Politics

The Kessock Bridge has been awarded category B status after it was recognised as being of special architectural interest.

The Scottish Parliament has today passed a bill to implement a nationwide footway parking ban.

A MAJOR new quay at Nigg looks set to get the go ahead tomorrow (Tuesday).

BIGGER investment is needed in Highland towns and the UK and Scottish governments should step up, the Federation of Small Businesses has argued.

THERE would be "dire and disproportionate consequences" for Highland residents if the pension age was raised to 75, an angry MSP has warned.

ROSS, Skye and Lochaber MP Ian Blackford will be holding a number of surgeries in Wester and Easter Ross this week.

FLOOD woes in Dingwall will be raised in the Scottish Parliament after a regional MSP called for a “war on flooding” to be backed by Holyrood.

ULLAPOOL’S Seaforth Inn has won its appeal against a Highland Council ruling that banned it from whitewashing a stone boundary wall.

“SIGNIFICANT” investment in major projects in Ross and Cromarty was hailed by a senior councillor.

FAR North MP Jamie Stone has written to the chancellor asking him to immediately review the 2019 Loan Charge.

THE MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch gets her annual summer constituency tour underway next week with a round of surgeries in the Ross-shire area.

A SURGE in the number of people registered with NHS dentists in the Highlands has been welcomed by a local MSP.

A NORTH Kessock bottle bank is to return to its original location, despite local opposition.

A FURIOUS community council has demanded answers after it only received word about a near £1 million grant fund just six days before the deadline.

RAIL chiefs must commit to urgent investment in the Far North Line to tackle its unreliable services, Highland Council's leader has warned.

MARYBURGH residents have vowed all out opposition to a “clearances-style land-grab” from Highland Council in a row over village green space.

A KEY vote aimed at preventing the UK government from proroguing parliament and forcing a no deal Brexit, has been welcomed by a Ross MP.

ACTION is needed to target irresponsible motorists who use disabled parking bays without blue badges, a Ross MP believes.

THE launch of a new one-stop shop consumer advice service for Scots has been welcomed by a Ross MSP.

A DEDICATED minister should be appointed to represent the interests of the Highlands in the wake of Holyrood centralisation, a Ross MP has argued.