Highland Council

Ruth Fry takes up £109k chief officer job while Paul Reid takes on fleet and facilities

Voting is open for your emergency and crisis services heroes!

Members of the public in the Highlands will be able to attend public events as part of the visitor levy scheme consultation.

The group Living Rent says ‘addressing housing inequality takes priority over expanding an already booming tourist sector’.

It comes amid misinformation claims that the law compels its introduction when it does not.

The rises of 19 per cent and 28 per cent come after Chief Superintendent Rob Shepherd warned “something has to give”.

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says the numbers are of ‘significant concern’

The move will see almost all areas of the region receive new or expanded sites.

Key to the approach is working the Merseyside officers to tackle those dealing in the north.

Councillor Michael Gregson says ‘they are letting down the staff, the pupils, the parents and the people of the Highlands’

Highland Council has announced the closure of a number of schools and nurseries affecting thousands of youngsters today as Storm Eowyn strikes.

MSP Edward Mountain says ‘the situation in Highland schools is at breaking point’.

Highland Council has announced that it intends to acquire the entire shareholding of D&E Coaches Limited

That works out at an average of £372.84 more a year while the council claims the impact on tenants will be ‘minimal’

The ‘deeply alarming’ new figures show more than 54 per cent of pupils missed 10-20 per cent of the school year.

The march through the city was launched after a meeting between hospitality businesses and the council at Eden Court.

Business leader Colin Marr says ‘I can't think of another tax which has taxes on top of it’.

The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.

Around 20,000 school pupils and nursery children in the Highland Council area are staying at home today after heavy snow overnight forced closures.

The public has until February 25 to make their views known as critics slam the scheme as a waste of money.