Highland Council

Council acknowledges investment in Inverness Leisure is needed to cope with rising demand linked to more housing in the city and wider area.

Michael Gregson says ‘the people are just not feeling the love, and this excessive pay rise to ourselves certainly won’t change that perception’.

The move follows recommendations by the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee.

It is hoped changes at the Inverness attraction will be completed in time for Easter.

Completion dates are all before 2030 as the local authority issues ‘earliest operational dates’.

Communities are calling for progress from Highland Council on their plan to map all renewable developments across the Highlands.

The exercise even includes Highland Council and looks at how to deal with a new outbreak that claims 840,000 lives.

Port of Nigg will fund the extended ferry service, ensuring greater accessibility across the Cromarty Firth during the busy spring months.

The Groat challenged it over its internal communications compared to what emerged publicly.

Hundreds of pages of confidential emails help lift the lid on what went on behind closed doors at the local authority.

An investigation has been launched after fly tippers dumped rubbish near Culloden Battlefield.

Councillors hoped to take advantage of the lucrative North Coast 500 route, using the funds raised to improve services along the route.

Income from an effort to have campervan and motorhome tourists pay towards services could be lower than previously suggested a councillor believes.

A high pressure gas pipeline next to the site of a planned 50MW battery energy storage plant near Nairn has sparked objections from engineers.

A voluntary scheme to get campervan owners to pay towards upkeep of facilities has raised just £20,000 - against an annual target of £500,000.

Flood risk officers have withdrawn their objection to plans for a new housing development in Auldearn.

Derek Brown told an Inverness Chamber of Commerce business breakfast ‘I think dissent is a healthy thing in an organisation’.

The problems posed by the Highlands’ 516-mile NC500 route are undeniably tricky – and almost everyone has very strong opinions about it.

Concerned residents in an Inverness neighbourhood fear planned parking changes in their road will lead to increased dangers.

The developer behind scrapped proposals for a new riverside nightclub in Inverness has lodged fresh plans that include holiday lets at the same site.