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Scott Maclennan


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Scott MacLennan is the political reporter for all the Highland titles at Highland News and Media. The Scottish Press Awards named him Weekly Journalist of the Year in 2024 for his coverage of the A9 dualling, 999 failings and pupil safety at a north school. He joined the company in 2019. Scott went to university in Glasgow and Moscow and reports on the Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Scottish Parliament

Scott Maclennan

Conservative Helen Crawford vows to take pylon fight to Holyrood with 2026 election bid

09 September 2025
Conservative Helen Crawford vows to take pylon fight to Holyrood with 2026 election bid

Conservative Helen Crawford vows to take pylon fight to Holyrood with 2026 election bid

09 September 2025

The Aird and Loch Ness councillor confirms she will run for the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch seat in the 2026.


Spittal-Beauly pylon plan sparks Highland community council fury as they have just four weeks to respond

08 September 2025
Spittal-Beauly pylon plan sparks Highland community council fury as they have just four weeks to respond

Spittal-Beauly pylon plan sparks Highland community council fury as they have just four weeks to respond

08 September 2025

Amid calls for Highland Council to take action as they say this makes a ‘mockery of local democracy’.


Highland GP Andrew McFarlane arrested over online posts about his son’s rape victim Ellie Wilson

29 August 2025
Highland GP Andrew McFarlane arrested over online posts about his son’s rape victim Ellie Wilson

Highland GP Andrew McFarlane arrested over online posts about his son’s rape victim Ellie Wilson

29 August 2025

It is understood he has been released and is due to appear in court at a later date.


NHS Highland patient’s seven and half year wait to start mental health treatment

28 August 2025
NHS Highland patient’s seven and half year wait to start mental health treatment

NHS Highland patient’s seven and half year wait to start mental health treatment

28 August 2025

The north health board returns some of the worst numbers in Scotland.


The LibDem vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says it is ‘Time to say Goodbye to Highland Council’

27 August 2025
The LibDem vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says it is ‘Time to say Goodbye to Highland Council’

The LibDem vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says it is ‘Time to say Goodbye to Highland Council’

27 August 2025

Andrew Baxter picks-up where the outgoing MSP left off saying the council is ‘too large, too centralised, and too remote’.


Highland Council in top 10 most indebted UK local authorities in borrowing per person as total debt stands at £1.3bn

26 August 2025
Highland Council in top 10 most indebted UK local authorities in borrowing per person as total debt stands at £1.3bn

Highland Council in top 10 most indebted UK local authorities in borrowing per person as total debt stands at £1.3bn

26 August 2025

That is a a 14% rise in loans since last year totalling £161m, according to new figures.


Highland Council plan to drug test staff ‘with cause’ of ‘reasonable suspicion of impairment’

22 August 2025
Highland Council plan to drug test staff ‘with cause’ of ‘reasonable suspicion of impairment’

Highland Council plan to drug test staff ‘with cause’ of ‘reasonable suspicion of impairment’

22 August 2025

Examples were offered of ‘slurred speech, impaired movement, erratic or unusual behaviour’.


Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

22 August 2025
Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

Dual the A9: How we secured the pledges from Scotland’s major parties to deliver by 2035

22 August 2025

The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Labour all commit to Transport Scotland’s timetable.


Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

21 August 2025
Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

Anas Sarwar: ‘If this was the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh it would have been fixed by now’

21 August 2025

The Scottish Labour leader signs The Inverness Courier’s Dual the A9 Pledge saying ‘this is the route’ to opportunity and potential in the Highlands.


Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

20 August 2025
Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

Readers’ fury at ‘industrialisation’ of ‘precious’ Highland landscape sees calls for ‘halt’ to new renewable projects

20 August 2025

Dozens lash out at ‘big energy’ and Scottish Government ‘riding roughshod over our environment and our local democracy.’


‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

13 August 2025
‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

‘Shocking’ no-show of Scottish and UK governments ministers at Inverness renewables convention

13 August 2025

Non appearance aggravated tensions as campaigners demand Planning Inquiry Commission into projects.


Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

12 August 2025
Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

Highland community councils persuade 11 MPs and MSPs to take renewables fight to Holyrood and Westminster

12 August 2025

A packed and passionate Inverness meeting was told ‘no financial compensation can ever replace what we stand to lose.’


Lib Dem candidate vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says: ‘Time to say goodbye to Highland Council’

11 August 2025
Lib Dem candidate vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says: ‘Time to say goodbye to Highland Council’

Lib Dem candidate vying to succeed Kate Forbes in Holyrood says: ‘Time to say goodbye to Highland Council’

11 August 2025

Andrew Baxter picks-up where the outgoing MSP left off saying the authorityl is ‘too large, too centralised, and too remote’


Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

27 July 2025
Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

27 July 2025

Scottish Government’s four-hour target for patients admitted, transferred or discharged missed.


Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

26 July 2025
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes says she understands local concerns about renewable projects

26 July 2025

But she insists she is unable to attend a meeting of MPs and MSPs in August.


UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

26 July 2025
UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

UHI records first and second places in Scotland for satisfaction with its nursing and mental health nursing courses

26 July 2025

The university secured an overall 92% satisfaction rate in the 2025 National Student Survey.


Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

25 July 2025
Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

25 July 2025

Dr Neil McNamara says ‘there will be a sadness there, a sorrow’ and a ‘terrible sense of guilt’.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks won’t attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks will not attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025
Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks will not attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

Energy ministers Gillian Martin and Michael Shanks will not attend meeting on Highland renewable projects

25 July 2025

But around 10 other local MPs and MSPs are expected in Inverness with some yet to confirm.


In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

14 July 2025
In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

In the Highlands and Moray one in five children are living in poverty

14 July 2025

There has been little change to the numbers since 2014.


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