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Fury as batty council spends £16K on luxury home for pipistrelles

A CASH-strapped council has been condemned for lavishing £16,000 on a luxury home for bats in an area with a chronic housing shortage. Highland Council...

Highland abattoir tourist sign finally replaced

A HIGHLAND tourist sign that notoriously listed a derelict abattoir as a top attraction has finally been replaced. The brown sign in Dornoch, north of...

A controversial plan to force drinkers to use plastic tumblers has been scrapped

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to force drinkers to use plastic tumblers after 9pm - even for cocktails - has been scrapped. Highland Council wanted to ban...

Gaelic school in new row as acting head teacher walks out

PUPILS at a flagship Gaelic school have been left without a permanent, full-time headteacher or deputy after education chiefs failed for the seventh time...

Two heads and no pupils: council funds empty school

A SCOTS council is shelling out at least £100,000 to have two headteachers at a tiny primary school with no children. Highland council is understood...

999 call handlers to tackle burst pipes and broken lights

POLICE will have to answer calls about bust pipes and broken street lights, under a new deal brokered with a Scots council. Highland council is...

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