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Scott MacLennan is the political reporter for the Highland titles at Highland News and Media. He joined the company in 2019. Scott went to university in Glasgow and Moscow and reports on the Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Scottish Parliament.

Woman airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in a ‘serious’ condition after A9 crash involving a car, a lorry and a bus

27 July 2024
Woman airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in a ‘serious’ condition after A9 crash involving a car, a lorry and a bus

Woman airlifted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in a ‘serious’ condition after A9 crash involving a car, a lorry and a bus

27 July 2024

Three others were also taken to hospital with one man in ‘stable’ condition while two others were checked over following the crash last evening


Meet the new owner of Inverness Caley Thistle…

26 July 2024
Meet the new owner of Inverness Caley Thistle…

Meet the new owner of Inverness Caley Thistle…

26 July 2024

Lifelong Liverpool fan is not a typical football club owner going by his public social media posts


Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

24 July 2024
Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

Dozens of caravan parks up in arms as Highland Council undercuts them with ‘unsafe’ motorhome parking scheme

24 July 2024

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.


More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

22 July 2024
More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

More than 1000 Highlanders are ‘handing over their savings in agony’ to access private dental care

22 July 2024

Scottish Labour says ‘This is what privatisation looks like – those who can, pay for a private dentist; those who can’t, suffer’


WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

18 July 2024
WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

WATCH: Jamie Stone says Highland healthcare ‘stripped back and gutted’ by centralisation

18 July 2024

In the first adjournment debate of new the parliament, he said: ‘17 years of centralisation has wreaked havoc on my part of the world’.


Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

17 July 2024
Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

17 July 2024

Campaigner Laura Hansler says it is ‘absolutely inexcusable’ that the highest recorded speed was 140 mph.


Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

17 July 2024
Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

17 July 2024

MP Jamie Stone says ‘the Highlands is the biggest generator of clean, green energy in Scotland, and yet we suffer from a lack of job opportunities’.


Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

16 July 2024
Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

16 July 2024

He says he has heard ‘horror stories’ but ‘there is not the wit or willpower in the Scottish Government’.


POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024

Meanwhile Liberal Democrats head to London to represent the Highlands with a new UK government in place.


Double Highlands win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ and determined to make north heard

08 July 2024
Double Highlands win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ and determined to make north heard

Double Highlands win leaves Liberal Democrats ‘elated’ and determined to make north heard

08 July 2024

Reaction from party after pulling off shock win in Inverness seat


PICTURES: How the count chaos night unfolded as political rivals were forced to accept recount

05 July 2024
PICTURES: How the count chaos night unfolded as political rivals were forced to accept recount

PICTURES: How the count chaos night unfolded as political rivals were forced to accept recount

05 July 2024

Candidates and supporters at count showed how to behave in testing circumstances on long night


Drew Hendry will not be attending tomorrow’s recount for new Inverness seat

05 July 2024
Drew Hendry will not be attending tomorrow’s recount for new Inverness seat

Drew Hendry will not be attending tomorrow’s recount for new Inverness seat

05 July 2024

It is understood he and his family are travelling to London


Liberal Democrat candidate privately acknowledged as likely winner of Inverness seat

05 July 2024
Liberal Democrat candidate privately acknowledged as likely winner of Inverness seat

Liberal Democrat candidate privately acknowledged as likely winner of Inverness seat

05 July 2024

But the botched ballot count means second recount tomorrow


Chaos hits Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire as count abandoned until tomorrow morning

05 July 2024
Chaos hits Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire as count abandoned until tomorrow morning

Chaos hits Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire as count abandoned until tomorrow morning

05 July 2024

‘Discrepancy’ between verified and provisional total votes can not be reconciled


Kate Forbes says SNP needs to rebuild and regain trust of electorate after ‘difficult night’

05 July 2024
Kate Forbes says SNP needs to rebuild and regain trust of electorate after ‘difficult night’

Kate Forbes says SNP needs to rebuild and regain trust of electorate after ‘difficult night’

05 July 2024

Deputy First Minister says economic growth has to be put at front and centre of policies


UK general election 2024: Polls open in the Highlands in the most competitive races for year

04 July 2024
UK general election 2024: Polls open in the Highlands in the most competitive races for year

UK general election 2024: Polls open in the Highlands in the most competitive races for year

04 July 2024

Voters will choose the next MPs for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seats.


UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024
UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024

The snap election called just six weeks ago sparked a rush to get ready in time.


UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024
UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024

The snap election called just six weeks ago sparked a rush to get ready in time.


WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

02 July 2024
WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

02 July 2024

The First Minister was heckled on the campaign trail in Alness and told: ‘This party has ruined Scotland’.


Rishi Sunak to blame for postal ballot chaos, according to Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

01 July 2024
Rishi Sunak to blame for postal ballot chaos, according to Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Rishi Sunak to blame for postal ballot chaos, according to Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

01 July 2024

Campaigning in the Highlands he said it is a “further sign of the Conservative Party in abject disarray’.


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