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Highland Council will work with UHI Inverness and Highland Hospice to improve their bid for funding for a project to enable end-of-life conversations.

That is despite concerns over ‘big red blob’ design

HIGHWAYS England’s response to concerns over night closures on the A34 has been branded an “insult” by angry councillors.

Carnoustie Independents Brian Boyd and David Cheape have agreed to be part of an SNP-led administration in a power shift on Angus Council.

© Paul Reid Angus Council leader David Fairweather Angus Council leader David Fairweather’s fighting talk in a respect row continuing to engulf his administration has triggered a call for him to “go now” from the £36,000-a-year top job. The Arbroath Independent has turned on critics in the latest salvo of a bitter dispute over a shamed councillor’s return to the ruling group. The storm was originally sparked by the departure of Arbroath councillor Lois Speed from the Conservative/Inde...

© D C Thomson & Co Ltd Angus House A councillor who quit the Angus administration after claiming there is an “unhealthy culture” in the ruling group has been axed from top roles in a coalition-led move. Arbroath Independent Lois Speed stepped down in March, to be followed by Monifieth Liberal Democrat Ben Lawrie after he also cited problems in the top team’s behaviour at the authority’s helm. The resignations prompted council leader David Fairweather to offer his resignation, but allia...