Highland Council

Building a Local Scotland campaigners say the country is ‘one of the least locally governed countries in the world’.

MSP Edward Mountain tells council leader Raymond Bremner it ‘brings the council into direct competition with local businesses’.

Parents says additional support is not available where it should be as the focus is now on kids from deprived backgrounds.

Move paves way for local authority to ban fireworks in misuse hotspots

Legislation is due to come into effect in the Autumn and could pave the way to introducing a visitor levy.

Fireworks control zones could be imposed through a community request due to ‘anti-social behaviour’

Several campsites across the Highlands have said a new scheme set out by the local authority ‘will not support their businesses’.

He says the council can’t ‘carve up the city centre like this and expect everyone else to swallow it without proper consultation’.

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says it is intended to create a ‘hostile’ environment for groups from Birmingham, Derby, Liverpool and London.

The five new bosses will work in areas like education, care, housing, property and health and social care.

Opposition leader Alasdair Christie says ‘the question must be asked what damage or impact is it having on our children’s education.

So far 342 facilities have been screened producing a shortlist of the 40 worst performing buildings for carbon emissions.

Edward Mountain says ‘Going into competition with these businesses is madness’.

Highland Council upheld complaints concerning two other members of staff, one of whom was described as ‘hostile’ to the teenager.

There will be no funfair at the annual Bonfire Night fireworks display in Inverness this year due to works in Bught Park, but the event will go ahead.

The move is due to ongoing revamp work at its usual venue in the Northern Meeting Park… but the council has promised it will be back in December 2025.

Fergus Ewing warns ‘this is unfair to the existing businesses and potentially illegal and unsafe for holiday makers’.

Overflowing bottle banks and a repeat of collection issues that hit the council’s contractors in 2023 are “very concerning”, a Highland MSP has said.

Bin strikes that were suspended this week remain a strong possibility later, after a union confirmed it wants its members to reject the pay offer.

Bin strikes which had been set to wreak havoc across the Highlands have been suspended after unions agreed to take a new pay deal to their members.