Highland Council

Public toilets at Whin Park in Inverness are currently closed and are set to remain closed for next week.

Opposition plans for education reforms, free primary school meals and lower hikes in council tax were rejected.

Details of what specifically was proposed were scant while the Greens ‘hail influence’ on securing £500k investment.

A major hotel expansion which would more than double its original capacity will cut car parking bays but still provide ample, a UK chain has claimed.

But senior Highland Council official Malcolm Macleod insists the local authority’s ears are open on thorny questions like VAT.

The Liberal Democrats want to place an emphasis on attainment in schools amid flagging results for north youngsters.

A new Inverness community sauna will be a “peaceful retreat” and profits could be pumped into a local park and wellbeing projects, say the applicants.

Almost 20 new homes could be built in a Loch Ness-side village under plans lodged by Highland Council.

A primary school is showing "signs of progress" after being told to make improvements by inspectors, a follow-up visit has found.

Council leader Raymond Bremner says the move sparked by ‘eye-watering’ £70m in unclaimed benefits.

A further £8m will be invested in renewable energy projects that have been touted for years.

A former betting shop looks set to be converted into office space for Highland Council.

An indoor mall at an Inverness centre has been brought back into use by skateboarders of all ages, practising their moves in a wellbeing project.

Eden Court is set to host a family fun day.

A public sauna could be built in an Inverness park under ambitious plans to establish the “first urban community sauna space” in the Highland capital.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard: "It was a relatively new speed restriction."

Highland Council says 3000 more people could claim pension credits and therefore get winter fuel payments.

The government is seeking views on the proposed levy, which would give local authorities the power to introduce a tax on cruise ships in their area.

The idea is to create a sixth form college accessible online to all pupils in the Highlands to ramp-up learning and attainment.

A new school will be built between Nairn and Inverness after Highland Council’s education committee approved proposals.