Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the progress of the new Nairn Academy building, highlighting it as part of the Scottish Government's wider commitment to investing in education across the Highlands. Ms Roddick's visit to the construction site follows her previous work to ensure the project could go ahead, including pressing the Scottish [...]

Emma Roddick MSP, who currently represents the Highlands and Islands region in the Scottish Parliament, has announced her intention to seek selection as the SNP candidate for Inverness and Nairn in 2026. The 27-year-old, who lives in Merkinch, Inverness, said she had “more to do” in Parliament and is “excited” by the prospect of taking [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed investment into schools across her region as plans to replace Nairn Academy get underway. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Ms Roddick asked the Cabinet Secretary for Education for an update on the Nairn Academy replacement project, as well as the new schools for Broadford in Skye, in [...]

Emma and Mollie after their visit to Nairn Academy. Emma Roddick MSP and Mollie McGoran, Vice-Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament and MSYP for Inverness and Nairn, visited Nairn Academy to meet with the Head-Teacher, Deputy-Head Teacher, and pupils. Roddick and McGoran got the opportunity to meet with the English National 5 class and the [...]

A formal response to questioning by local SNP MSP Emma Roddick on Nairn Bypass works has been provided by Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth. The Highlands and Islands MSP recently requested the Minister set out a formal update in writing, following concern from locals that the project was in doubt.  Emma Roddick said: “It is [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick, who has previously raised concern over the decision to move the Nairn booster vaccination programme to Inverness has today been assured by NHS Highland that some clinics will still take place in Nairn. Roddick commented: “It is my understanding that those who have been invited for their Spring boosters [...]

Emma Roddick MSP recently grabbed a shovel and went out to plant fruit trees with local volunteers at the Cemetery Brae Community Orchard in Nairn. The local community has been involved in the project, which the SNP representative described as “wholesome”, to plant a great variety of fruit trees in the area. Roddick said: “It [...]

Local MSP Emma Roddick and the SNP candidate for Nairn and Cawdor in the upcoming elections, Paul Oldham, have written a joint letter to the Highland Council outlining the importance of Nairn Library remaining "accessible", pressing for the authority to look into options to keep it in the town centre. Emma Roddick recently met with [...]

In the September 2021 edition of my monthly HNM column, I discuss returning to Holyrood after a busy recess and how I fit in local visits while travelling to Edinburgh weekly - this month, in Nairn during the Book and Arts Festival. You can read the column in full on the Inverness Courier website, here.