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Final day of frantic campaigning sees candidates all over the Highlands make one last push for votes

03 July 2024
Final day of frantic campaigning sees candidates all over the Highlands make one last push for votes

Final day of frantic campaigning sees candidates all over the Highlands make one last push for votes

03 July 2024

From Caithness to Inverness the general election looks to be as competitive as we have seen in many years.


UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024
UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

UK general election 2024: What you need to know to know about this year’s vote

03 July 2024

The snap election called just six weeks ago sparked a rush to get ready in time.


The Multi-tasker: The SNP’s Lucy Beattie is a newcomer to politics but says ‘I’ve been a lifelong supporter of independence’

03 July 2024
The Multi-tasker: The SNP’s Lucy Beattie is a newcomer to politics but says ‘I’ve been a lifelong supporter of independence’

The Multi-tasker: The SNP’s Lucy Beattie is a newcomer to politics but says ‘I’ve been a lifelong supporter of independence’

03 July 2024

The academic, crofter, teacher and would-be MP wants to place reason and evidence at the centre of her efforts.


The Passionate Pragmatist: Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone speaks out on how he still gets fired-up for the Highlands

03 July 2024
The Passionate Pragmatist: Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone speaks out on how he still gets fired-up for the Highlands

The Passionate Pragmatist: Liberal Democrat Jamie Stone speaks out on how he still gets fired-up for the Highlands

03 July 2024

After almost years serving the north he says ‘I’ll tell you, there’s life in the old dog yet’ as he vows to fight for carers and jobs.


WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

02 July 2024
WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

WATCH: Awkward moment for John Swinney as independence supporter heckles him saying: ‘do you identify as an indy party”

02 July 2024

The First Minister was heckled on the campaign trail in Alness and told: ‘This party has ruined Scotland’.


Rishi Sunak to blame for postal ballot chaos, according to Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

01 July 2024
Rishi Sunak to blame for postal ballot chaos, according to Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Rishi Sunak to blame for postal ballot chaos, according to Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

01 July 2024

Campaigning in the Highlands he said it is a “further sign of the Conservative Party in abject disarray’.


Scottish Lib Dem leader is eyeing victory in the north: ‘We're on the verge of winning back the Highlands’

01 July 2024
Scottish Lib Dem leader is eyeing victory in the north: ‘We're on the verge of winning back the Highlands’

Scottish Lib Dem leader is eyeing victory in the north: ‘We're on the verge of winning back the Highlands’

01 July 2024

Alex Cole-Hamilton says ‘people are rediscovering their Lib Dem traditions” as ‘miss that quality representation’.


Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

28 June 2024
Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

Highland Council agrees ‘a social value charter’ aiming to more than double community benefit from renewables developers

28 June 2024

The opt-in new partnership seeks to increase contributions to £7500 per MW on top of the £5000 per MW already in place.


The candidates for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross say why they should represent the UK’s most northerly mainland constituency

27 June 2024
The candidates for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross say why they should represent the UK’s most northerly mainland constituency

The candidates for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross say why they should represent the UK’s most northerly mainland constituency

27 June 2024

It is not just one of the most beautiful but one of the most vulnerable amid the race to net zero, so we asked what their priorities are.


Divided over the nuclear option: How Stone and Beattie disagree over new atomic energy for Caithness and the UK

27 June 2024
Divided over the nuclear option: How Stone and Beattie disagree over new atomic energy for Caithness and the UK

Divided over the nuclear option: How Stone and Beattie disagree over new atomic energy for Caithness and the UK

27 June 2024

Mr Stone says nuclear power ‘reversed’ depopulation once and could do it again while the Dr Beattie prefers the ‘huge potential’ of hydrogen.


How personal tragedy unites the frontrunners for the far north seat and influences their politics

26 June 2024
How personal tragedy unites the frontrunners for the far north seat and influences their politics

How personal tragedy unites the frontrunners for the far north seat and influences their politics

26 June 2024

Both Jamie Stone and Lucy Beattie became carers for loved ones and both are determined to improve the lives of carers.


Dualling A9 as far north as Nigg among election promises as battlegrounds drawn

26 June 2024
Dualling A9 as far north as Nigg among election promises as battlegrounds drawn

Dualling A9 as far north as Nigg among election promises as battlegrounds drawn

26 June 2024

SNP, Labour and Tories lay out plans that would impact north in their mission to win votes.


Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

17 June 2024
Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

Transport Scotland figures show A9 single carriageways twice as deadly as dual carriageways

17 June 2024

There were 199 injuries and 15 deaths on single carriageways while on dual carriageways that fell to 114 injuries and seven deaths.


Polls paint a mixed picture for Highland seats – can we trust them?

14 June 2024
Polls paint a mixed picture for Highland seats – can we trust them?

Polls paint a mixed picture for Highland seats – can we trust them?

14 June 2024

They are currently predicting wins for Liberal Democrats and the SNP


Highland Council ‘marks a major milestone’ as it endorses Green Freeport final business case

11 June 2024
Highland Council ‘marks a major milestone’ as it endorses Green Freeport final business case

Highland Council ‘marks a major milestone’ as it endorses Green Freeport final business case

11 June 2024

Freeport chief executive Calum MacPherson says the ‘the public and private sectors coming together for the long-term benefit of the Highlands’.


Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says Douglas Ross is showing ‘his disdain for the Scottish Parliament’

10 June 2024
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says Douglas Ross is showing ‘his disdain for the Scottish Parliament’

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says Douglas Ross is showing ‘his disdain for the Scottish Parliament’

10 June 2024

While her Labour shadow Jackie Baillie said ‘I wish Douglas Ross the best of luck in the future’.


The Conservatives announce their candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross as Dr Fiona Fawcett

05 June 2024
The Conservatives announce their candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross as Dr Fiona Fawcett

The Conservatives announce their candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross as Dr Fiona Fawcett

05 June 2024

It comes just under two weeks after Rishi Sunak campaigned in the constituency and leaves just four week until the general election.


Part of Highland Council’s Inverness headquarters to be demolished after asbestos found

03 June 2024
Part of Highland Council’s Inverness headquarters to be demolished after asbestos found

Part of Highland Council’s Inverness headquarters to be demolished after asbestos found

03 June 2024

Staff will move out of one block to the rear of the main sandstone building by the end of the year.


A three year old Highland lad raises more than £1900 for RNLI lifeboats because his Dad serves on one

02 June 2024
A three year old Highland lad raises more than £1900 for RNLI lifeboats because his Dad serves on one

A three year old Highland lad raises more than £1900 for RNLI lifeboats because his Dad serves on one

02 June 2024

Finlay smashed his original £1000 target after walking a mile everyday last month as part of the RNLI Mayday Mile challenge.


WATCH: Alex Salmond says the SNP has failed to make the north a ‘priority’ as he hits the campaign trail

02 June 2024
WATCH: Alex Salmond says the SNP has failed to make the north a ‘priority’ as he hits the campaign trail

WATCH: Alex Salmond says the SNP has failed to make the north a ‘priority’ as he hits the campaign trail

02 June 2024

The former First Minister was staking his party’s claim with Alba’s Highland manifesto targeting housing, jobs, and independence.


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