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£836K Stac Pollaidh car park and toilet investment set to tackle twin challenges

‘This road is the lifeline for our small but active community. There have been instances of delivery vehicles stuck and having to wait for walkers.’

Sutherland councillor hit with second suspension in six months over code breach

Michael Baird, Lib Dem councillor for the North, West and Central Sutherland ward, has been hit with a suspension from full council meetings.

Judicial review could leave former Ardgay community council with six-figure legal bill

A former Sutherland community council is potentially facing a substantial legal bill with no insurance provision available.

Council recommend to approve new empty homes strategy

Highland Council have been recommended to approve an updated empty homes strategy for the next three years.

Vaccine clinic cancellations attacked amid early arrival of flu season

Cancellations of vaccine clinics and rescheduled dates weeks or even months later have been criticised - amid a much earlier flu season than normal.

Highland Council savages SSEN’s ‘appalling’ 170 km super-pylon plan in scathing objection to Scottish Ministers

Highland Council has lodged a devastating objection to a super-pylon line plan crucial to SSEN’s £7bn transformation of electricity transmission.

SNP rejects referendum…. but only on the break-up of Highland Council

An attempt was made to give the public the chance to say definitively if they want smaller councils or not.

Highland Council £36.7 million black hole branded an ‘embarrassment’

The overspend rises over three years with adult social care and class contact time for teachers two difficult areas.

NHS Highland lost 40,000 nurse and midwife staff days due to ‘mental health crisis’

Highland Liberal Democrats warn nurses and midwives are ‘being pushed beyond reasonable limits’.

New Highland cross-party working group set to tackle the region’s adult care crisis

A new cross-party working group will seek to tackle the growing crisis in adult social care provision in the Highlands.

December D-Day looming for Highland Council’s controversial visitor levy

The ‘update’ comes amid mounting pressure from critics who say now is the right time to pause the scheme.

Under-threat TRACC poised for £1.2m lifeline

If agreed, the deal protects the Tain facility for five years and paves the way for funding to be sought for a new facility at the superschool campus.

Highland Council Break-Up: Call for a referendum so public can decide

Amid questions over ‘the effectiveness, accountability and local responsiveness’ of the local authority.

MSP marks Community Transport Week with visit to Dornoch project

Maree Todd meets local volunteers and service users to celebrate the role of community transport in Sutherland.

Ambassador’s Highland port visit aims to bolster multi-billion pound trade with Japan

Ambassador gives ‘loud and clear’ message to businesses in Japan after visit to Easter Ross Port of Nigg.

Angus MacDonald and Kate Forbes are to host a cross-party conference on the Highland care crisis

The LibDem and Deputy First Minister join forces to find solutions to the sector’s major problems.

Highland Liberal Democrats want new law to strengthen rural areas and defend against centralisation

The move would see a mainland equivalent of the Islands Act which delivered more protections and better representation.

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£836K Stac Pollaidh car park and toilet investment set to tackle twin challenges

Sutherland councillor hit with second suspension in six months over code breach

Sutherland councillor hit with second suspension in six months over code breach

Judicial review could leave former Ardgay community council with six-figure legal bill

Judicial review could leave former Ardgay community council with six-figure legal bill

Council recommend to approve new empty homes strategy

Council recommend to approve new empty homes strategy

Vaccine clinic cancellations attacked amid early arrival of flu season

Vaccine clinic cancellations attacked amid early arrival of flu season

Highland Council savages SSEN’s ‘appalling’ 170 km super-pylon plan in scathing objection to Scottish Ministers

Highland Council savages SSEN’s ‘appalling’ 170 km super-pylon plan in scathing objection to Scottish Ministers

SNP rejects referendum…. but only on the break-up of Highland Council

SNP rejects referendum…. but only on the break-up of Highland Council

Highland Council £36.7 million black hole branded an ‘embarrassment’

Highland Council £36.7 million black hole branded an ‘embarrassment’

NHS Highland lost 40,000 nurse and midwife staff days due to ‘mental health crisis’

NHS Highland lost 40,000 nurse and midwife staff days due to ‘mental health crisis’

New Highland cross-party working group set to tackle the region’s adult care crisis

New Highland cross-party working group set to tackle the region’s adult care crisis

December D-Day looming for Highland Council’s controversial visitor levy

December D-Day looming for Highland Council’s controversial visitor levy

Under-threat TRACC poised for £1.2m lifeline

Under-threat TRACC poised for £1.2m lifeline

Highland Council Break-Up: Call for a referendum so public can decide

Highland Council Break-Up: Call for a referendum so public can decide

MSP marks Community Transport Week with visit to Dornoch project

MSP marks Community Transport Week with visit to Dornoch project

Ambassador’s Highland port visit aims to bolster multi-billion pound trade with Japan

Ambassador’s Highland port visit aims to bolster multi-billion pound trade with Japan

Angus MacDonald and Kate Forbes are to host a cross-party conference on the Highland care crisis

Angus MacDonald and Kate Forbes are to host a cross-party conference on the Highland care crisis

Highland Liberal Democrats want new law to strengthen rural areas and defend against centralisation

Highland Liberal Democrats want new law to strengthen rural areas and defend against centralisation

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