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Alasdair Fraser


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Alasdair Fraser is a senior reporter for Highland News and Media with more than 30 years' experience in the industry, including national freelance news reporting and almost 25 years as a freelance football writer. A University of Glasgow MA Hons graduate, he started his career with the Inverness Courier in 1989 and rejoined the company in 2019.

REVEALED: Highland Council chase £1000 a month as one in four snub pavement parking fines

28 May 2025
REVEALED: Highland Council chase £1000 a month as one in four snub pavement parking fines

REVEALED: Highland Council chase £1000 a month as one in four snub pavement parking fines

28 May 2025

Almost one in four pavement parking fines have gone unpaid in the Highlands since the national ban was introduced.


BREAKING: Crash south of Inverness partially closes A9 with emergency crews at scene

27 May 2025
BREAKING: Crash south of Inverness partially closes A9 with emergency crews at scene

BREAKING: Crash south of Inverness partially closes A9 with emergency crews at scene

27 May 2025

A crash is partially blocking the A9 south of Inverness.


Highland hoteliers call on councillors to ditch ‘exceptionally frightening’ plans for a tourist tax

20 May 2025
Highland hoteliers call on councillors to ditch ‘exceptionally frightening’ plans for a tourist tax

Highland hoteliers call on councillors to ditch ‘exceptionally frightening’ plans for a tourist tax

20 May 2025

A tourist tax in the Highlands is an "exceptionally frightening” prospect for the area’s hotel industry, according to a representative body.


Highland Council turns up the heat on potholes and other road repairs with seven-figure deal

14 May 2025
Highland Council turns up the heat on potholes and other road repairs with seven-figure deal

Highland Council turns up the heat on potholes and other road repairs with seven-figure deal

14 May 2025

Highland Council has awarded a new seven-figure contract aimed at tackling potholes and other road repairs.


Highland parents and carers in need urged to use charity Children’s First’s mental health helpline

12 May 2025
Highland parents and carers in need urged to use charity Children’s First’s mental health helpline

Highland parents and carers in need urged to use charity Children’s First’s mental health helpline

12 May 2025

Scotland’s national children’s charity is urging Highland parents and carers to seek their support if worried about their child’s mental health.


Renee MacRae and Andrew murder detectives confirm A9 evidence find was a child’s potty – and is still under investigation

07 May 2025
Renee MacRae and Andrew murder detectives confirm A9 evidence find was a child’s potty – and is still under investigation

Renee MacRae and Andrew murder detectives confirm A9 evidence find was a child’s potty – and is still under investigation

07 May 2025

Murder detectives searching for Renee and Andrew MacRae’s bodies have confirmed that a child’s potty was the evidence item removed from beside the A9.


VIDEO + PICTURES: Three arrests after masonry falls onto busy Inverness street

04 May 2025
VIDEO + PICTURES: Three arrests after masonry falls onto busy Inverness street

VIDEO + PICTURES: Three arrests after masonry falls onto busy Inverness street

04 May 2025

Three people have been arrested and charged after heavy masonry fell and smashed onto a busy Inverness city centre street.


Highland coastal waters set for spectacular NATO ‘war games’ exercise

02 May 2025
Highland coastal waters set for spectacular NATO ‘war games’ exercise

Highland coastal waters set for spectacular NATO ‘war games’ exercise

02 May 2025

A huge NATO training exercise is set to bring an invasion of warships, submarines, aircraft and armed forces to Highland coastal waters from Saturday.


Highland youngsters offered chance to give Flora MacDonald’s pup their forever name in Inverness Castle contest.

01 May 2025
Highland youngsters offered chance to give Flora MacDonald’s pup their forever name in Inverness Castle contest.

Highland youngsters offered chance to give Flora MacDonald’s pup their forever name in Inverness Castle contest.

01 May 2025

It is the most faithful of Border Collies, having stood gazing patiently upwards at its owner with one paw raised since the late 19th century.


American football coach jailed for ‘tricking’ teenage boys into posing for naked photos and videos

24 April 2025
American football coach jailed for ‘tricking’ teenage boys into posing for naked photos and videos

American football coach jailed for ‘tricking’ teenage boys into posing for naked photos and videos

24 April 2025

An Inverness American football coach who “manipulated and tricked” two teenage boys into posing for naked photos and videos has been jailed.


