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Scott Maclennan


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Scott MacLennan is the political reporter for all the Highland titles at Highland News and Media. The Scottish Press Awards named him Weekly Journalist of the Year in 2024 for his coverage of the A9 dualling, 999 failings and pupil safety at a north school. He joined the company in 2019. Scott went to university in Glasgow and Moscow and reports on the Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Scottish Parliament

Scott Maclennan

Elgin and Keith to host Transport Scotland events on cutting speed limit by 10mph

09 January 2025
Elgin and Keith to host Transport Scotland events on cutting speed limit by 10mph

Elgin and Keith to host Transport Scotland events on cutting speed limit by 10mph

09 January 2025

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.


WATCH: First Minister agrees to meet the family of murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson

05 December 2024
WATCH: First Minister agrees to meet the family of murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson

WATCH: First Minister agrees to meet the family of murdered Nairn banker Alistair Wilson

05 December 2024

John Swinney was asked to meet them ‘in the hope that the killer of their husband and father will finally be brought to justice’.


How will the Scottish budget affect Moray - from dualling to the NHS?

05 December 2024
How will the Scottish budget affect Moray - from dualling to the NHS?

How will the Scottish budget affect Moray - from dualling to the NHS?

05 December 2024

More cash will come north but the jury is out on whether finance secretary Shona Robison delivered for the north.


Inverness Caley Thistle enter talks about potential administration

01 October 2024
Inverness Caley Thistle enter talks about potential administration

Inverness Caley Thistle enter talks about potential administration

01 October 2024

The board have contacted BDO - the same company that handled the liquidation of Rangers.


WATCH: Chief Constable’s treatment of murdered Nairn man Alistair Wilson’s family raised with First Minister

26 September 2024
WATCH: Chief Constable’s treatment of murdered Nairn man Alistair Wilson’s family raised with First Minister

WATCH: Chief Constable’s treatment of murdered Nairn man Alistair Wilson’s family raised with First Minister

26 September 2024

The Wilson family described Jo Farrell as ‘callous’ leading Douglas Ross to use his last FMQs as Tory leader to challenge John Swinney.


POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: Continuity has not cut it as civil wars break out in the SNP and the Scottish Conservatives

08 July 2024

Meanwhile Liberal Democrats head to London to represent the Highlands with a new UK government in place.


Election gamble could see Douglas Ross representing 51% of the landmass of Scotland and 10% of the total population

06 June 2024
Election gamble could see Douglas Ross representing 51% of the landmass of Scotland and 10% of the total population

Election gamble could see Douglas Ross representing 51% of the landmass of Scotland and 10% of the total population

06 June 2024

So has he bitten off more than he can possibly chew as an MP and MSP for more than 500,000 people and 40,000 sq km?


Scottish Government is preparing to buy land to dual Inverness to Nairn on the A96

31 May 2024
Scottish Government is preparing to buy land to dual Inverness to Nairn on the A96

Scottish Government is preparing to buy land to dual Inverness to Nairn on the A96

31 May 2024

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed the development before The Inverness Courier’s Build the Bypass event in Nairn this evening.


Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General election for July 4

22 May 2024
Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General election for July 4

Confirmed: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a General election for July 4

22 May 2024

It means that it will be a short campaign of just 43 days in total with opinion polls favouring a Labour victory.


Humza Yousaf reportedly set to resign as Highland MSPs take centre stage

29 April 2024
Humza Yousaf reportedly set to resign as Highland MSPs take centre stage

Humza Yousaf reportedly set to resign as Highland MSPs take centre stage

29 April 2024

Kate Forbes is a favourite to succeed him after Douglas Ross demanded he step down.


SNP displays bitterness at dualling critics as conference backs another A9/A96 vow

17 October 2023
SNP displays bitterness at dualling critics as conference backs another A9/A96 vow

SNP displays bitterness at dualling critics as conference backs another A9/A96 vow

17 October 2023

Criticism still rankles as speakers take aim at critics: ‘the Tories get so chuffed when they can use SNP quotes to throw at us.’


Obituary: Independence icon and Moray politician Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

23 June 2023
Obituary: Independence icon and Moray politician Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

Obituary: Independence icon and Moray politician Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

23 June 2023

Her family confirmed that she died on Wednesday, June 21.


Former Moray and Nairn MP and MEP Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

22 June 2023
Former Moray and Nairn MP and MEP Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

Former Moray and Nairn MP and MEP Winnie Ewing dies aged 93

22 June 2023

WINNIE Ewing, an icon of the Scottish independence movement and past Moray and Nairn MP, has died aged 93.


BREAKING: Candidates put on the spot over SNP membership exodus

17 March 2023
BREAKING: Candidates put on the spot over SNP membership exodus

BREAKING: Candidates put on the spot over SNP membership exodus

17 March 2023

They say the losses are down to trust, gender reform and the independence debate


Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

24 October 2022
Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

Rishi Sunak to become Prime Minister after winning Conservative leadership

24 October 2022

Rishi Sunak is set to become the third Prime Minister in less than 50 days after he was elected leader of the Conservative party.


Raigmore car park still vulnerable to motorists taking advantage of it being free

15 July 2022
Raigmore car park still vulnerable to motorists taking advantage of it being free

Raigmore car park still vulnerable to motorists taking advantage of it being free

15 July 2022

Vehicle recognition technology is still not working almost four years after the plan was first announced


Watch: How to vote in today's Highland Council election

05 May 2022
Watch: How to vote in today's Highland Council election

Watch: How to vote in today's Highland Council election

05 May 2022

And why X no longer marks the spot


All Scotland's Covid legal restrictions to be lifted by March 21

22 February 2022
All Scotland's Covid legal restrictions to be lifted by March 21

All Scotland's Covid legal restrictions to be lifted by March 21

22 February 2022

That includes face masks, contact tracing and vaccine passports.


Work starts at new prison site east of Inverness

30 December 2021
Work starts at new prison site east of Inverness

Work starts at new prison site east of Inverness

30 December 2021

Groundworks finally under way after a decade of delay.


£550 million hydro approved for east bank of Loch Ness

09 June 2021
£550 million hydro approved for east bank of Loch Ness

£550 million hydro approved for east bank of Loch Ness

09 June 2021

Red John project may create 700 jobs


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