Politics

People living in an Easter Ross community are being urged to have their say on the fate of a bust bought for £5 and now worth over £2.5million.

She won't stay up 'but no doubt I’ll be in my bed fretting and wondering if I’ll be able to sleep easy for the next four years'.

Community minded folk in Ross-shire are being urged to consider putting themselves forward for community councils that have fallen into abeyance.

A new chairperson has been appointed for the Black Isle and Easter Ross Area Committee at the January 22 inaugural meeting.

The national elections in the UK and US this year will still provide shocks. They also mean so much more, says our columnist.

There will be no let up in the plan to complete the dualling of the A9, Scotland's Transport Secretary has vowed.

Japanese giant Sumitomo Electric Industries will produce trans-national subsea cables for the renewables sector.

She says 'I’m reminded dozens of times a day of the cost of being in the union.'

The project aims to produce trans-national subsea cables for the renewables sector and create 500 jobs.

Councillor appeals for people to make views on 20mph zones through feedback and not vandalism.

The proposed extension of telecommunication masts into a UNESCO biosphere is a step too far for many campaigners.

Easter Ross's Maxine Smith is in hot water over a spat with a fellow councillor while Caithness's Andrew Jarvie is up for 'feeling misled'.

AN urgent rethink is needed over plans to axe mobile bank branches in the Highlands.

Councillors' rejected a proposal to declare a 'school estate emergency' despite having the worst buildings in Scotland.

The proposed scheme aims to provide financial relief to people in the Highlands and Islands

The north has the worst school buildings in Scotland but the council delayed the debate by more than three weeks.

An Easter Ross MP is claiming NHS dentistry 'is broken' and slammed his SNP counterparts for a no-show at a parliamentary debate.

She says 'Eco-anxiety, the distress caused by these emergencies, is increasingly recognised,' asking 'how can we cope with these feelings?'

A Highland MSP has made a bid for the issue to be discussed at the Scottish Parliament.

Horrified Wester Ross communities – and major heritage, outdoors and nature trusts – have called for an end to an ill-thought out mobile masts policy.