Scott MacLennan

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Political Reporter at Highland News & Media

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Most staff at Highland Council getting £60k+ are in teaching which got pay rises of 25% or more since 2019

6 days ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Fresh data from Highland Council shows that the majority of those paid £60,000 or more are teaching staff, whose salaries are set nationally. The latest numbers from the council shed new light on who gets what and paints a more complicated picture with teaching staff getting significant uplifts. Earlier, we reported how the number of employees earning more than £60,000 rose fivefold compared to six years ago from 109 in 2019 to the current number of 594.
Twin probes launched into alleged attack on shinty player (17) by spectator during Saturday’s Kinlochshiel v Caberfeidh match

1 week ago | strathspey-herald.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Twin investigations are under way into an alleged incident of fan violence directed at a player during a shinty match last Saturday. If true then it would mark the second incident of unwanted fan involvement in a sport in less than a week after a member of Ross County’s staff was spat at in Livingston. Over the weekend, Caberfeidh travelled to Reraig to take on Kinlochshiel for a premiership match that ended nil-nil.
NatureScot and Scottish Government feeling the heat over gull menace as north MSPs and Inverness BID hit out at inaction despite ‘seagull summit’ vow

1 week ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Pressure is mounting on NatureScot and Scottish Government over the menace that is presented by gulls across the Highlands. Starting in Holyrood with MSPs Douglas Ross and Fergus Ewing demanding action from Jim Fairlie, the minister for agriculture and connectivity. And then followed up by Inverness BID who have been struggling for more than a year with NatureScot to get the right license to reduce the number of eggs in the city.
20mph limits agreed amid criticism of Highland Council’s ‘ostrich school of consultation’

1 week ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Highland Council has made new 20mph speed limits across the region permanent amid significant criticism of what was called the “ostrich school of consultation”. The economy and infrastructure committee agreed to a Traffic Road Order making the new limits permanent in 125 settlements across the region. Councillors were generally supportive of appropriate 20mph limits while at the same time noting major problems with the implementation – not least of all enforcement.
Twin probes launched into alleged attack on shinty player (17) by spectator during Saturday’s Kinlochshiel v Caberfeidh match

1 week ago | ross-shirejournal.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Twin investigations are under way into an alleged incident of fan violence directed at a player during a shinty match last Saturday. If true then it would mark the second incident of unwanted fan involvement in a sport in less than a week after a member of Ross County’s staff was spat at in Livingston. Over the weekend, Caberfeidh travelled to Reraig to take on Kinlochshiel for a premiership match that ended nil-nil.
Highland Council staff overpayments dropped by 77% in April 2025 compared to April 2024 but £624k was still wrongly paid despite tough new measures

1 week ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Highland Council staff overpayments dropped by 77 per cent in April this year compared to April 2024 but staff still got £624,000 more than they should in the last financial year. In February 2024 we broke news that the council was overpaying hundreds of staff amounting to £614,000, that sum grew by £10,000 last year but was put down to a tighter system in place.
MSP Edward Mountain slams Highland Council over 20mph limits after it lost public support by not concentrating on high risk areas

1 week ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

A Highland MSP has hit out at Highland Council’s approach to the new 20mph limits which he says deviates from the “spirit” of the original Transport Bill by losing public support. A final decision on temporary 20mph limits in built-up areas across the Highlands is due tomorrow if councillors give a traffic road order (TRO). The council’s implementation of the temporary speed limit appears for many to have been excessive leading more than 50 per cent to reject the proposal.
Highland Council’s 20mph speed limits plan set for decision day as most people oppose it

1 week ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Temporary 20mph limits which hit roads across built up areas throughout the Highlands could become permanent if councillors give a traffic road order (TRO) the green light this week. However the majority of people providing feedback during a . Just over 50 per cent of respondents told Highland Council they were against keeping the speed limits, which were introduced in 2023, while 43 per cent supported the move and the rest were classed as ‘representation’.
Highland Council school staff overpaid because sickness absences were not recorded

1 week ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

A failure to properly record staff sickness absences at Highland Council may have led to some overpayments to staff, a new audit report has found. This comes as the council’s overpayment of staff continues with £624,000 paid out wrongly to staff including 32 per cent to those who had left the organisation. It marks at least the second year since we broke news of the overpayments more than 14 months ago when hundreds of staff were paid when they shouldn’t be.
Locals should be exempt from paying Highland Council’s visitor levy or ‘tourist tax’

2 weeks ago | inverness-courier.co.uk | Scott MacLennan

Highland Council’s visitor levy should exempt local residents from paying the tourist tax according to MSP Douglas Ross who has accused the SNP of failing to address concerns. The local authority has been met with stiff opposition to the introduction of the levy from a very broad range of hospitality businesses across the region who have dubbed it a tax on a tax.

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James McEnaney

Freelance Journalist at The Herald (Scotland)

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Articles

Most staff at Highland Council getting £60k+ are in teaching which got pay rises of 25% or more since 2019

Twin probes launched into alleged attack on shinty player (17) by spectator during Saturday’s Kinlochshiel v Caberfeidh match

NatureScot and Scottish Government feeling the heat over gull menace as north MSPs and Inverness BID hit out at inaction despite ‘seagull summit’ vow

20mph limits agreed amid criticism of Highland Council’s ‘ostrich school of consultation’

Twin probes launched into alleged attack on shinty player (17) by spectator during Saturday’s Kinlochshiel v Caberfeidh match

Highland Council staff overpayments dropped by 77% in April 2025 compared to April 2024 but £624k was still wrongly paid despite tough new measures

MSP Edward Mountain slams Highland Council over 20mph limits after it lost public support by not concentrating on high risk areas

Highland Council’s 20mph speed limits plan set for decision day as most people oppose it

Highland Council school staff overpaid because sickness absences were not recorded

Locals should be exempt from paying Highland Council’s visitor levy or ‘tourist tax’

Journalists covering the same region

Michael Russell

Fred Silver

Moira Kerr

Garrett Stell

James McEnaney

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