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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’.


Highland Council claims new roads investment will offer improvements…

29 June 2024
Highland Council claims new roads investment will offer improvements…

Highland Council claims new roads investment will offer improvements…

29 June 2024

but figures don’t stack-up and ‘deterioration of the overall network will occur’


Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

28 June 2024
Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

28 June 2024

The opt-in new partnership seeks to increase contributions to £7500 per MW on top of the £5000 per MW already in place.


First Minister is open to dualling the A9 sooner than 2035 according to a cross-party group of MSPs

26 June 2024
First Minister is open to dualling the A9 sooner than 2035 according to a cross-party group of MSPs

First Minister is open to dualling the A9 sooner than 2035 according to a cross-party group of MSPs

26 June 2024

All the Holyrood parties SNP, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats and Alba were involved – except the Greens are against the project.


Dualling campaigner ‘pleads’ with First Minister to dual lethal A9 sections first but John Swinney is ‘reticent’

25 June 2024
Dualling campaigner ‘pleads’ with First Minister to dual lethal A9 sections first but John Swinney is ‘reticent’

Dualling campaigner ‘pleads’ with First Minister to dual lethal A9 sections first but John Swinney is ‘reticent’

25 June 2024

Laura Hansler says ‘it is only a matter of time before we are faced with catastrophic consequences’.


Busy day on the General Election trail with Highlands issues in spotlight

25 June 2024
Busy day on the General Election trail with Highlands issues in spotlight

Busy day on the General Election trail with Highlands issues in spotlight

25 June 2024

SNP launches its Highland Manifesto while A9 and GB Energy headquarters raised by Tories and Labour


Surprise resignations looming of two Highland councillors

20 June 2024
Surprise resignations looming of two Highland councillors

Surprise resignations looming of two Highland councillors

20 June 2024

Departures this summer will leave just two members who do not have good working relationship


Highland Council declares ‘housing challenge’ with 24,000 homes needed in a decade

20 June 2024
Highland Council declares ‘housing challenge’ with 24,000 homes needed in a decade

Highland Council declares ‘housing challenge’ with 24,000 homes needed in a decade

20 June 2024

Renewable companies could help deliver homes costing up to estimated £2.8 billion


WATCH: Greens slammed as ‘morally corrupt’ after claiming A9 dualling is ‘a subsidy for wealthy, usually white men’

17 June 2024
WATCH: Greens slammed as ‘morally corrupt’ after claiming A9 dualling is ‘a subsidy for wealthy, usually white men’

WATCH: Greens slammed as ‘morally corrupt’ after claiming A9 dualling is ‘a subsidy for wealthy, usually white men’

17 June 2024

New figures from Transport Scotland show single carriageways on the road are twice as deadly as dualled sections.


Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

17 June 2024
Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

17 June 2024

There were 199 injuries and 15 deaths on single carriageways while on dual carriageways that fell to 114 injuries and seven deaths.


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