Highland Council has switched off Christmas lights in Inverness and the rest of the region and they will be taken down this week – the delay in switching them off was due to staff shortages affected by Covid and other street lighting faults which took priority

Highland Council switched off the Christmas lights in the region yesterday and staff will be taking them down during this week.

A spokesman said the delay in switching them off was due to staff shortages affected by Covid and other street lighting faults which took priority.

He added: "We can now start taking them down this week. It takes a few weeks to take down across the area."

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