Councillor Helen Crawford, Aird & Loch Ness Ward, takes pylon fight to Westminster Tuesday, 21 October, 2025 Councillor Helen Crawford took the pylon fight to London on Tuesday for a Westminster Hall debate on the ‘Impact of electricity infrastructure on rural communities.’ Secured by John Lamont, MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, the debate considered the impact of electricity infrastructure on rural communities across Scotland. John paid tribute to Councillor Helen Crawford, who was in the... Holyrood NewsLocal NewsWestminster News
Construction of Inverness Elective Care Centre Delayed Until ‘Early 2020’ 6th December 2019 The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has confirmed that the construction of the Elective Care Centre, based in Inverness, will ‘commence in early 2020’... Local News
Cameron urges progress on “exorbitant” delivery charges 6th December 2019 Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has urged progress in tackling exorbitant delivery charges in the face of rising surcharges in rural areas. Speaking in... Holyrood News
Haven Centre Appeal Receives Cross-Party Backing at Holyrood 5th December 2019 MSPs from the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish National Party and Scottish Labour have put on a united show of support at the Scottish Parliament to raise... Local News
Edward Mountain MSP questions Justice Secretary’s ambitions on HMP Highland funding 3rd December 2019 Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, today challenged the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to widen his ambitions for the redevelopment of the Scottish... Local News
The SNP Education Scandal: Record low results in Scotland for Maths and Science 3rd December 2019 International education tests have revealed record low results for Scotland in both maths and science. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)... Holyrood News
SNP putting fishing revival at risk says Cameron 28th November 2019 Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that the SNP is putting the prospects for reviving Scotland’s fishing industry at risk. Mr Cameron made his... Holyrood News
Is this the moment that marked the beginning of the end for Sturgeon? 26th November 2019 Perfectly grilled Sturgeon is not something you expect to find on the BBC menu, but in a masterful display of the incisive political interview, Andrew Neil... Holyrood News
Millburn Councillor supports Drakies parents concerned about traffic risk to children 22nd November 2019 Scottish Conservative Councillor Isabelle Mackenzie has called for solutions to be found to an increasing problem of traffic volume, impatient drivers and... Local News
Edward Mountain MSP reacts to Highland Broadband announcement from the Scottish Government 21st November 2019 BT plc is the Scottish Government’s preferred bidder to deliver the superfast broadband programme, known as R100, to the North Region of Scotland. The Minister... Local News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
Our education policy is improving the nation’s skills 4th October 2019 When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools... National News
We’re ending low pay in work 3rd October 2019 People’s hard work and talents should be rewarded fairly. That has long been a key principle of Conservative government.We have made huge strides in the last... National News
This was what the Prime Minister said live at Conference 2nd October 2019 It’s great to be here in Manchester at the best attended conference for years, and I gather there was quite a lively mood last night in the hotel bars.And I... National News
Why we're ending Automatic Early Release for violent & sexual offenders 1st October 2019 The worst offenders should serve most of their sentence in prison. They should not be released after serving just half of their sentence automatically. National News
