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Four Highlands pupils were hospitalised by legal highs

Four Highlands pupils were hospitalised by legal highs

A teenager who supplied legal highs to youngsters from an Inverness school which led to four pupils being hospitalised has been admonished by…


Salmond installed as favourite by leading bookmaker for Badenoch and Strathspey seat

Salmond installed as favourite by leading bookmaker for Badenoch and Strathspey seat

Could Salmond be on the Westminster and Badenoch and Strathspey menu?


Warning on A9 delays as improvements start

Warning on A9 delays as improvements start

Drivers are being warned to expect delays as a £2 million programme of road surface improvements on the A9 between Perth-shire and Ross-shire are…


Man lied to police about Eastgate Shopping Centre attack

Man lied to police about Eastgate Shopping Centre attack

A man who wasted police time by claiming he had been assaulted by two men in an underpass at the Eastgate Centre in Inverness was ordered to carry out…


Kingussie house extension wins architectural award

Kingussie house extension wins architectural award

The extension to a house in Kingussie has scooped one of the top prizes at the Highland and Islands Architectural Awards.


Highlands war hero to be laid to rest in Newtonmore

Highlands war hero to be laid to rest in Newtonmore

Sir Tommy Macpherson - one of Britain’s most daring soldiers who outfoxed the enemy whilst carrying out Winston Churchill’s orders to set…


Highland MSP calls for arms and tobacco investment re-think

Highland MSP calls for arms and tobacco investment re-think

A Highlands Independent MSP has called on parliamentary authorities to remove investments in fossil fuels, tobacco and the arms industry from…


Strath householders issued waste collection advice for winter

Strath householders issued waste collection advice for winter

As winter approaches, strath householders are being reminded that garden waste collections will cease for a period of three months from the end of November.


Police appeals for Badenoch and Strathspey

Police appeals for Badenoch and Strathspey

Ladder theft


Badenoch MSP welcomes support for grassroots football

Badenoch MSP welcomes support for grassroots football

A local MSP has welcomed an initiative to supply young footballers with new strips.


Mountain bike trails in Cairngorms National Park have successful first year

Mountain bike trails in Cairngorms National Park have successful first year

Mountain bike trails on Glenlivet Estate in the Cairngorms National Park have proven popular in their first year of operation.


Thompson calls for review into investigation of dead birds of prey

Thompson calls for review into investigation of dead birds of prey

Dave Thompson, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has called for a review into the investigation around how a significant number of raptors perished…


NHS Highland launches recruitment drive in England for rural GPs

NHS Highland launches recruitment drive in England for rural GPs

Doctors are so unwilling to work in remote and rural communities in the Highlands that the region’s health board has had to go south of the border…


American businesswoman thanks jury after not guilty verdict

American businesswoman thanks jury after not guilty verdict

An American businesswoman broke down in tears and turned towards a jury at Inverness to thank them after they unanimously found her not guilty of causing…


Free Highland Wildlife Park visit for drivers of red cars this month

Free Highland Wildlife Park visit for drivers of red cars this month

A ZOO-SIZED conservation challenge, special presentations from keepers and free entry for the drivers of red cars are all part of Highland Wildlife Park’s…


Police appeal for information after incident in Grantown

Police appeal for information after incident in Grantown

Police Scotland are seeking to trace the male driver of a black Peugeot 206, or similar style of car, which approached a female walking on Grant Road…


Highland MP calls for further investment in Inverness Airport

Highland MP calls for further investment in Inverness Airport

Highland MP Danny Alexander has written to Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urging the SNP government to release funds to upgrade the terminal building…


Row over public transport access to proposed Aviemore hospital

Row over public transport access to proposed Aviemore hospital

A group set up to co-ordinate transport and access for a new hospital in Aviemore has got off to a rocky start with members and officials clashing…


Busy Bonfire Night for north firefighters

Busy Bonfire Night for north firefighters

North firefighters faced a busy Guy Fawkes Night with initial figures showing Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews responded to 192…


Highland pupils could lose out claim in budget cuts

Highland pupils could lose out claim in budget cuts

Shortening the school day by half-an-hour will leave Highland youngsters trailing behind their counterparts in other parts of the country and could see…


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