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Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025
Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

Double digit rise in sex crimes and anti-social behaviour reported by Highland cops

27 January 2025

The rises of 19 per cent and 28 per cent come after Chief Superintendent Rob Shepherd warned “something has to give”.


Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025
Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

Police Scotland reports 18 Highland drug deaths amid rise in dealing offences

26 January 2025

Chief Superintendent Robert Shepherd says the numbers are of ‘significant concern’


Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025
Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

Highland Council to invest millions to secure more than 20 burial sites

26 January 2025

The move will see almost all areas of the region receive new or expanded sites.


Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025
Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

Highland police ‘success’ tackling County Lines drug gangs from Liverpool behind 2023 violence

26 January 2025

Key to the approach is working the Merseyside officers to tackle those dealing in the north.


Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025
Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

Delayed discharge saw NHS Highland patient stuck in hospital for over four years

26 January 2025

It is considered one of the worst examples in Scotland of a patient fit to go home but cannot because of a lack of care.


Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025
Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

Time for Highland Council bosses to ‘face the music’ over ‘awful’ pupil absences

25 January 2025

Councillor Michael Gregson says ‘they are letting down the staff, the pupils, the parents and the people of the Highlands’


Highland Council expected to pay £5.5m-£6m for D&E Coaches if deal goes through

23 January 2025
Highland Council expected to pay £5.5m-£6m for D&E Coaches if deal goes through

Highland Council expected to pay £5.5m-£6m for D&E Coaches if deal goes through

23 January 2025

It is hoped if the deal goes through it could cut the £25 million school transport bill and boost public transport.


Greens claim Highland Council only switched on the Victorian Market’s solar panels after 11 years disputed

23 January 2025
Greens claim Highland Council only switched on the Victorian Market’s solar panels after 11 years disputed

Greens claim Highland Council only switched on the Victorian Market’s solar panels after 11 years disputed

23 January 2025

But the council insists that ‘all solar PV systems installed across its estate were fully operational from their respective installation dates’.


Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

23 January 2025
Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

Violence in Highland schools sees teachers report 3170 ‘physical incidents’ last year – more than 16 a day

23 January 2025

MSP Edward Mountain says ‘the situation in Highland schools is at breaking point’.


Highland Council plans to more than double rent this year with a rise of 8% in April

22 January 2025
Highland Council plans to more than double rent this year with a rise of 8% in April

Highland Council plans to more than double rent this year with a rise of 8% in April

22 January 2025

That works out at an average of £372.84 more a year while the council claims the impact on tenants will be ‘minimal’


Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

22 January 2025
Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

Health Secretary Neil Gray questioned about £154m cost of delayed discharge in Highlands

22 January 2025

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant was told £200m to be spent on the issue and there are weekly meetings looking at the crisis.


No end in sight for Culloden GP ‘crisis’ as politicians sound the alarm over ‘delays’

21 January 2025
No end in sight for Culloden GP ‘crisis’ as politicians sound the alarm over ‘delays’

No end in sight for Culloden GP ‘crisis’ as politicians sound the alarm over ‘delays’

21 January 2025

NHS Highland says it cannot invest in a new site because of the Scottish Government funding freeze after two practices closed to new patients.


Wave of Highland pupils missing class as 54 per cent lost out on 10-20 per cent school year

20 January 2025
Wave of Highland pupils missing class as 54 per cent lost out on 10-20 per cent school year

Wave of Highland pupils missing class as 54 per cent lost out on 10-20 per cent school year

20 January 2025

The ‘deeply alarming’ new figures show more than 54 per cent of pupils missed 10-20 per cent of the school year.


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

17 January 2025
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

16 January 2025
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’.


WATCH: Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

15 January 2025
WATCH: Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

WATCH: Inverness demonstration demands ‘Highland Council Think Again’ over visitor levy

15 January 2025

The march through the city was launched after a meeting between hospitality businesses and the council at Eden Court.


Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

15 January 2025
Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says

15 January 2025

Business leader Colin Marr says ‘I can't think of another tax which has taxes on top of it’.


Notorious Inverness car park snares Highland councillor with fine despite ticket machines ‘not working’

15 January 2025
Notorious Inverness car park snares Highland councillor with fine despite ticket machines ‘not working’

Notorious Inverness car park snares Highland councillor with fine despite ticket machines ‘not working’

15 January 2025

Cllr Sean Kennedy says ‘you end up feeling you have been conned’.


Fergus Ewing says Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘heart was never in the A9 project’

15 January 2025
Fergus Ewing says Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘heart was never in the A9 project’

Fergus Ewing says Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘heart was never in the A9 project’

15 January 2025

He will also call for the Nairn bypass with the A9 dualling to expedite both projects.


Scottish Government ‘desktop exercise’ rejects A9 dualling call to tackle the deadliest sections first

14 January 2025
Scottish Government ‘desktop exercise’ rejects A9 dualling call to tackle the deadliest sections first

Scottish Government ‘desktop exercise’ rejects A9 dualling call to tackle the deadliest sections first

14 January 2025

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing hits out, claiming the Transport Scotland report is ‘no more than a sham’.


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