Sutherland councillors agree motorhomes and campervans should be banned from parking overnight in council-owned car parks in the county. The county committee does not have the power to impose such a ban, which will have to be agreed by the full Highland Council.

Sutherland councillors agree motorhomes and campervans should be banned from council-owned car parks in the county. The county committee does not have the power to impose such a ban, which will have to be agreed by the full Highland Council.

REACTION: Shock from music lovers as £30 million Ironworks hotel plan ‘faces collapse’ Opponents of the Ironworks music venue’s closure have reacted with shock at the possible collapse of plans to redevelop it as a £30 million hotel.

‘It will destroy the tourist industry’: Kyle of Sutherland businessman’s fears over impact of wind farms on holiday rental business. Rupert Haig-Thomas fears for his business amid the onslaught of planning applications for wind farms, pylons and battery energy storage systems.

Golspie photographer David Sim has carved a very special trophy and a small bronze pin found in a local garden dates back to Pictish times.

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1 day ago · Road users have branded the proposals “madness”, “absolute nonsense” and “a solution to a problem which doesn’t exist”. The Scottish Government’s National Speed Management Review proposes a reduction in the speed limit on single-carriageway roads from 60 to 50 mph together with an increase in HGV speed limits from 40 to 50 mph on single-carriageway roads and from 50 to 60 mph ...

Golspie photographer David Sim has carved a very special trophy and a small bronze pin found in a local garden dates back to Pictish times.

Feb 14, 2025 · “How can any government properly assess what the cumulative impact is without seeing the whole picture?” she asked. Rosehall representative Col Colin Gilmour called for a moratorium on wind farms in the Kyle of Sutherland area, while Ardgay representative Kerry Hawthorne called for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to be made a statutory consultee on planning applications involving a ...

2 days ago · The type of Car T-cell therapy involves taking a patient’s T-cells and modifying them (PA) Hundreds of people in England with aggressive blood cancer are set to benefit from an innovative new treatment that reprogrammes a patient’s own immune cells to fight the disease after it was recommended for NHS use.