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Meetings to take place on future of Cairngorms National park next week

Meetings to take place on future of Cairngorms National park next week

ANYONE in Badenoch and Strathspey wanting to know more about plans for the future of the Cairngorms National Park is urged to go along to an information…


A9 row breaks out on eve of SNP conference

A9 row breaks out on eve of SNP conference

THE SCOTTISH Government and the number two man at the Treasury continue to be at loggerheads over improvements to the A9 Inverness-Perth road and other…


Work starts on botched £2.8M Moy overtaking lane

Work starts on botched £2.8M Moy overtaking lane

WORK to make improvements to an overtaking lane on the A9 at Moy which closed shortly after it was opened because of safety problems has finally started. The…


Sack peak chiefs call

Sack peak chiefs call

CONSERVATIONISTS are calling on the Government to “sack” the Highlands and Islands Development Board as managers of the controversial Cairngorm estate. They…


Alexander could be jettisoned in shake-up

Alexander could be jettisoned in shake-up

THE world of politics was so obsessed with the Liam Fox saga last week that you may have missed the really big story of the political battle ahead here…


Highlanders are living longer, claims new report

Highlanders are living longer, claims new report

Life expectancy has increased by almost three years for men and two years for women over the past decade, according to a report published today by the…


Opportunity Knocks for young Kincraig piper

Opportunity Knocks for young Kincraig piper

A talented Kincraig bagpiper will be following in his dad’s showbiz footsteps when he performs this weekend at the auditions for the hit TV show Britain’s…


Harrods of North put up for sale for £50 million

Harrods of North put up for sale for £50 million

A highly successful retailer founded by a Strathspey couple could be sold for £50million following their formal retirement from the business. Mark…


Strath MP welcomes funding to improve mobile phone coverage

Strath MP welcomes funding to improve mobile phone coverage

Local MP Danny Alexander has welcomed an announcement by the UK Government of a £150 million investment in providing greater mobile network coverage across…


Missing boy found safe and well

Missing boy found safe and well

NORTHERN Constabulary have said that a young boy who went missing yesterday has been found unharmed.


Badenoch watchdog looks for answers after poor election response

Badenoch watchdog looks for answers after poor election response

KINCRAIG Community Council which has been run for many years with 15 members came perilously close to folding after a disastrous response to its call…


Chinese restaurant given final hygiene warning

Chinese restaurant given final hygiene warning

A POPULAR restaurant has been given a final warning by food hygiene inspectors and told to review its entire operations. Owners of the Jimmy Chung’s…


£50K bill to find way round North's A&E hospital

£50K bill to find way round North's A&E hospital

Cash-strapped NHS Highland is spending £50,000 on new signs so visitors and patients can find their way around Raigmore Hospital. Work is already under…


CairnGorm Webcams

CairnGorm Webcams

Check conditions on the mountain by viewing these live images.


Grantown golfer misses out on Challenge Tour for now

Grantown golfer misses out on Challenge Tour for now

There was heartbreak for Grantown golfer Duncan Stewart, who just missed out on qualifying for next season’s Challenge Tour by a few hundred pounds. He…


The great divide is bridged

The great divide is bridged

All has been quiet on the western Laurel Brae front for more than two years but now it appears that the so-called Berlin Wall in Aviemore will shortly…


Aviemore's "Berlin Wall" is set to be knocked down

Aviemore's "Berlin Wall" is set to be knocked down

THE infamous so-called Berlin Wall in Aviemore is set to be knocked down and a once popular thoroughfare will re-open after a make-over. It will finally…


Aviemore all-weather pitch gets thumbs up from national park planners

Aviemore all-weather pitch gets thumbs up from national park planners

CAIRNGORMS National Park planners are recommending controversial plans for an artificial football pitch in Aviemore get the go-ahead despite the majority…


Highland councillor outlines IT blunders at Kincraig school

Highland councillor outlines IT blunders at Kincraig school

IT giant Fujitsu has assured Highland Council it will devote the necessary resources to deliver new computer equipment to schools and council offices. They…


SuBo set to appear in Eden Court musical

SuBo set to appear in Eden Court musical

GLOBAL singing sensation Susan Boyle will join the cast of "I Dreamed A Dream", the musical based on her life story, at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. The…


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