Spending watchdog warns of Highland Council ‘challenges’ in delivering vision on roads, transport, buildings and digital

24 April 2025
Spending watchdog warns of Highland Council ‘challenges’ in delivering vision on roads, transport, buildings and digital

Spending watchdog warns of Highland Council ‘challenges’ in delivering vision on roads, transport, buildings and digital

24 April 2025

A public spending watchdog says Highland Council faces “challenges” in delivering ambitious infrastructure improvements in the next 20 years.


UPDATE: Police ‘inquiries continuing’ into potential new evidence in the hunt for the bodies of Andrew and Renee MacRae

12 April 2025
UPDATE: Police ‘inquiries continuing’ into potential new evidence in the hunt for the bodies of Andrew and Renee MacRae

UPDATE: Police ‘inquiries continuing’ into potential new evidence in the hunt for the bodies of Andrew and Renee MacRae

12 April 2025

Potential new evidence linked to the Renee and Andrew MacRae murder case is still being evaluated, police say.


BBC Scotland’s flagship political debate show coming to the Highlands

09 April 2025
BBC Scotland’s flagship political debate show coming to the Highlands

BBC Scotland’s flagship political debate show coming to the Highlands

09 April 2025

BBC Scotland is bringing its flagship political debate show to Inverness this month.


Police hunt 3 youths who “harassed” Citylink passenger between Aviemore and Inverness

09 April 2025
Police hunt 3 youths who “harassed” Citylink passenger between Aviemore and Inverness

Police hunt 3 youths who “harassed” Citylink passenger between Aviemore and Inverness

09 April 2025

Police are hunting three youths who menaced a bus passenger between Aviemore and Inverness.


‘We don’t hate anybody!’ – controversial Protestant parade set for Inverness return

07 April 2025
‘We don’t hate anybody!’ – controversial Protestant parade set for Inverness return

‘We don’t hate anybody!’ – controversial Protestant parade set for Inverness return

07 April 2025

A controversial parade by a Northern Ireland headquartered Protestant group is to be repeated in Inverness on April 12.


Microchipped ‘miracle’ cat missing from County Durham home shows up – 300 miles away in Inverness!

04 April 2025
Microchipped ‘miracle’ cat missing from County Durham home shows up – 300 miles away in Inverness!

Microchipped ‘miracle’ cat missing from County Durham home shows up – 300 miles away in Inverness!

04 April 2025

A cat who vanished in the north of England four months ago has been found – 300 miles away in Inverness.


Police watchdog probe dropped into car fire death crash near Daviot south of Inverness

04 April 2025
Police watchdog probe dropped into car fire death crash near Daviot south of Inverness

Police watchdog probe dropped into car fire death crash near Daviot south of Inverness

04 April 2025

Independent investigators have dropped a probe into a driver’s death in a car fire after a crash near Daviot.


UPDATE: Murder detectives confirm they are examining Renee and Andrew MacRae A9 find

25 March 2025
UPDATE: Murder detectives confirm they are examining Renee and Andrew MacRae A9 find

UPDATE: Murder detectives confirm they are examining Renee and Andrew MacRae A9 find

25 March 2025

Murder detectives hunting for the bodies of Renee and Andrew MacRae have confirmed they are examining possible evidence found by the A9.


EXCLUSIVE: Renee and Andrew MacRae murder detectives remove potty and carpet ‘evidence’ after A9 find

25 March 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Renee and Andrew MacRae murder detectives remove potty and carpet ‘evidence’ after A9 find

EXCLUSIVE: Renee and Andrew MacRae murder detectives remove potty and carpet ‘evidence’ after A9 find

25 March 2025

Murder investigators in the Renee and Andrew MacRae case have removed a child’s potty and carpet found south of the infamous A9 Dalmagarry layby.


American football coach found guilty of taking naked images of teenage boys

17 March 2025
American football coach found guilty of taking naked images of teenage boys

American football coach found guilty of taking naked images of teenage boys

17 March 2025

Inverness-based American football club says it ‘remains a safe place’ after conviction


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