Politics

The 11.12pm Friday and Saturday trains from Inverness, popular with Ross-shire residents on nights out in the city, will resume from May 23.

But four other schools – Charleston, Fortrose, Inverness High and Beauly Primary – will move ahead at a cost of £148m.

‘I’m not an angel I’m just a woman and any time we make mistakes as a politician we are hung, drawn and quartered by social media.’

The move comes after Fergus Ewing said he would not stand for the SNP – but may run as an independent.

His anger over the failure to upgrade the A9 and A96 was a genuine and authentic reaction, says our columnist.

They say the local authority officials ‘decided to protect their positions and status’ and ‘quash discontent’.

The latest information on Avonlea undermines the council’s narrative leading to calls for Raymond Bremner to step down.

Life-saving aid for Ukraine will be delivered in person by a Highland MP next month.

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

Douglas Ross has confirmed he will not be a candidate at next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

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

Broken promises over the delivery of the Nairn Bypass are among the reasons why Fergus Ewing could stand as independent at the next Holyrood election.

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

She says Mr Ewing has been a ‘consistent and effective’ MSP while First Minister John Swinney praised him as ‘faithful servant of his constituents’.

Lib Dem Angus Macdonald says ‘for so many people across the Highlands, it feels like nothing works anymore’

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

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.

He confirms that ‘with great sadness’ he is to stand down as SNP MSP at the 2026 Holyrood election but may yet stand as an independent.

The Inverness and Nairn MSP leaves door open to run as an independent but says he ‘simply cannot defend the record of the SNP Government’.