Kevin Stewart has said it will continue beyond March 2021.

THE efforts of High Life Highland staff during the coronavirus crisis have been acknowledged today by a local MP.

Shadow Health Secretary Donald Cameron has written to the Scottish Government urging it to introduce regular and rapid Covid-19 testing for staff.

A call has been made for the Armed services to be called in to help deliver a coronavirus vaccine across the Highlands.

MSP Kate Forbes, for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has said work on the A82 will be a marathon not a spirit.

A row is brewing as a public consultation is launched on redrawing Highland Council wards including Inverness.

AN Easter Ross dad’s bid to secure a pedestrian crossing on a road used by hundreds of children has been backed by a parliamentary hopeful.

Protesters have marched through the Highland capital to oppose new abortion laws being enforced in Poland.

A ROSS-SHIRE beautician is vowing to defy Covid-19 guidelines and keep offering treatments that require customers to remove face masks.

A veteran Ross-shire councillor fed up with procrastination over replacement of a special needs school deemed unfit for purpose to break the deadlock.