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Sutherland MP in row over office signage

27 November 2015
Sutherland MP in row over office signage

Sutherland MP in row over office signage

27 November 2015

Questions are being asked of a Scottish National Party MP who has adorned the windows of his new constituency office with party livery.


Call for Highland councillors to give up free lunches and curb expenses in stormy chamber debate

27 November 2015
Call for Highland councillors to give up free lunches and curb expenses in stormy chamber debate

Call for Highland councillors to give up free lunches and curb expenses in stormy chamber debate

27 November 2015

A call has gone out for Highland councillors to slash their expenses after embarrassing figures emerged this week which reveal few are putting their hands…


Fingers crossed for funding for Falls of Shin Visitor Centre

20 November 2015
Fingers crossed for funding for Falls of Shin Visitor Centre

Fingers crossed for funding for Falls of Shin Visitor Centre

20 November 2015

A Bonar Bridge-based charity is seeking £100,000 from Highland Council towards the cost of building a new visitor centre and restaurant at…


Closure blow for Highland tax office workers

12 November 2015
Closure blow for Highland tax office workers

Closure blow for Highland tax office workers

12 November 2015

Tax office workers in Inverness have been told that the office will close in 2017 as part of a government project designed to save…


Scottish Government: "We will work to unfreeze Highland funds"

21 August 2015
Scottish Government: "We will work to unfreeze Highland funds"

Scottish Government: "We will work to unfreeze Highland funds"

21 August 2015

The Scottish Government has insisted no money will be lost to the Highlands as a result of a blunder that has frozen millions of pounds of European Union…


Highland Council may cut senior managers to protect front line services

19 August 2015
Highland Council may cut senior managers to protect front line services

Highland Council may cut senior managers to protect front line services

19 August 2015

A confidential report seen by The Northern Times today signals plans by Highland Council to merge two of its arms length organisations…


Holyrood will not stop city cop centre closure

14 August 2015
Holyrood will not stop city cop centre closure

Holyrood will not stop city cop centre closure

14 August 2015

Deputy first minister John Swinney has said the Scottish Government will not interfere with plans to close a police control room in Inverness.


SNP group outnumbered on council manifesto plan

13 August 2015
SNP group outnumbered on council manifesto plan

SNP group outnumbered on council manifesto plan

13 August 2015

A special meeting to approve a new manifesto for Highland Council has been branded a waste of time and tax payers' money.


Independents to run Highland Council

05 June 2015
Independents to run Highland Council

Independents to run Highland Council

05 June 2015

The Independents have taken power at Highland Council.


Tributes pouring in for "lovely man" Charles Kennedy

02 June 2015
Tributes pouring in for "lovely man" Charles Kennedy

Tributes pouring in for "lovely man" Charles Kennedy

02 June 2015

Tributes are pouring in for Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader and Ross, Skye and Lochaber MP who has died at his home in Lochaber.


SNP in talks to hold on to leadership

29 May 2015
SNP in talks to hold on to leadership

SNP in talks to hold on to leadership

29 May 2015

The Scottish National Party are battling to form Highland Council’s new administration and say talks with other parties today were "encouraging".


Liberal Democrat Group to quit Highland Council administration

28 May 2015
Liberal Democrat Group to quit Highland Council administration

Liberal Democrat Group to quit Highland Council administration

28 May 2015

The Liberal Democrat group at Highland Council are in talks with other groups with a view to forming a new administration to run the council.


John Thurso admits it looks like game over for him in the north

08 May 2015
John Thurso admits it looks like game over for him in the north

John Thurso admits it looks like game over for him in the north

08 May 2015

JohnThurso believes voters have elected a new MP to represent Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.


Site visit to decide plans for eight-bed house overlooking Scourie Bay

20 March 2015
Site visit to decide plans for eight-bed house overlooking Scourie Bay

Site visit to decide plans for eight-bed house overlooking Scourie Bay

20 March 2015

Councillors will go on a site visit to Scourie on Monday (23rd March) after delaying a decision on plans for an eight-bedroom house overlooking the bay.


Row over proposal to stop overnight gritting on Sutherland roads

23 January 2015
Row over proposal to stop overnight gritting on Sutherland roads

Row over proposal to stop overnight gritting on Sutherland roads

23 January 2015

The Northern Times can reveal that almost every road in Sutherland - bar the A9 - may no longer be gritted in time for people setting off for work…


Highland police on terrorism red alert

16 January 2015
Highland police on terrorism red alert

Highland police on terrorism red alert

16 January 2015

COUNTER terrorism officers are working in the Highlands, monitoring people who are suspected to be at risk of Islamic radicalisation.


Alternative budget suggests cuts in councillors' 'enhanced' salaries

15 December 2014
Alternative budget suggests cuts in councillors' 'enhanced' salaries

Alternative budget suggests cuts in councillors' 'enhanced' salaries

15 December 2014

A £1 MILLION "Carbon Clever" budget for green initiatives such as LED street lights and cycle paths could be slashed by Highland Council to save…


Oyster Farm set for approval at Kyle of Durness - despite fears for wild salmon

12 December 2014
Oyster Farm set for approval at Kyle of Durness - despite fears for wild salmon

Oyster Farm set for approval at Kyle of Durness - despite fears for wild salmon

12 December 2014

Plans for an oyster farm at Kyle of Durness are recommended for approval next week - despite concerns about the impact on wild sea trout and salmon and…


Independents vow to fight cuts to primary school day

21 November 2014
Independents vow to fight cuts to primary school day

Independents vow to fight cuts to primary school day

21 November 2014

The group of independent councillors claim to have found a way to slice £3.2 million from Highland Council’s budget, without cutting half…


Fuel poverty affects 60 per cent of people in Sutherland conference told

17 November 2014
Fuel poverty affects 60 per cent of people in Sutherland conference told

Fuel poverty affects 60 per cent of people in Sutherland conference told

17 November 2014

Climate change initiatives will never be embraced while people in the Highlands are still living in homes so poorly built they leak heat, an outspoken…


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