The construction of a 22 turbine wind farm in the Highlands, that will generate enough power for 36,000 homes, has gained the green light.
The Creag Riabhach wind farm, which will be located on the Altnaharra Estate, near Lairg, in the North Highlands, will have a generating capacity of 72.6MW, enough to power 36,000 homes, with estimated savings of 66,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
After gaining widespread support from the public and local community council, Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse has given consent for the project go-ahead.

The Great British High Street competition has revealed the nation’s 27 best high streets.
Celebrating the great work that is being done to revive, adapt and diversify the nation’s high streets, the competition is is one of a number of government initiatives to help champion high streets as the cornerstones of the community.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has stated that the Troubled Families Programme has made no ‘significant impact’.

A new £40 million programme to provide an innovative approach to tackling homelessness, with prevention at its heart, has been announced.
Prime Minister Theresa May and Communities Secretary Sajid Javid announced the funding to tackle the underlying issues which can lead to somebody losing their home.

The first part of a government £320 million fund has been released, to upgrade heating in towns and cities to supply low carbon and recycled heat.
Popular across Scandinavia, heat networks have the potential to reduce heating costs by more than 30 per cent, allowing cities to recycle the wasted heat they produce from places like factories, power stations and even the London Underground and pump it into homes and businesses to keep them warm.

Dumfries and Galloway Council have issued a statement apologising for a payment error, in which it took direct debit payments from a number of customers ahead of the agreed scheduled date.

Councils are making preparations for the arrival of 14 children from the Calais refugee camps into the UK.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has said the sugar levy on soft drinks should be administered by councils who would be better positioned to work with schools and communities to fight childhood obesity.

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Modern Languages has published a report calling on the government to plan now to avoid a post-Brexit languages crisis.

Housing charity Shelter has cautioned that four in ten homes in Britain fall under the standards which are considered acceptable living conditions.