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Highland Council to acquire D&E Coaches

Highland Council to acquire D&E Coaches

Highland Council to acquire D&E Coaches

22 January 2025

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


Bizarre Wick train cancellation announcements have public bamboozled

Bizarre Wick train cancellation announcements have public bamboozled

Bizarre Wick train cancellation announcements have public bamboozled

22 January 2025

Confusion followed announcements of a train cancellation on the Wick to Inverness service on Tuesday morning with different explanations cited.


Man arrested over ‘serious’ A9 crash as police launch witness appeal

Man arrested over ‘serious’ A9 crash as police launch witness appeal

Man arrested over ‘serious’ A9 crash as police launch witness appeal

21 January 2025

Police investigating a serious crash on the A9 that left two people in hospital have appealed for witnesses and arrested a man.


'Weather bomb' sparks 80mph gale warning for Highlands

'Weather bomb' sparks 80mph gale warning for Highlands

'Weather bomb' sparks 80mph gale warning for Highlands

20 January 2025

Forecasts for a 'weather bomb' caused by an extremely fast jet stream have sparked warnings of 80mph gales for the Highlands.


Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant secures SNP pledge for full Highland human rights debate

17 January 2025

The Scottish Human Rights Commission found ‘not a single human right’ is met in the region ‘under international law’.


Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns

16 January 2025

Fergus Ewing warns ‘never make the same mistake twice when you can make it five or six times and be sure’.


Forecast for rough seas sparks CalMac ferry cancellations

Forecast for rough seas sparks CalMac ferry cancellations

Forecast for rough seas sparks CalMac ferry cancellations

16 January 2025

Rough seas have sparked the cancellation of some ferry sailings between Ullapool and Stornoway.


Urgent repairs spark month-long road closure and 50-mile detour

Urgent repairs spark month-long road closure and 50-mile detour

Urgent repairs spark month-long road closure and 50-mile detour

16 January 2025

A Sutherland road will be closed for more than a month for "urgent repairs", Highland Council has warned.


A9 Inverness to Scrabster road closed for TWO WEEKS over last three years

A9 Inverness to Scrabster road closed for TWO WEEKS over last three years

A9 Inverness to Scrabster road closed for TWO WEEKS over last three years

16 January 2025

Figures from Transport Scotland show the extent of closures on vital route for Caithness folk to access centralised services


Caithness and Sutherland coastal communities could benefit from £30m decarbonisation funding

Caithness and Sutherland coastal communities could benefit from £30m decarbonisation funding

Caithness and Sutherland coastal communities could benefit from £30m decarbonisation funding

16 January 2025

Coastal communities in Ross-shire could benefit from a share of a multimillion-pound fund.


UPDATE: A9 reopened after serious crash in Highlands

UPDATE: A9 reopened after serious crash in Highlands

UPDATE: A9 reopened after serious crash in Highlands

15 January 2025

Police have reopened the A9 near Golspie after a collision earlier today.


A9 closed both ways following road crash

A9 closed both ways following road crash

A9 closed both ways following road crash

15 January 2025

A road crash has closed the A9 in both directions south of Golspie, Traffic Scotland has warned.


Fergus Ewing slams Government handling of transport projects since 2021

Fergus Ewing slams Government handling of transport projects since 2021

Fergus Ewing slams Government handling of transport projects since 2021

14 January 2025

In a Holyrood speech the veteran MSP calls for an ‘entirely new approach’


A9 dualling campaigner ‘absolutely appalled’ by Transport Scotland’s response to Scottish Parliament inquiry

A9 dualling campaigner ‘absolutely appalled’ by Transport Scotland’s response to Scottish Parliament inquiry

A9 dualling campaigner ‘absolutely appalled’ by Transport Scotland’s response to Scottish Parliament inquiry

14 January 2025

Laura Hansler says ‘it’s just beyond disgusting’ before adding ‘this has given the public no assurances, no reassurances’.


Work on A9 near Tore sparks BEAR Scotland warning of significant disruption with north and south lane closures

Work on A9 near Tore sparks BEAR Scotland warning of significant disruption with north and south lane closures

Work on A9 near Tore sparks BEAR Scotland warning of significant disruption with north and south lane closures

12 January 2025

The agency also issued a warning that starting early next month there will be further disruption south of Drumochter.


-20C deep freeze causes chaos on some ScotRail services

-20C deep freeze causes chaos on some ScotRail services

-20C deep freeze causes chaos on some ScotRail services

11 January 2025

Severe weather was causing chaos for some Highland rail services on Saturday, after temperatures in parts of the region plunged to -20C overnight.


Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

11 January 2025

With temperatures dropping across Sutherland this week, drivers are being told of household items they can use to help defrost their cars.


Furious MSP Fergus Ewing slams ‘sleekit’ Scottish Government response to the A9 inquiry

Furious MSP Fergus Ewing slams ‘sleekit’ Scottish Government response to the A9 inquiry

Furious MSP Fergus Ewing slams ‘sleekit’ Scottish Government response to the A9 inquiry

11 January 2025

He says an effort was made to ‘to deny the delays were because of failures by anyone in government or that uber-quango Transport Scotland’.


Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

11 January 2025

But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.


Highlands’ roads heroes praised by vice-convener

Highlands’ roads heroes praised by vice-convener

Highlands’ roads heroes praised by vice-convener

10 January 2025

Tough conditions set to continue - but so are Highland snow plough champions


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