The local authority’s estimated £50m windfall from the tax must make a tangible difference in the places tourists frequent, Mr Smith went on to suggest.

A Scottish charity has opened its first paediatric operating theatres in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank

It is the second week of the festivals and Roddy Smith is holding court in Essential Edinburgh’s office on the third floor of a building on George Street.

Scotland’s small hydro operators, which helped put the country at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution, are being put at risk by a business rates and payments regime which could also threaten billions of pounds of investment in the next...

The alarm is understood to have been triggered accidentally when a performer came into contact with an alarm while leaving the stage, prompting an emergency evacuation.

CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: John Dempster was prompted to think about comforting words as he attended the Black Isle Show this summer.

Almost 40% of its roads are now in need of maintenance work while neighbouring Moray has the second best network.

Our reporters have been busy covering a variety of cases this week.

A charity is seeking £30,000 from the Inverness Common Good Fund to ensure emergency food parcels are distributed to 5000 people each year.

A Highland filmmaker is set to make history after becoming the first Scotland-based recipient of the prestigious scholarship.