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Watch: Transport secretary raises doubts about a new A9 dualling deadline by the autumn

28 June 2023
Watch: Transport secretary raises doubts about a new A9 dualling deadline by the autumn

Watch: Transport secretary raises doubts about a new A9 dualling deadline by the autumn

28 June 2023

Mairi MacAllan only confirmed the long-awaited Autumn update would contain 'next steps'


Rise in A9 deaths is ‘inevitable’ as government is told 'it is within your power' to resolve

26 June 2023
Rise in A9 deaths is ‘inevitable’ as government is told 'it is within your power' to resolve

Rise in A9 deaths is ‘inevitable’ as government is told 'it is within your power' to resolve

26 June 2023

Campaigner Laura Hansler fears the First Minister's 'cast iron commitment is in danger of rusting away.'


Bid to slash charges for groups renting Highland Council properties to be decided

26 June 2023
Bid to slash charges for groups renting Highland Council properties to be decided

Bid to slash charges for groups renting Highland Council properties to be decided

26 June 2023

Plea for assistance returns to council chambers but finance bosses warn of cost


NHS Highland confirms cancer patients set to restart treatment after staffing crisis

26 June 2023
NHS Highland confirms cancer patients set to restart treatment after staffing crisis

NHS Highland confirms cancer patients set to restart treatment after staffing crisis

26 June 2023

Treatment should resume in July but some patients will have to travel outside the region


Hopes of additional waste collection around the NC500 to be heard at council next week

26 June 2023
Hopes of additional waste collection around the NC500 to be heard at council next week

Hopes of additional waste collection around the NC500 to be heard at council next week

26 June 2023

Financial assessment states it would cost between £110,000 and £150,000 depending on options


Memorial service for Winnie Ewing to be held in Inverness

26 June 2023
Memorial service for Winnie Ewing to be held in Inverness

Memorial service for Winnie Ewing to be held in Inverness

26 June 2023

'All are welcome' at the service in the cathedral while a private funeral will take place this week


Obituary: Independence icon and Highland politician Winnie Ewing dies aged 92

26 June 2023
Obituary: Independence icon and Highland politician Winnie Ewing dies aged 92

Obituary: Independence icon and Highland politician Winnie Ewing dies aged 92

26 June 2023

‘Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on’


NHS Highland boss says sorry to cancer patients losing access to chemotherapy

23 June 2023
NHS Highland boss says sorry to cancer patients losing access to chemotherapy

NHS Highland boss says sorry to cancer patients losing access to chemotherapy

23 June 2023

'I am absolutely really sorry that this has happened. It's not what anybody would wish for'


First Minister Humza Yousaf leads tributes to Winnie Ewing as 'a pioneer and a patriot'

22 June 2023
First Minister Humza Yousaf leads tributes to Winnie Ewing as 'a pioneer and a patriot'

First Minister Humza Yousaf leads tributes to Winnie Ewing as 'a pioneer and a patriot'

22 June 2023

'From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you, Madame Écosse, for your service to our party, our movement and our country'


Former Highlands and Islands MSP and MEP Winnie Ewing dies aged 92

22 June 2023
Former Highlands and Islands MSP and MEP Winnie Ewing dies aged 92

Former Highlands and Islands MSP and MEP Winnie Ewing dies aged 92

22 June 2023

Ms Ewing was an SNP icon and the mother of Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing.


The Inverness Courier will host the A9 Crisis Summit in July as dualling delays drag on

19 June 2023
The Inverness Courier will host the A9 Crisis Summit in July as dualling delays drag on

The Inverness Courier will host the A9 Crisis Summit in July as dualling delays drag on

19 June 2023

MSP Fergus Ewing says it offers the chance to find out if 'the Scottish Government's money is where the First Minister’s mouth is.'


FOCUS ON A9: Call for memorial to victims

19 June 2023
FOCUS ON A9: Call for memorial to victims

FOCUS ON A9: Call for memorial to victims

19 June 2023

A safety campaigner has said politicians won't be allowed to hide A9 deaths "in a drawer".


The Inverness Courier will hold an A9 Crisis Summit in July

19 June 2023
The Inverness Courier will hold an A9 Crisis Summit in July

The Inverness Courier will hold an A9 Crisis Summit in July

19 June 2023

The event brings together MSPs, local interest groups and campaigners.


Work could have started on four sections of the A9 but Transport Scotland left them languishing

18 June 2023
Work could have started on four sections of the A9 but Transport Scotland left them languishing

Work could have started on four sections of the A9 but Transport Scotland left them languishing

18 June 2023

MSP Fergus Ewing says 'that four sections of the A9 could have been dualled' but were not is 'completely unsatisfactory.'


Greens slammed for ‘disgusting’ A9 death comments as they refuse to back dualling

18 June 2023
Greens slammed for ‘disgusting’ A9 death comments as they refuse to back dualling

Greens slammed for ‘disgusting’ A9 death comments as they refuse to back dualling

18 June 2023

Campaigner Laura Hansler lashed out at Greens transport spokesman Mark Ruskell and Highland MSP Ariane Burgess


FOCUS ON A9: 'Lives lost due to political failures'

18 June 2023
FOCUS ON A9: 'Lives lost due to political failures'

FOCUS ON A9: 'Lives lost due to political failures'

18 June 2023

Badenoch A9 safety campaigner has articulated how many Highlanders feel about the A9 dualling failure


A9 dualling failure laid bare as shovel ready sections ditched

14 June 2023
A9 dualling failure laid bare as shovel ready sections ditched

A9 dualling failure laid bare as shovel ready sections ditched

14 June 2023

Scottish Government is accused of an 'unwillingness' to provide funding as Laura Hansler slams 'utter disregard and disrespect' to victims.'


Nicola Sturgeon is arrested by police investigating SNP finances

11 June 2023
Nicola Sturgeon is arrested by police investigating SNP finances

Nicola Sturgeon is arrested by police investigating SNP finances

11 June 2023

The former First Minister is the third top SNP figure arrested in connection with party finances


Uphill battle for councillors seeking to slash rental prices and boost bin collections

06 June 2023
Uphill battle for councillors seeking to slash rental prices and boost bin collections

Uphill battle for councillors seeking to slash rental prices and boost bin collections

06 June 2023

Slashing council rents and reinstating an NC500 bin collection scheme could cost up to £342,000.


Fergus Ewing calls on the 'huge SNP majority' to 'tell the Green minuscule minority' that ‘we are in charge – not you’

06 June 2023
Fergus Ewing calls on the 'huge SNP majority' to 'tell the Green minuscule minority' that ‘we are in charge – not you’

Fergus Ewing calls on the 'huge SNP majority' to 'tell the Green minuscule minority' that ‘we are in charge – not you’

06 June 2023

Strathspey MSP wants Scottish Government to get tough with Greens to get A9 dualling done.


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