# 10 December 2025 Career opportunities with The Highland Council The Highland Council is looking to fill a variety of posts relating to civil engineering and flood risk management based in locations across the area. Included are opportunities specifically for civil engineering graduates and technicians, providing the ideal job with career progression for anyone recently qualified and ready for a varied and interesting role.
Under newly proposed U.S. regulations, UK travellers (and others from visa‑waiver countries) may soon be required to provide up to five years of social media history when applying for entry to the United States.
Two finalists announced as part of HMRC's data competition. Two businesses have been awarded one-year contracts to develop and test technologies to help close the tax gap.
Great British Energy's first project will put rooftop solar panels on 200 schools and 200 hospitals - cutting energy bills. First major project for Great British Energy is to put rooftop solar panels on around 200 schools and 200 NHS sites, saving hundreds of millions on their energy bills.
New data published today by Public Health Scotland (PHS) provides clear evidence that this year's vaccine is doing a good job of preventing severe flu. So far this winter, children in Scotland are 78% less likely to be admitted to hospital with flu if vaccinated; with vaccinated adults in Scotland aged 65 and over 37% less likely to be hospitalised.
A new partnership with Google DeepMind will help to turn cutting-edge AI into real benefits for working people. New partnership with Google DeepMind will help deliver new science breakthroughs, cleaner energy, and smarter public services - turning cutting-edge AI into real benefits for people.
Agreements between the UK, EU, Norway and other coastal states secure access to over 80 stocks for British fishing industry. The UK has reached agreement with the EU, Norway and other coastal states on catch opportunities for shared stocks for 2026, including agreements for popular whitefish stocks in the North Sea.
New figures from National Records of Scotland show that life expectancy in Scotland has increased in the latest three-year period (2022-2024)*. This is welcome progress.
Scotland is facing a maternity crisis that stretches from its largest cities to its most fragile rural communities. What should be the most basic promise of a modern health service — safe, accessible care for mothers and newborns has been undermined by delays, downgrades, staffing shortages, and broken promises.
Great British Energy backs renewable schemes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Additional £12 million funding for devolved governments from Great British Energy.
The Defence Secretary met with his US and Australian counterparts in the United States to discuss the progress on AUKUS. AUKUS partnership "full steam ahead" as US review concludes and focus shifts to delivery.
The government will prioritise UK medical graduates for training places from 2026 as part of efforts to bring an end to industrial action by resident doctors. Substantial offer put to BMA in bid to end resident doctors strikes once and for all.
People who care for more than one disabled person may be eligible for a new Scotland-only payment. Carer Additional Person Payment, worth up to £520 a year, will be available from March 2026.
Veterans whose experiences in the armed forces have left them affected by trauma will be able to access mental health support thanks to Scottish Government funding. Minister for Veterans Graeme Dey announced the funding of £645,000 on a visit to Combat Stress, the UK's leading veterans’ mental health charity, in Glasgow.
If you're going to a US‑hosted World Cup when do you buy dollars or other currencies for Canada and Mexico. Here are some of the trade‑offs and what to consider if deciding when to get USD for the trip.
Scotland's first confidential helpline for victims and survivors of economic abuse has been launched by Financially Included, an organisation that supports women to recover from a controlling and often hidden form of gender-based violence. As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence campaign draws to a close, Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan visited East Renfrewshire to find out more about Financially Included’s Purple Phone Helpline, part of a new economic abuse pilot project supported by Scottish Government funding.
It follows assurances at Holyrood which were seen as a big victory for mums-to-be hoping for better local access without heading to Raigmore in Inverness to give birth. Campaigners for better access to maternity services in Caithness fear the SNP Government is pulling back from a promised review.
For 60 years, the Highlands and Islands have been the focus of one of the UK's most distinctive long-term regional development efforts. Since the creation of the Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB) in 1965—and its evolution into Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in 1991.
A summary of the 2025 Scottish Productivity Index (produced by CBI Scotland and Addleshaw Goddard, in collaboration with the Fraser of Allander Institute) published 10 December 2025. Over the past few years, the "productivity puzzle" has loomed large over Scotland's economy.
Free support to get people online is rolling out in communities in every region of the country. 80 innovative digital skills and support schemes receive government funding to help most vulnerable in communities get online with confidence.