Highland Council

Kate Forbes says the SNP must ‘rewin trust’ but is change possible for a party after 17 years in power?

Stunning new images have been released offering a glimpse of what Inverness Castle will look like once it opens as a tourist attraction.

More than 50,000 passengers were able to take advantage of Highland Council’s in-house bus service in its first year of operation.

The annual salaries for newly appointed Highland Council assistant chief executives has been revealed - each earning £124,787.

Malcolm MacLeod, Kate Lackie and Allan Gunn are made assistant chief executives at the local authority.

The plans are aimed at dealing with at least 12 school and spending millions more on much needed road repairs.

The council claims it will save £310,000 with the new structure which aims to strengthen strategic and operational delivery.

The local authority claims she would be leaving the role after just under three years ‘to pursue other interests’.

Politicians must now get permission from the education boss to visit schools which they say impedes their ‘ability to represent our constituents’

Top officials say that councillors, MSPs and MPS must get permission from education bosses before visiting schools.

The Lib Dems came in second, the SNP in third and the Conservatives were fourth.

Highland Council admits it is baffled by a spate of cat and dog illnesses in an Inverness neighbourhood.

Cllr Alasdair Rhind, who represented the Tain and Easter Ross ward, will be buried following a funeral service on Friday.

Highland householders are being blamed for causing a series of explosions at an East Lothian energy plant.

Saddened community figures have called Cllr Alasdair Rhind a “font of knowledge, gentleman and friend”.

Plans have been revealed for a pumped hydro storage scheme in the Highlands which would be one of the largest of its type in the UK.

He says it is ‘crucial’ schools ‘are not granted an exemption when it comes to political scrutiny.’

He was backed by Struan Mackie who accuses the council of ‘creating a culture of fear and intimidation.’

The council refuses to say what 'approve leave' is or why the top official does not appear to have been at work since at least February 21.

Objectors comments about odours and architecture were dismissed as the application passed unanimously.