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More than 100 Highland teachers absent from schools with stress in a year

10 December 2014
More than 100 Highland teachers absent from schools with stress in a year

More than 100 Highland teachers absent from schools with stress in a year

10 December 2014

MORE than 100 teachers were absent from schools in the Highlands due to stress last year, according to officials.


Libraries safe in Highland Council budget cuts

10 December 2014
Libraries safe in Highland Council budget cuts

Libraries safe in Highland Council budget cuts

10 December 2014

MAJOR cuts to the charity that runs libraries, museums and leisure centres have been shelved according to the Highland Council administration group’s…


Inverness schools reaching bursting point

04 December 2014
Inverness schools reaching bursting point

Inverness schools reaching bursting point

04 December 2014

PLANS are being drawn up to deal with overcrowding problems at nine primaries across Inverness.


Coach firms in threat to boycott Inverness

04 December 2014
Coach firms in threat to boycott Inverness

Coach firms in threat to boycott Inverness

04 December 2014

THE controversy over coach parking in Inverness erupted into angry scenes at a council meeting this week.


Violent crime down almost a third across Highlands

03 December 2014
Violent crime down almost a third across Highlands

Violent crime down almost a third across Highlands

03 December 2014

CRIME is falling in the area, according to a new report.


Council Tax rise looks a non-starter

28 November 2014
Council Tax rise looks a non-starter

Council Tax rise looks a non-starter

28 November 2014

A CALL on Highland Council’s administration group to increase council tax by five per cent to protect services like winter gritting from budget…


Council tax rise proposals "scandalous"

25 November 2014
Council tax rise proposals "scandalous"

Council tax rise proposals "scandalous"

25 November 2014

Highland Council’s budget leader, Councillor Maxine Smith, has described proposals by the opposition group to raise council tax as "scandalous".


Opposition Highland councillors to push for tax increase

25 November 2014
Opposition Highland councillors to push for tax increase

Opposition Highland councillors to push for tax increase

25 November 2014

THE opposition group at Highland Council is calling on the SNP-Lib Dem-Labour administration to raise council tax by five per cent.


Council leader in move to oppose Danny Alexander for Westminster seat

24 November 2014
Council leader in move to oppose Danny Alexander for Westminster seat

Council leader in move to oppose Danny Alexander for Westminster seat

24 November 2014

HIGHLAND Council leader Drew Hendry has been revealed as a contender to face MP Danny Alexander in a battle for his Westminister seat.


Huntington's sufferer "abandoned" by carers for second time

21 November 2014
Huntington's sufferer "abandoned" by carers for second time

Huntington's sufferer "abandoned" by carers for second time

21 November 2014

A woman suffering from a rare disease has been left to fend for herself after her carers walked out for the second time.


Conference urged to tackle fuel poverty

17 November 2014
Conference urged to tackle fuel poverty

Conference urged to tackle fuel poverty

17 November 2014

Climate change initiatives will never be embraced while people in the Highlands are still living in homes so poorly built they leak heat, an outspoken…


Nicola Sturgeon draws crowds at Eden Court

12 November 2014
Nicola Sturgeon draws crowds at Eden Court

Nicola Sturgeon draws crowds at Eden Court

12 November 2014

A CROWDED Eden Court welcomed Scotland’s leader in waiting, Nicola Sturgeon, to Inverness this week.


Tickets to see Nicola Sturgeon in Inverness get snapped up within 24 hours

07 November 2014
Tickets to see Nicola Sturgeon in Inverness get snapped up within 24 hours

Tickets to see Nicola Sturgeon in Inverness get snapped up within 24 hours

07 November 2014

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will visit Inverness on Monday evening - speaking at Eden Court to what will no doubt be a full…


Tickets to see Nicola Sturgeon in Inverness get snapped up within 24 hours

07 November 2014
Tickets to see Nicola Sturgeon in Inverness get snapped up within 24 hours

Tickets to see Nicola Sturgeon in Inverness get snapped up within 24 hours

07 November 2014

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will visit Inverness tonight- speaking at Eden Court to what will no doubt be a full audience of…


Highland pupils could lose out on three terms' worth of their primary education if proposed teaching time cuts go ahead

07 November 2014
Highland pupils could lose out on three terms' worth of their primary education if proposed teaching time cuts go ahead

Highland pupils could lose out on three terms' worth of their primary education if proposed teaching time cuts go ahead

07 November 2014

SLASHING half-an-hour a day from primary class teaching times will cut more than 15 weeks of education from a typical pupil’s journey through the…


Plans to end parking free-for-all in Inverness take step forward

06 November 2014
Plans to end parking free-for-all in Inverness take step forward

Plans to end parking free-for-all in Inverness take step forward

06 November 2014

PLANS to end a parking free-for-all stepped forward after Highland Council approved measures to set up an in-house traffic warden service costing…


Doggie ASBO complaints soar after crackdown

06 November 2014
Doggie ASBO complaints soar after crackdown

Doggie ASBO complaints soar after crackdown

06 November 2014

DELINQUENT dogs are making life a misery for people living in the Highlands, with complaints at a record high.


MSP fears round-the-clock roads policing cover for the Highlands is under threat

04 November 2014
MSP fears round-the-clock roads policing cover for the Highlands is under threat

MSP fears round-the-clock roads policing cover for the Highlands is under threat

04 November 2014

John Finnie, Independent MSP for the Highlands and Islands, has attacked proposals to scrap 24-hour specialist road policing units cover for non-motorway…


MSP slams threat to specialist 24-hour roads policing cover for the Highlands

04 November 2014
MSP slams threat to specialist 24-hour roads policing cover for the Highlands

MSP slams threat to specialist 24-hour roads policing cover for the Highlands

04 November 2014

A HIGHLAND MSP has attacked proposals to scrap 24-hour specialist road policing units cover for non-motorway roads.


1000 Highland Council jobs could go under swingeing cut plans

28 October 2014
1000 Highland Council jobs could go under swingeing cut plans

1000 Highland Council jobs could go under swingeing cut plans

28 October 2014

SCHOOLS could close, school days could be shortened and 1000 council staff, including 50 secondary school teachers, could lose their jobs as Highland…


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