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Firefighters readying ballot on strike action saying pay offer amounts to a 'significant real terms cut'

06 September 2022
Firefighters readying ballot on strike action saying pay offer amounts to a 'significant real terms cut'

Firefighters readying ballot on strike action saying pay offer amounts to a 'significant real terms cut'

06 September 2022

The cost of living crisis triggered strikes by BT, Highland Council and the Royal Mail staff


Highland Royal Mail Group workers are out on strike calling for a 'dignified, proper pay rise'

26 August 2022
Highland Royal Mail Group workers are out on strike calling for a 'dignified, proper pay rise'

Highland Royal Mail Group workers are out on strike calling for a 'dignified, proper pay rise'

26 August 2022

They are part of 115,000 postal staff in the UK taking part in what's been called the biggest strike of the summer


COST OF LIVING: Scottish Government offers additional funding for energy advice as bills rise

26 August 2022
COST OF LIVING: Scottish Government offers additional funding for energy advice as bills rise

COST OF LIVING: Scottish Government offers additional funding for energy advice as bills rise

26 August 2022

Agencies like Citizen’s Advice Scotland will share £1.2 million to help households and businesses get support


COST OF LIVING CRISIS: Ofgem confirms 80 per cent rise in energy price cap to £3549

26 August 2022
COST OF LIVING CRISIS: Ofgem confirms 80 per cent rise in energy price cap to £3549

COST OF LIVING CRISIS: Ofgem confirms 80 per cent rise in energy price cap to £3549

26 August 2022

Bills in the Highlands are expected to be much higher


STRIKE UPDATE: No street cleaning in Inverness as Highland Council confirms areas affected by walkout

24 August 2022
STRIKE UPDATE: No street cleaning in Inverness as Highland Council confirms areas affected by walkout

STRIKE UPDATE: No street cleaning in Inverness as Highland Council confirms areas affected by walkout

24 August 2022

There are reports some bins are being emptied in the city while Easter Ross looks like it has been hit worst


Unions outright reject 'disappointing and frankly shameful' pay offer

24 August 2022
Unions outright reject 'disappointing and frankly shameful' pay offer

Unions outright reject 'disappointing and frankly shameful' pay offer

24 August 2022

Waste, street cleaning and recycling staff start walkout after talks with councils and the Unite and GMB unions fail


Scotrail warns passengers not to take the 10.51am Inverness to Edinburgh train due to tourist demand

24 August 2022
Scotrail warns passengers not to take the 10.51am Inverness to Edinburgh train due to tourist demand

Scotrail warns passengers not to take the 10.51am Inverness to Edinburgh train due to tourist demand

24 August 2022

Instead the operator is offering more discounted tickets on two earlier services


Ironworks boss' pride after 'fantastic' 14 years as the only dedicated music venue in Inverness

18 August 2022
Ironworks boss' pride after 'fantastic' 14 years as the only dedicated music venue in Inverness

Ironworks boss' pride after 'fantastic' 14 years as the only dedicated music venue in Inverness

18 August 2022

Venue will be replaced by hotel on the site after plans approved by Highland councillors


WATCH: Why a Highland green freeport is as much about equality as revenue

03 August 2022
WATCH: Why a Highland green freeport is as much about equality as revenue

WATCH: Why a Highland green freeport is as much about equality as revenue

03 August 2022

Nicky Marr hears how women will have a central role in potentially the biggest economic boom in the north since oil and gas


WATCH: Why the UK may 'fail' to make its net zero targets without a Highland green freeport

01 August 2022
WATCH: Why the UK may 'fail' to make its net zero targets without a Highland green freeport

WATCH: Why the UK may 'fail' to make its net zero targets without a Highland green freeport

01 August 2022

Nicky Marr sits down with the movers behind the bid to find out why the north is so important to green energy


Raigmore car park still vulnerable to motorists taking advantage of it being free

16 July 2022
Raigmore car park still vulnerable to motorists taking advantage of it being free

Raigmore car park still vulnerable to motorists taking advantage of it being free

16 July 2022

Vehicle recognition technology is still not working almost four years after the plan was first announced


Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announces the appointment of Scotland’s chief entrepreneur Mark Logan

08 July 2022
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announces the appointment of Scotland’s chief entrepreneur Mark Logan

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announces the appointment of Scotland’s chief entrepreneur Mark Logan

08 July 2022

He said: 'It is essential we enfranchise the whole population in what we're doing because otherwise what's the point?'


WATCH: Strath MP Drew Hendry slams Boris Johnson saying he told 'lie after lie'

07 July 2022
WATCH: Strath MP Drew Hendry slams Boris Johnson saying he told 'lie after lie'

WATCH: Strath MP Drew Hendry slams Boris Johnson saying he told 'lie after lie'

07 July 2022

Mr Hendry says he cannot stay 'a minute longer' in Downing Street


Boris Johnson is to set to resign as Prime Minister

07 July 2022
Boris Johnson is to set to resign as Prime Minister

Boris Johnson is to set to resign as Prime Minister

07 July 2022

MP Drew Hendry Mr Johnson must go now rather than remain until his successor is chosen


Kate Forbes says all political parties must improve how they deal with inappropriate behaviour

06 July 2022
Kate Forbes says all political parties must improve how they deal with inappropriate behaviour

Kate Forbes says all political parties must improve how they deal with inappropriate behaviour

06 July 2022

She was speaking as pressure on the PM to go ramps up


Move to boost scrutiny of education rejected by Highland Council

02 July 2022
Move to boost scrutiny of education rejected by Highland Council

Move to boost scrutiny of education rejected by Highland Council

02 July 2022

The refusal was slammed as 'business as usual' following rock bottom primary literacy and numeracy rates


Badenoch MSP and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes will go on maternity mid-month

01 July 2022
Badenoch MSP and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes will go on maternity mid-month

Badenoch MSP and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes will go on maternity mid-month

01 July 2022

She will become the first serving cabinet secretary in Scottish Government to do so with John Swinney stepping in


Highland Council agrees to progress planning control measures for short term AirBnB-style lets

30 June 2022
Highland Council agrees to progress planning control measures for short term AirBnB-style lets

Highland Council agrees to progress planning control measures for short term AirBnB-style lets

30 June 2022

Property owners will need to apply for change of use to continue short-terms lets if move approved by Scottish Government


Surprise decision sees councillors grant a reprieve to Ironworks as hotel plan deferred

23 June 2022
Surprise decision sees councillors grant a reprieve to Ironworks as hotel plan deferred

Surprise decision sees councillors grant a reprieve to Ironworks as hotel plan deferred

23 June 2022

Local councillor Bill Lobban slammed proposed hotel as like 'something designed in the Soviet Union'


Highland Council agrees to early taxi tariffs review amid calls for a 15 and 20 per cent fare hike

20 June 2022
Highland Council agrees to early taxi tariffs review amid calls for a 15 and 20 per cent fare hike

Highland Council agrees to early taxi tariffs review amid calls for a 15 and 20 per cent fare hike

20 June 2022

Majority of taxi operators backed the move to offset the huge rise in costs


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