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Leader of Dornoch Community Council 'unhappy' over its past performance

Leader of Dornoch Community Council 'unhappy' over its past performance

Leader of Dornoch Community Council 'unhappy' over its past performance

01 September 2020

The recently appointed chairman of Dornoch Community Council has revealed exactly what he thinks of the body’s previous performance.


Highland Council to give talk to Sutherland residents on the future of electric transport in the area

Highland Council to give talk to Sutherland residents on the future of electric transport in the area

Highland Council to give talk to Sutherland residents on the future of electric transport in the area

01 September 2020

The Highland Council, in collaboration with Home Energy Scotland, are to give a series of talks on the future of electric transport in the Highlands.


THE WAY I SEE IT: With vision and commitment we can recover and create a stronger local economy

THE WAY I SEE IT: With vision and commitment we can recover and create a stronger local economy

THE WAY I SEE IT: With vision and commitment we can recover and create a stronger local economy

30 August 2020

This column is by Richard Gale, a Highland Council representative for East Sutherland and Edderton.


Teacher recruitment drive bears fruit

Teacher recruitment drive bears fruit

Teacher recruitment drive bears fruit

30 August 2020

A recruitment campaign aimed at filling promoted teacher posts across the Highlands – amongst them one in Easter Ross – is bearing fruit.


Row over delay on Highland childcare deal

Row over delay on Highland childcare deal

Row over delay on Highland childcare deal

28 August 2020

HIGHLAND Council is under fire for forcing parents to pay for childcare despite being given a £30 million pot to provide the services free.


Councillor appeals for landowners to offer ground as Sutherland's county town hit by cemetery crisis

Councillor appeals for landowners to offer ground as Sutherland's county town hit by cemetery crisis

Councillor appeals for landowners to offer ground as Sutherland's county town hit by cemetery crisis

28 August 2020

An East Sutherland councillor is making a desperate attempt to solve a cemetery crisis in Dornoch.


Education staff praised for the 'fantastic effort' they are making to ensure Highland schools operate safely

Education staff praised for the 'fantastic effort' they are making to ensure Highland schools operate safely

Education staff praised for the 'fantastic effort' they are making to ensure Highland schools operate safely

27 August 2020

Watch how to make a face mask for yourself


High Life Highland praised over steps to stabilise its finances

High Life Highland praised over steps to stabilise its finances

High Life Highland praised over steps to stabilise its finances

25 August 2020

The chairman of Highland Council’s recovery board has welcomed the steps being taken by High Life Highland to improve its financial position.


Council top executive claimed to have £475,000 golden handshake

Council top executive claimed to have £475,000 golden handshake

Council top executive claimed to have £475,000 golden handshake

24 August 2020

Highland Council is again in hot water after councillors claimed one former top executive got a golden handshake worth £475,529 last year.


Scottish Government gives £378k to Highland Council to improve life chances of young people who are or have been in care

Scottish Government gives £378k to Highland Council to improve life chances of young people who are or have been in care

Scottish Government gives £378k to Highland Council to improve life chances of young people who are or have been in care

23 August 2020

North MSP Gail Ross has welcomed new funding from the Scottish Government that will help provide targeted support for care-experienced young people.


Highland Council forced to postpone recruitment for new £122,812 deputy chief executive

Highland Council forced to postpone recruitment for new £122,812 deputy chief executive

Highland Council forced to postpone recruitment for new £122,812 deputy chief executive

21 August 2020

The recruitment of a new £122,812 deputy chief executive for Highland Council has been paused after uproar at a top finance committee.


Boss of High Life Highland welcomes news that gyms and pools can reopen from end of month

Boss of High Life Highland welcomes news that gyms and pools can reopen from end of month

Boss of High Life Highland welcomes news that gyms and pools can reopen from end of month

20 August 2020

High Life Highland's chief executive says he is delighted that gyms and swimming pools can reopen from the end of this month.


Highland Council expands range of recycling materials accepted at their household waste sites

Highland Council expands range of recycling materials accepted at their household waste sites

Highland Council expands range of recycling materials accepted at their household waste sites

20 August 2020

Non-commercial vans and/or trailers will also now be permitted.


Handsome salaries on offer for top Highland Council posts spark anger

Handsome salaries on offer for top Highland Council posts spark anger

Handsome salaries on offer for top Highland Council posts spark anger

18 August 2020

Fresh controversy over highly-paid jobs at cash-strapped Highland Council has been sparked by adverts for two roles worth a combined £216,744 a year.


£1m for Sutherland's council housing stock

£1m for Sutherland's council housing stock

£1m for Sutherland's council housing stock

13 August 2020

Sutherland's council housing stock is set to benefit from investment of over £1 million in the coming year, according to the local authority.


Local authority will move on teacher recruitment following 'extremely challenging' Covid-19 pandemic

Local authority will move on teacher recruitment following 'extremely challenging' Covid-19 pandemic

Local authority will move on teacher recruitment following 'extremely challenging' Covid-19 pandemic

10 August 2020

Teacher and support staff recruitment in the Highland Council area will now go ahead following the "extremely challenging" lockdown period.


Local authority's campervan plan causes division in Highland community

Local authority's campervan plan causes division in Highland community

Local authority's campervan plan causes division in Highland community

09 August 2020

PLANS to create a giant campervan and caravan park just north of the Kessock Bridge have split local opinion.


Council 'held to ransom' over school bus hitch

Council 'held to ransom' over school bus hitch

Council 'held to ransom' over school bus hitch

08 August 2020

Plans to return Highland children to school next week hit a last-minute hitch when bus operators demanded extra cash.


Schools boss on £936 a day does not turn up for education committee meeting

Schools boss on £936 a day does not turn up for education committee meeting

Schools boss on £936 a day does not turn up for education committee meeting

07 August 2020

Highland Council’s controversial education chief failed to appear at yesterday’s education committee amid ongoing acrimony over his £936 a day wage.


Business tycoon's ambitious visitor hub plan for Tongue site gains unanimous support of councillors

Business tycoon's ambitious visitor hub plan for Tongue site gains unanimous support of councillors

Business tycoon's ambitious visitor hub plan for Tongue site gains unanimous support of councillors

06 August 2020

North councillors have given the go-ahead to an ambitious visitor attraction in Tongue which it is hoped will revitalise the area.


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