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PART I: Highland Council election for Badenoch and Strathspey – who will you vote for?

02 May 2022
PART I: Highland Council election for Badenoch and Strathspey – who will you vote for?

PART I: Highland Council election for Badenoch and Strathspey – who will you vote for?

02 May 2022

Statements from John Bruce, Muriel Cockburn, Dave Fallows and Declan Gallacher


PART II: Highland Council candidates for Badenoch and Strathspey say what they stand for

02 May 2022
PART II: Highland Council candidates for Badenoch and Strathspey say what they stand for

PART II: Highland Council candidates for Badenoch and Strathspey say what they stand for

02 May 2022

Statements from Pippa Hadley, Russell Jones, Bill Lobban and Charlie Whelan


First Minister 'proud' of broadband programme that has reached just 0.2 per cent of properties

28 April 2022
First Minister 'proud' of broadband programme that has reached just 0.2 per cent of properties

First Minister 'proud' of broadband programme that has reached just 0.2 per cent of properties

28 April 2022

Highland politicians slam the Scottish Government over connectivity issues


'The new Highland Council will need to get business savvy'

24 April 2022
'The new Highland Council will need to get business savvy'

'The new Highland Council will need to get business savvy'

24 April 2022

The Federation of Small Businesses calls for closer links with small operators after May's election


One week left to register to vote in the Highland Council elections

11 April 2022
One week left to register to vote in the Highland Council elections

One week left to register to vote in the Highland Council elections

11 April 2022

The deadline will expire at midnight on April 18


Highlands left far behind in Scottish Government’s roll-out of R100 broadband

18 March 2022
Highlands left far behind in Scottish Government’s roll-out of R100 broadband

Highlands left far behind in Scottish Government’s roll-out of R100 broadband

18 March 2022

'My constituents are fed up with being lumbered with Stone Age broadband connections'


Highland Council ranks worst in Scotland for literacy and numeracy for pupils in P1, P4 and P7

18 March 2022
Highland Council ranks worst in Scotland for literacy and numeracy for pupils in P1, P4 and P7

Highland Council ranks worst in Scotland for literacy and numeracy for pupils in P1, P4 and P7

18 March 2022

Education chiefs defend perform but state improvements are being made


Highland Council leader Margaret Davidson set to quit after 27 years

18 March 2022
Highland Council leader Margaret Davidson set to quit after 27 years

Highland Council leader Margaret Davidson set to quit after 27 years

18 March 2022

The Aird and Loch Ness member will leave the local authority at the May elections


How will the three per cent Highland hike in Council Tax hit your pocket?

04 March 2022
How will the three per cent Highland hike in Council Tax hit your pocket?

How will the three per cent Highland hike in Council Tax hit your pocket?

04 March 2022

Amid a cost of living crisis how affordable will it really be for hard-pressed families


Highland councillors approve £642m budget for coming financial year

03 March 2022
Highland councillors approve £642m budget for coming financial year

Highland councillors approve £642m budget for coming financial year

03 March 2022

Council Tax will rise by three per cent for households across the region from next month


Emotional scenes at Highland Council as a minute's silence is held for the people of Ukraine

03 March 2022
Emotional scenes at Highland Council as a minute's silence is held for the people of Ukraine

Emotional scenes at Highland Council as a minute's silence is held for the people of Ukraine

03 March 2022

Convener Bill Lobban was seated with a banner proclaiming: 'We stand with Ukraine'


WATCH: Highland MP tells Boundary Commission to ditch 'farcical and insulting' plans

03 March 2022
WATCH: Highland MP tells Boundary Commission to ditch 'farcical and insulting' plans

WATCH: Highland MP tells Boundary Commission to ditch 'farcical and insulting' plans

03 March 2022

Local MP Drew Hendry says the creation of the UK's largest ever constituency is just untenable


Council tax rise of 3% on cards as Highland propose budget

23 February 2022
Council tax rise of 3% on cards as Highland propose budget

Council tax rise of 3% on cards as Highland propose budget

23 February 2022

Council is set to hike tax and invest an extra £5.5 million in roads as it reveals £642 million budget.


All Scotland's Covid legal restrictions to be lifted by March 21

22 February 2022
All Scotland's Covid legal restrictions to be lifted by March 21

All Scotland's Covid legal restrictions to be lifted by March 21

22 February 2022

Wearing face masks, conducting contact tracing and vaccine passports checks will no longer be compulsory


Warning that Highland Council is running out of time to 'save' some roads in Badenoch and Strathspey

17 February 2022
Warning that Highland Council is running out of time to 'save' some roads in Badenoch and Strathspey

Warning that Highland Council is running out of time to 'save' some roads in Badenoch and Strathspey

17 February 2022

Council convener urges for big spending saying: 'For many, many years roads have been the Cinderella operation'


Heroes of India's Second World War Force K6 finally to get monument remembering their sacrifice

17 February 2022
Heroes of India's Second World War Force K6 finally to get monument remembering their sacrifice

Heroes of India's Second World War Force K6 finally to get monument remembering their sacrifice

17 February 2022

Members of Mule Transport Corps answered Allies' war call with some training taking place in the Cairngorms


Highland Council objection to revised Dava Moor wind farm plan triggers public inquiry

10 February 2022
Highland Council objection to revised Dava Moor wind farm plan triggers public inquiry

Highland Council objection to revised Dava Moor wind farm plan triggers public inquiry

10 February 2022

'It is like saying you have planning permission for a bungalow and then changing it to a four storey building'


Highland Council hunts for a new £123,612 a year deputy chief executive

26 January 2022
Highland Council hunts for a new £123,612 a year deputy chief executive

Highland Council hunts for a new £123,612 a year deputy chief executive

26 January 2022

Some councillors still oppose the 'disappointing' move describing it as a huge political failing in local government


Highland MP Jamie Stone is set to meet the UK government to discuss rising energy prices

19 January 2022
Highland MP Jamie Stone is set to meet the UK government to discuss rising energy prices

Highland MP Jamie Stone is set to meet the UK government to discuss rising energy prices

19 January 2022

Mr Stone says 'we are watching the nation plummet further into a fuel poverty crisis'


NHS Highland has the second worst record in Scotland for delayed discharge

16 January 2022
NHS Highland has the second worst record in Scotland for delayed discharge

NHS Highland has the second worst record in Scotland for delayed discharge

16 January 2022

Liberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone says 'health ministers have consistently failed to get a working system in place'


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