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Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

22 August 2025
Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

22 August 2025

The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Labour all commit to Transport Scotland’s timetable.


Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

21 August 2025
Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

21 August 2025

The Scottish Labour leader signs The Inverness Courier’s Dual the A9 Pledge saying ‘this is the route’ to opportunity and potential in the Highlands.


Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

20 August 2025
Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

20 August 2025

Dozens lash out at ‘big energy’ and Scottish Government ‘riding roughshod over our environment and our local democracy.’


‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

13 August 2025
‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

13 August 2025

Non appearance aggravated tensions as campaigners demand Planning Inquiry Commission into projects.


Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

12 August 2025
Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

12 August 2025

A packed and passionate Inverness meeting was told ‘no financial compensation can ever replace what we stand to lose.’


Lib Dem candidate vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says: ‘Time to say goodbye to Highland Council’

11 August 2025
Lib Dem candidate vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says: ‘Time to say goodbye to Highland Council’

Lib Dem candidate vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says: ‘Time to say goodbye to Highland Council’

11 August 2025

Andrew Baxter picks-up where the outgoing MSP left off saying the authorityl is ‘too large, too centralised, and too remote’


Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

27 July 2025
Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

27 July 2025

Scottish Government’s four-hour target for patients admitted, transferred or discharged missed.


Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

26 July 2025
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

26 July 2025

But she insists she is unable to attend a meeting of MPs and MSPs in August.


UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

26 July 2025
UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

26 July 2025

The university secured an overall 92% satisfaction rate in the 2025 National Student Survey.


Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

25 July 2025
Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

25 July 2025

Dr Neil McNamara says ‘there will be a sadness there, a sorrow’ and a ‘terrible sense of guilt’.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks will not attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks will not attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks will not attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

14 July 2025
In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

14 July 2025

There has been little change to the numbers since 2014.


WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

10 July 2025
WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

10 July 2025

The Labour government’s energy secretary fears businesses there could ‘face damage to their competitiveness’.


Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

10 July 2025
Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

10 July 2025

MSP Edward Mountain slams the loss of vascular service as ‘fundamentally dangerous and inadequate’.


REVEALED: Highland Council failed to fund road maintenance since 2018 by £90 million

04 July 2025
REVEALED: Highland Council failed to fund road maintenance since 2018 by £90 million

REVEALED: Highland Council failed to fund road maintenance since 2018 by £90 million

04 July 2025

New figures reveal that the current annual shortfall is around £13 million.


Highland MPs and MSPs set to attend second community council renewables convention

02 July 2025
Highland MPs and MSPs set to attend second community council renewables convention

Highland MPs and MSPs set to attend second community council renewables convention

02 July 2025

The gathering on August 12 is focussed on ‘respecting local democracy’.


A9, A96 and A82 casualty toll exceeds 1500 between 2020 and 2024, including 81 deaths

01 July 2025
A9, A96 and A82 casualty toll exceeds 1500 between 2020 and 2024, including 81 deaths

A9, A96 and A82 casualty toll exceeds 1500 between 2020 and 2024, including 81 deaths

01 July 2025

A further 556 were seriously injured as political pressure mounts on the Scottish Government to deal with this ‘life and death’ issue.


Scottish Parliament called to recognise Highland community council convention on renewables project

23 June 2025
Scottish Parliament called to recognise Highland community council convention on renewables project

Scottish Parliament called to recognise Highland community council convention on renewables project

23 June 2025

It reiterates the demands for a pause on develops and applauds how it ‘amplified’ concerns with the ‘industrialisation of natural landscapes’.


Crime surge sparks demand for Highland Council to call on John Swinney to deliver more police and better funding

22 June 2025
Crime surge sparks demand for Highland Council to call on John Swinney to deliver more police and better funding

Crime surge sparks demand for Highland Council to call on John Swinney to deliver more police and better funding

22 June 2025

Two councillors say the ‘Scottish Government must show greater support for the police service’.


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