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‘Drop the drive-thru’ transport officers tell city centre coffee shop applicants. A new drive-thru coffee shop in Inverness may have driven into a wall before it has even been built after transport officers objected to the plans.

NHS Highland and NHS Grampian paid out a combined £34m in patient compensation. Scottish Government is slammed for leaving ‘frontline NHS staff dangerously overstretched and more prone to making mistakes’.

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11 hours ago · The Struan Hotel was a well-loved haunt in its heyday. Councilor Glynis Campbell Sinclair, the council’s housing and property committee chairwoman, said: “As part of the Highland Housing Challenge, the council is committed to improving the housing stock across the Highlands and this development not only provides much needed new homes but …

10 hours ago · The Winter Heating Payment is worth £58.75 for eligible Scots (Jane Barlow/PA) Social Security Scotland said the money is guaranteed to eligible Scots no matter the weather, while the Cold Weather Payment is only paid if the average temperature falls – or is forecast to fall – to freezing or below for a full week.

1 day ago · The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS), in conjunction with the Scottish Wildfire Forum, is urging the public to avoid lighting fires outdoors across all areas of Scotland during this period. • READ MORE: Glen Affric targeted by reckless campers who hacked down trees, left the site looking like ‘disaster area’ and set a campfire despite ‘extreme’ wildfire warning

1 day ago · John Swinney has been told he will need to announce the most radical policy programme since devolution, and commit “major additional public expenditure” if he wants to make rapid and significant progress on his key priorities. The First Minister is to unveil his programme for government for the ...

The brave men who fell at the Battle of Culloden were remembered with a moving tribute at the annual memorial service on Saturday morning.

1 day ago · Key industries in Scotland cannot be allowed to be “hollowed out”, First Minister John Swinney said, as he pledged his Government would “play its part” in preventing such an outcome. The SNP leader used a speech to trade union leaders in Dundee to welcome action by the Labour Government at ...