Faulty schools builder "doing their level best"

Highland Council has confirmed that the contractor, which built several faulty Highland schools, "will still be a big player" in building more new schools in the future. There are ongoing issues at the unopened and delayed Wick Campus, as well as disruption at Noss Primary - both in Caithness - and the new Inverness Royal Academy in the Highland capital. All of the new facilities have been built by Morrison Construction. MFR News asked the local authority whether it has lost faith in the builders. But the local authority's leader Margaret Davidson is blaming hub North Scotland which co-ordinated the new developments. She told MFR News: "Some of that's been failing. Morrison Construction is doing their level best to meet requirements, and I'm confident that in the future they will still be a big player in building our schools."
We can't tell you very much about what Margaret Davidson's thoughts are on the issue of these troubled new schools, because our interview with the councillor was stopped by a council official. Morrison Construction continues to tell us that no one is available for interview, and hub North Scotland continues to ignore our interview requests. John Rose reads the 1pm news bulletin on MFR2 with this report from MFR News reporter Bryan Rutherford.