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Highland Council failings identified by watchdog

24 January 2020
Highland Council failings identified by watchdog

Highland Council failings identified by watchdog

24 January 2020

Performance against national indicators has deteriorated over a five year period, with poor performance in priority areas including education


Highland Council blasted for plummeting service delivery by financial watchdog

24 January 2020
Highland Council blasted for plummeting service delivery by financial watchdog

Highland Council blasted for plummeting service delivery by financial watchdog

24 January 2020

The local authority’s record in making cuts was considered “poor” and the current pace of change is deemed too slow


Highland Council 'confident' it can set a budget amid war of words

17 January 2020
Highland Council 'confident' it can set a budget amid war of words

Highland Council 'confident' it can set a budget amid war of words

17 January 2020

Scottish Government unhappy with delay but No. 11 has promised £1.2 billion more from UK budget


More parking spaces to open at biggest hospital in Highlands

29 November 2019
More parking spaces to open at biggest hospital in Highlands

More parking spaces to open at biggest hospital in Highlands

29 November 2019

NHS Highland has revealed that work to boost parking capacity at Raigmore Hospital will begin by the end of this week.


NHS Highland demands an extra £11 million to support vulnerable adults

26 November 2019
NHS Highland demands an extra £11 million to support vulnerable adults

NHS Highland demands an extra £11 million to support vulnerable adults

26 November 2019

Leaked letter shows board member blaming council for NHS Highland's financial problems


Spat over Highlands town centre funding allocation

14 November 2019
Spat over Highlands town centre funding allocation

Spat over Highlands town centre funding allocation

14 November 2019

Good news with several millions of Scottish Government cash being invested in the region's town centres almost turned foul at Highland Council


Council taking new line on parking fees

24 October 2019
Council taking new line on parking fees

Council taking new line on parking fees

24 October 2019

HIGHLAND Council hopes to put the furore over car parking charges firmly behind it later today with a new policy firmly based on “localism”.


NHS Highland set to go public with plan to tackling bullying

26 September 2019
NHS Highland set to go public with plan to tackling bullying

NHS Highland set to go public with plan to tackling bullying

26 September 2019

NHS Highland has revealed that it will have “clear milestones” as part of its action plan to deal with bullying within the organisation.


Championing the protection of threatened species in the Highlands

22 August 2019
Championing the protection of threatened species in the Highlands

Championing the protection of threatened species in the Highlands

22 August 2019

A programme has been relaunched which champions the protection of species that are “currently struggling to survive”


Waiting list of 8000 people for social housing in Highlands

22 August 2019
Waiting list of 8000 people for social housing in Highlands

Waiting list of 8000 people for social housing in Highlands

22 August 2019

Highland Council has sounded the alarm in a sobering analysis of the “chronic shortage of affordable housing” for locals.


Highland MSP disappointed over Scottish Government response to looming air traffic strike

16 May 2019
Highland MSP disappointed over Scottish Government response to looming air traffic strike

Highland MSP disappointed over Scottish Government response to looming air traffic strike

16 May 2019

Conservative MSP Edward Mountain hit out at what he called the “hands off” approach to the looming strike action at Highland airports.


More come forward to raise concerns over cuts' impact on additional support needs provision in schools

27 March 2019
More come forward to raise concerns over cuts' impact on additional support needs provision in schools

More come forward to raise concerns over cuts' impact on additional support needs provision in schools

27 March 2019

More people have expressed their mounting concern about Highland Council’s phased funding reductions to additional support needs provision in schools.


'Bloody history to draw more tourists'

22 November 2018
'Bloody history to draw more tourists'

'Bloody history to draw more tourists'

22 November 2018

THE past is to meet the present in the Badenoch Great Place Project development plan to capitalise on the area's literary, environmental, cultural and…


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