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A9 average speed cameras already reducing speeding

A9 average speed cameras already reducing speeding

Transport Scotland has claimed the installation of average speed cameras on the A9 has already dramatically reduced speeding on the road.


Cairngorm mountain railway to close for essential maintenance

Cairngorm mountain railway to close for essential maintenance

Visitors to Cairngorm Mountain will not be able to travel on the funicular railway from Sunday to the following Friday.


RSPB supports further managed beaver reintroductions

RSPB supports further managed beaver reintroductions

More beavers could be reintroduced


Thompson welcomes progress on Land Reform Bill

Thompson welcomes progress on Land Reform Bill

Badenoch MSP Dave Thompson has welcomed the news that the Land Reform Bill will be brought before the Scottish Parliament before the end of its current…


Highland councillors want answers from top police officer on guns

Highland councillors want answers from top police officer on guns

Highland councillors have agreed to write to the Scottish Police Authority and Sir Stephen House, Chief Constable of Police Scotland, to express concerns…


Highlands' out of hours 'crisis' hitting ambulance service

Highlands' out of hours 'crisis' hitting ambulance service

A chief Scottish Ambulance Service worker has issued a warning about out of hours care saying it is stretching the service.


Cairngorms project bid to save one of Scotland's best loved flowers

Cairngorms project bid to save one of Scotland's best loved flowers

An innovative project in the Cairngorms National Park is set to protect one of Scotland’s most cherished wildflower.


Injured skier sues Cairngorm resort for £500,000

Injured skier sues Cairngorm resort for £500,000

A skier is suing CairnGorm Mountain for £500,000 after he broke his hip in a fall four years ago.


Delight with uptake in dog-microchipping in Highlands

Delight with uptake in dog-microchipping in Highlands

It was chips ahoy at Dogs Trust as the charity held five days of microchipping in Aviemore and elsewhere in the region.


Timetable outlined for new town near Aviemore

Timetable outlined for new town near Aviemore

Another important milestone has been reached in plans for a new town near Aviemore for up to 4,000 people with the submission of the masterplan.


Launch of new Highland capital flights to Dublin

Launch of new Highland capital flights to Dublin

Flybe has announced the launch of a new daily service from the Highlands capital to Dublin from this Autumn.


Highland police "did not explain gun policy very well"

Highland police "did not explain gun policy very well"

Highland Liberal Democrats have welcomed the engagement of Chief Superintendent Julian Innes in the ongoing debate over the routine use of armed police…


Scottish animal charity hot dogs warning

Scottish animal charity hot dogs warning

The Scottish SPCA is urging pet owners not to leave their dogs in hot cars this summer, warning that last year a man in Scotland was convicted for doing…


Highland League footballer sentenced for bar attack

Highland League footballer sentenced for bar attack

A footballer who assaulted a man in an Inverness night club was ordered to carry out 240 hours of community service and warned by a sheriff…


Landowners in Cairngorms National Park want to get more involved with renewable energy projects

Landowners in Cairngorms National Park want to get more involved with renewable energy projects

A survey of landowners in the Cairngorms National Park has been published today, providing information on the current activities of estates in the area…


Highland MSP Thompson hails land reform "success story"

Highland MSP Thompson hails land reform "success story"

The Scottish Government Land Reform Review Group has hailed the growth in community land ownership as a “Scottish success story”.


A new literary star for Strathspey and Badenoch?

A new literary star for Strathspey and Badenoch?

Aviemore Library will have an extra book on its shelves from next week, thanks to the launch of the strath’s latest novelist.


Highland MP meets with cheaper fuel campaigers

Highland MP meets with cheaper fuel campaigers

Danny Alexander, the strath’s Lib Dem MP and treasury minister,  invited FairFuelUK’s Quentin Willson and Howard Cox to the Treasury…


Win tickets for Skerryvore in Tomintoul next weekend!

Win tickets for Skerryvore in Tomintoul next weekend!

Top Scottish folk-rock band ‘Skerryvore’ are making their first appearance in the highest village in the Highlands this Saturday - and we…


Mountain group appalled by green light for massive Highlands wind farm

Mountain group appalled by green light for massive Highlands wind farm

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland has reacted with dismay to the Scottish Government’s decision to grant permission for a 67-turbine wind farm…


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