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The figures from January shed light on adult social care in the Highlands as it teeters on the brink of collapse.
A 41 per cent social worker vacancy rate is affecting the team responsible 'for care and protection' of children.
Highland MSP says First Minister already recognises need to replace or fully refurbish Inverness hospital
It comes as councillors fear the cost of hiring facilities in the north are 'threatening the very existence' of voluntary organisations.
A number of sports programmes have already moved but others may have to fold
Strath might just receive £120k from £7.7m pot
Councillor Ken Gowans says 'it’s vital that the council ensures that it is securing appropriate and proportionate costs.'
The council says 'our results over the last 11 years show a significant deterioration' which is a 'long term trend'
But mystery surrounds where exactly Sumitomo Electric Industries' plant will be located in the region
Labour's Jackie Baillie says 'the SNP is attempting to cloak their own failures in secrecy.'
Scotland's richest man was hit with £100 fine and got three penalty points
Armed units were deployed to the area after a report of an armed man with 'long, shaggy hair and dark trousers.'
Parts of the school summer programme could be saved through external funding.
Local sources state officers have gone door to door while police say 'enquiries into the incident are continuing'
The Inverness and Nairn MSP previously described the Greens as 'wine bar revolutionaries'
Decision follows concerns from businesses that it would be disastrous for trade
None of the top jobs even mention housing, transport or local government
The process to install Scotland’s sixth First Minister
She says she wants to distance herself from the current 'messaging from SNP-Green government'
She says the Highlands is often not treated as favourably as some parts of the Central Belt
