Highland Council

Opposition plans for education reforms, free primary school meals and lower hikes in council tax were rejected.

Details of what specifically was proposed were scant while the Greens ‘hail influence’ on securing £500k investment.

But senior Highland Council official Malcolm Macleod insists the local authority’s ears are open on thorny questions like VAT.

The Liberal Democrats want to place an emphasis on attainment in schools amid flagging results for north youngsters.

Council leader Raymond Bremner says the move sparked by ‘eye-watering’ £70m in unclaimed benefits.

A further £8m will be invested in renewable energy projects that have been touted for years.

It’s a chance for a local to come up with a suitable name for the new scheme in Conon.

The government is seeking views on the proposed levy, which would give local authorities the power to introduce a tax on cruise ships in their area.

The idea is to create a sixth form college accessible online to all pupils in the Highlands to ramp-up learning and attainment.

Business leaders across the Highlands have united to back calls for changes to planned tourist levies.

Local authorities such as Highland Council are being called upon to review ASL provision processes.

Top councillors recognise ‘people are under severe financial pressure’ but say taxpayers will see their money’s worth

The £818m draft budget will be debated - and likely agreed - at a full meeting of the local authority next week.

The entire community was rocked by the blaze which left more than 200 pupils without a school to call their own.

Councillors have been told some new private hire drivers could not navigate “simple” trips to the likes of Inverness Airport.

As a litter campaign we’re backing gathers pace, we reveal what hardy volunteers across Ross are stumbling across.

Councillor Michael Gregson warns when ‘Highland figures are so poor’ then ‘we need more transparency and openness’.

The Angus man says he is “delighted” with his new post at the Wester Ross school, which will officially begin in March.

A Coigach hotel will be restored to its original appearance after plans to demolish several modern extensions and renovate it were approved.

A catalogue of concerns at the Mart Road flats involving violence, people taking drugs and dog fouling indoors.