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Highland Council gets Gaelic funding boost

31 October 2022
Highland Council gets Gaelic funding boost

Highland Council gets Gaelic funding boost

31 October 2022

Highland Council is to get almost £1.4 million from the Scottish Government to develop two Gaelic school units in Tain and Skye.

‘Highland gentleman’ set to step down as chairman of NHS Highland

30 October 2022
‘Highland gentleman’ set to step down as chairman of NHS Highland

‘Highland gentleman’ set to step down as chairman of NHS Highland

30 October 2022

Professor Boyd Robertson says it is time to 'pass on the baton to a new chair'

MSP Edward Mountain: 'Being told you have cancer on a telephone in your parliamentary office sucks'

27 October 2022
MSP Edward Mountain: 'Being told you have cancer on a telephone in your parliamentary office sucks'

MSP Edward Mountain: 'Being told you have cancer on a telephone in your parliamentary office sucks'

27 October 2022

He says his own battle with cancer showed him that NHS teams are overstretched and under-resourced

Council reverses freeze on early learning and childcare fees

27 October 2022
Council reverses freeze on early learning and childcare fees

Council reverses freeze on early learning and childcare fees

27 October 2022

Nurseries will get a £463,000 boost including a surprise addition of more cash for meals

Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of today's crunch meeting

27 October 2022
Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of today's crunch meeting

Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of today's crunch meeting

27 October 2022

Highland Council denies silencing critics or losing the trust of the nursery sector

Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of tomorrow's crunch meeting

26 October 2022
Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of tomorrow's crunch meeting

Early learning and childcare funding dispute turns bitter ahead of tomorrow's crunch meeting

26 October 2022

Highland Council denies silencing critics or losing the trust of the nursery sector

Highland Council and NHS Highland warn of the 'potential collapse of the care home sector'

25 October 2022
Highland Council and NHS Highland warn of the 'potential collapse of the care home sector'

Highland Council and NHS Highland warn of the 'potential collapse of the care home sector'

25 October 2022

An emergency meeting will be held to discuss funding, staffing and accommodation problems

Highland Council 'U-turn' on early learning and childcare fees welcomed

25 October 2022
Highland Council 'U-turn' on early learning and childcare fees welcomed

Highland Council 'U-turn' on early learning and childcare fees welcomed

25 October 2022

But critics are still not jumping for joy over what they call 'significantly' lower rates

Mixed reception from Highland MPs to news Rishi Sunak is set to become the next Prime Minister

25 October 2022
Mixed reception from Highland MPs to news Rishi Sunak is set to become the next Prime Minister

Mixed reception from Highland MPs to news Rishi Sunak is set to become the next Prime Minister

25 October 2022

Douglas Ross says Mr Sunak is 'uniquely well equipped' for the job but Jamie Stones believes 'Highlanders deserve better'

Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

24 October 2022
Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

24 October 2022

Rishi Sunak is set to become the third Prime Minister in less than 50 days after he was elected leader of the Conservative party.

More than 700 appointments were cancelled by NHS Highland due to the public holiday on the Queen's funeral

15 October 2022
More than 700 appointments were cancelled by NHS Highland due to the public holiday on the Queen's funeral

More than 700 appointments were cancelled by NHS Highland due to the public holiday on the Queen's funeral

15 October 2022

MSPs call on the health board to 'make good on their promise to reschedule these appointments as soon as possible'

Highland Council's financial crisis is so dire it needs to reassess its 'capacity' to provide public services

06 October 2022
Highland Council's financial crisis is so dire it needs to reassess its 'capacity' to provide public services

Highland Council's financial crisis is so dire it needs to reassess its 'capacity' to provide public services

06 October 2022

With a £40 million blackhole projected, council leader Raymond Bremner warns 'we will be faced with tough decisions'

Coup for Highland green freeport bid as Aberdeen-based company Zero-C Offshore joins Opportunity Cromarty Firth

04 October 2022
Coup for Highland green freeport bid as Aberdeen-based company Zero-C Offshore joins Opportunity Cromarty Firth

Coup for Highland green freeport bid as Aberdeen-based company Zero-C Offshore joins Opportunity Cromarty Firth

04 October 2022

The company says it is 'perfectly aligned' with the bid as it aims to build the next generation heavy lift vessels

Keynote Scottish Government programme providing 1140 hours of free childcare is 'beginning to fail'

30 September 2022
Keynote Scottish Government programme providing 1140 hours of free childcare is 'beginning to fail'

Keynote Scottish Government programme providing 1140 hours of free childcare is 'beginning to fail'

30 September 2022

Cllr Andrew Jarvie asks if the council can’t work within private sector budgets 'how on earth does it expect our partners to be able to?'

COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Highland Council agrees £3.2m package to help worst-off locals through the winter

23 September 2022
COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Highland Council agrees £3.2m package to help worst-off locals through the winter

COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS: Highland Council agrees £3.2m package to help worst-off locals through the winter

23 September 2022

The measures include a one-off £145 payment to the worst off households and an extension of free school meals

Literacy and numeracy in Highland schools: 'Where is the catch-up programme we were promised?'

22 September 2022
Literacy and numeracy in Highland schools: 'Where is the catch-up programme we were promised?'

Literacy and numeracy in Highland schools: 'Where is the catch-up programme we were promised?'

22 September 2022

Earlier this year Highland Council area was ranked worst in Scotland for literacy and numeracy in P1, P4 and P7.

Fireball lights up the skies over the Highlands amid hundreds of reports nationwide

15 September 2022
Fireball lights up the skies over the Highlands amid hundreds of reports nationwide

Fireball lights up the skies over the Highlands amid hundreds of reports nationwide

15 September 2022

It was most likely a meteor or 'space junk' though some apparently wondered if it was a UFO

Victorian Market food hall opens to the public offering the best local produce after a £1.6 million revamp

14 September 2022
Victorian Market food hall opens to the public offering the best local produce after a £1.6 million revamp

Victorian Market food hall opens to the public offering the best local produce after a £1.6 million revamp

14 September 2022

Already crowds of people flocked to try what was on offer and the changes up close

NHS Highland will cancel appointments to observe public holiday for the Queen's funeral

14 September 2022
NHS Highland will cancel appointments to observe public holiday for the Queen's funeral

NHS Highland will cancel appointments to observe public holiday for the Queen's funeral

14 September 2022

The health board confirmed only 'the most time-critical or high risk' will go-ahead while 'many planned appointments will be cancelled'

Watch: The Proclamation ceremony for King Charles III in Highland capital

12 September 2022
Watch: The Proclamation ceremony for King Charles III in Highland capital

Watch: The Proclamation ceremony for King Charles III in Highland capital

12 September 2022

It was conducted by the Lord-Lieutenant for Inverness and the Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands

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