Environment

'Feisty species' project under the environmental microscope

Making Space for Nature by Fiona MacLean

The quality of bathing waters in the Highlands will see areas ranked from sufficient to excellent, according to forecasts issued by SEPA.

Three sites have been identified for return to wild after absence of more than four centuries

Agencies meet with representatives by a beaver pond

Four days of strike action by Scottish Water staff will begin as planned on Friday over a pay dispute, with "serious implications" for services.

200 million single-use paper cups are used in Scotland each year, of which only 4 per cent are recycled - but a Highland scheme aims to change that.

She says: 'The move could incentivise landowners to restore their degraded peatlands and create more woodland.'

Work party clear eyesore site and now BEAR Scotland will correct its sign

The Highlands has an opportunity to become “Scotland’s true gateway to nature” as an appeal has gone out to nominate Scotland's next national park.

Has anyone lost their cocks, ask Badenoch cyclists?

The Highlands' multi-agency emergency response to Storm Babet has moved onto the recovery phase – but its teams warn dangers still persist.

A fresh weather warning has been issued for the Highlands by the Met Office.

The route had been badly affected by Storm Babet. Disruption continues elsewhere in the north.

The A9 trunk road linking the Highlands and central belt in closed in both directions due to Storm Babet, Traffic Scotland has confirmed.

There were wide power cuts reported in parts of Sutherland, with further incidents reported to the south of Inverness and south of Aviemore.

People are being urged not to travel within or to areas covered by a red 'danger to life' warning, and have advised caution in amber and yellow areas.

A red warning for exceptional rain posing a 'danger to life' has been extended over part of the A9 trunk road linking the Highlands and central belt.

The Met Office has also upgraded rain warnings for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire to amber; after issuing a revised red alert in the Grampians.

The council said its roads department is preparing itself to respond to flooding incidents when the storm hits.