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Support grows for Alain Baxter's bronze medal finish to be recognised

Support grows for Alain Baxter's bronze medal finish to be recognised

An online campaign demanding that Alain Baxter’s bronze medal is reinstated is continuing to gain momentum.


Preferred bidder for Cairngorm Mountain is announced

Preferred bidder for Cairngorm Mountain is announced

A year-long quest to identify a new operator for the publicly-owned Cairngorm funicular railway and associated visitor facilities has taken a significant…


Highland Council to get tough with sole trader dumpers

Highland Council to get tough with sole trader dumpers

A waste boss has warned that Highland Council would be vulnerable to prosecution if staff turned a blind eye to sole traders dumping rubbish at its…


VisitScotland can not rule out further closures of information centres

VisitScotland can not rule out further closures of information centres

For decades they have enticed holidaymakers through the doors but a major shake-up of Highland tourist offices – and the threat of potential closures…


Missing Kingussie man is traced

Missing Kingussie man is traced

An 80-year-old man who was reported missing earlier today has been found and is safe and well.


Badenoch and Strathspey MP's mugshot used in Jamaican scam

Badenoch and Strathspey MP's mugshot used in Jamaican scam

A photograph of Badenoch and Strathspey MP and Chief Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander has been used by a phone scammer targeting a woman in Kentucky.


Councils to fight decision to axe 999 control rooms

Councils to fight decision to axe 999 control rooms

A major campaign to overturn the hugely controversial axing of the Highlands’ fire and police 999 command rooms has kicked off and it could…


Tired A9 driver hit kerb several times, Inverness court told

Tired A9 driver hit kerb several times, Inverness court told

A tired driver who straddled the centre of the road while travelling south on the A9 and struck a kerb several times has been fined and banned.


Dava anti wind farm campaigners unhappy with Cairngorms park okay

Dava anti wind farm campaigners unhappy with Cairngorms park okay

Campaigners against plans for a wind farm near Grantown have voiced dismay that planning officers are recommending the Cairngorms National Park Authority…


Highland councillor claim other cabbies are stealing Inverness trade

Highland councillor claim other cabbies are stealing Inverness trade

An unhappy Inverness councillor has hit out at taxi drivers from other parts of the Highlands descending on the city and grabbing trade from the city’s…


Warning of roadworks near Cromdale

Warning of roadworks near Cromdale

A convoy system is to be in place betwween Mains of Advie and Tormore on the A95 as part of £100,000 resurfacing improvements.


Nethy Bridge woman given jail warning after missing community service

Nethy Bridge woman given jail warning after missing community service

A woman who admitted attempting to defraud the HSBC bank of £8,000 while working as a customer service adviser at an Aviemore call centre appeared…


Monarch of the Glen should be respected says Highlands MSP

Monarch of the Glen should be respected says Highlands MSP

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie McGrigor has said that red deer should be seen as a major part of Scotland’s heritage.


Huge amounts of snow at Cairngorm ski area

Huge amounts of snow at Cairngorm ski area

Staff at CairnGorm Mountain have been busy pushing and digging the massive snowfalls from recent storms in preparation for the anticipated huge influx…


Police appeal to identify man washed up in Highlands

Police appeal to identify man washed up in Highlands

Police have made a nationwide appeal to try and identify a man whose body was recovered from near the Skye Bridge last Autumn.


Badenoch MSP welcomes new Highlands emergency centre plan

Badenoch MSP welcomes new Highlands emergency centre plan

Badenoch MSP Dave Thompson has welcomed the announcement that Inverness police control centre will expand to become the new hub for major incidents and…


Ice rink and boat pond plan floated for Aviemore

Ice rink and boat pond plan floated for Aviemore

A big money development is being lined up in Aviemore near the River Spey with a skating rink, boating pond, cafeteria and crazy golf course amongst…


Police appeal after man receives facial injury in Kingussie disturbance

Police appeal after man receives facial injury in Kingussie disturbance

Police are appealing for information on a disturbance outside the Star Hotel in Kingussie in which a man sustained a facial injury.


Highlands 999 fire control room to be axed

Highlands 999 fire control room to be axed

Politicians in the Highlands have said they are deeply disappointed by confirmation from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service that the Inverness fire…


Rescue continuing for climber after fall in Cairngorms

Rescue continuing for climber after fall in Cairngorms

Police are currently co-ordinating an on-going mountain rescue near Coire an Lochain after receiving a report of a climber having fallen approximately…


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