Calls for “scandalous” ferry car hire levy for Highland visitors to be scrapped
Visitors to the Highlands are being charged a “scandalous” levy if they take hired vehicles on board a ferry, it has been claimed.
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Highland road closed amid torrential rain and flooding
A section of a Highland road has been closed by police after torrential rain and flooding.
Motorcyclist caught driving at 130mph on Highland road ‘doesn’t plan to ride a bike again’
A biker who went racing along a Highland road at almost two and a half times the legal speed limit was banned from driving for six months yesterday.
North hospital has to restrict admissions due to staff shortages
Staff shortages have forced another Highland hospital to impose restrictions on new admissions.
Council chief ‘disappointed’ after police talks
Highland Council chiefs appear to have failed in a fresh attempt to influence controversial police reforms.
Numbers reliant on Highland food banks tops 3,000 – more than population of Aviemore
A population the size of Aviemore’s is now dependent on Highland food banks, shock new figures show.
Your chance to comment on NHS Highland
The public can have its say on NHS Highand’s performance at an “annual review” being held in Aviemore at the end of the month.
Free WiFi rolled out to 14 Highland hotspots
Councillors are expected to back plans next week for rolling out free wifi to 14 more Highland towns - while others in the remotest corners could be years away from the luxury.
Care workers rule out strikes
Carers looking after some of the most vulnerable people in the Highlands have voted to consider all industrial action short of all-out strike.
Fears over possible health board mergers
The chairman of a north-east patients’ rights body has warned that merging the north of Scotland’s health boards could worsen the workload of already strained NHS Grampian clinicians.
Scale of community windfall questioned
Windfarm bosses have insisted that a multi-millin pound windfarm off the coast of Caithness will be a boon in terms of jobs and money.
Carers to receive ballot papers for industrial action
Hundreds of home care staff across the north are to be balloted over possible industrial action that could deprive vulnerable Highlanders of vital support.
Emergency taskforce to tackle need for extra school places created
An emergency council taskforce is being formed to tackle what some community leaders regard as "a crisis" of a fast-growing city failing to keep pace with a need for extra school places in Inverness.
Councils unite to improve crumbling roads network
Five councils across the north are joining forces to improve the crumbling roads network.
Police investigating after man found seriously injured in Lochinver
A man has been found seriously injured within a commercial property in the Lochinver area.
Council snub for school budget reforms
Highland councillors have railed against plans for a radical schools shake-up that could see headteachers handed significant control of budgets.
School and roads improvement plans could be put on hold
Plans for new schools and road improvements across the Highlands have been thrown into doubt as council chiefs admit they can't afford them.
Highland Council facing potential £187million ‘black hole’
Finance chiefs have revealed Highland Council is facing a funding black hole of between £130million and £187million.
Angry mum plans to sue council after row over schooling for her autistic son
A north mum who claims her autistic son has not properly attended school for four years plans to sue the council over what she calls "discrimination".
Council ‘losing grip’ on schools overcrowding crisis
The north's council leader last night launched a blistering attack on her own education officials for failing to get to grips with an overcrowding crisis in city schools.
Thousands sign up for new brown bin charge scheme in the Highlands
The controversial introduction of a charge to have garden waste bins uplifted has been taken up by 24,300.
Jamie Stone smashes SNP hat-trick hopes in the north of Scotland
A man "relighting the beacon of Liberalism" spoiled the SNP's hopes of repeating a hat-trick at Ross County last night.
Bid to overturn government approval for wild land wind farm in the Highlands
A Scottish estate owner is seeking to overturn Scottish Government approval for a 22-turbine Highland wind farm within wild land in the first case of its kind.
Highland Council chiefs agree escape clause if radical reforms go wrong
Highland Council chiefs have agreed an escape clause if radical reforms go wrong.
Shinty club hopeful that work on new clubhouse will start in the summer
An Inverness-shire shinty club is hopeful that work on its long-awaited new clubhouse will start late in the summer.
Councillors trim their running costs
Highland councillors managed to set an example, by trimming their running costs last year while being forced to help save the organisation millions of pounds to balance its books.
NHS Highland braced for more massive cuts… But it won’t affect patient care
Highland health chiefs have pledged that a further £100million budget cut over the next three years will not impact on patient care.
SNP rues council’s ‘lost opportunity’ in coalition choices
The Highlands have been put "at risk" by the exclusion of the SNP from the council's coalition, nationalists have claimed.
Highland opposition pledge to be “co-operative and not obstructive” as new term starts
The main opposition party on Highland Council last night pledged to be "co-operative and not obstructive", despite a bad-tempered start to the new term.
Claims millions have been paid to care staff ‘for doing nothing’
Millions of pounds have been paid to carers to sit idle despite a staff shortage and massive budget cuts at NHS Highland, union leaders have claimed.
Talks continue to shape possible coalition administration at Highland Council
All five political groups within Highland Council are engaged in talks to shape a possible coalition administration in the wake of the local authority elections.
Appeal for information after break-in at Highland home
Police have issued an appeal for information after a home in Wick was broken into.