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Highland smokers urged to kick the habit

Highland smokers urged to kick the habit

Stopping smoking is the most important thing a smoker can do to improve their health and next week’s NHS Highland’s Who We Are Twitter account…


Highland SPL teams join fight against bowel cancer

Highland SPL teams join fight against bowel cancer

Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Ross County are urging their supporters to do the bowel screening test in a bid to detect the disease early.


Bid to block 2,000 homes in Cairngorms

Bid to block 2,000 homes in Cairngorms

A legal battle over plans for up to 2,000 in Badenoch and Strathspey is just about to resume in the country’s highest civil court.


CairnGorm Mountain set to welcome more skiers

CairnGorm Mountain set to welcome more skiers

The CairnGorm Mountain ski resort expects to continue to build on the 75,000 skiers and boarders who have already visited this season, well beyond last…


Rail passengers can text about trouble on trains

Rail passengers can text about trouble on trains

Rail passengers in the strath can now report incidents of anti-social behaviour on trains by text.


Council poised to install new street light bulbs

Council poised to install new street light bulbs

Spending  £120,000 on installing new street light bulbs in the strath and other parts of the Highlands will save more cash in the long run,…


MP welcomes new national park leader

MP welcomes new national park leader

Local MP Danny Alexander MP welcomed the news that the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) has appointed Grant Moir of Loch Lomond and the…


Formula 1 ace launches campaign

Formula 1 ace launches campaign

Former Formula 1 racing driver David Coulthard is urging drivers in the Highlands and Islands to adjust their speed on country roads to help reduce the…


Play matters in the Highlands

Play matters in the Highlands

For people where play is an important part of their work or local community, a seminar organised by Play Highland takes place today (Monday 4 March) in…


Exciting new competition at CairnGorm Mountain

Exciting new competition at CairnGorm Mountain

New kids on the snow block are staging the first British Skirider dual slalom open to all-comers using the latest must-have ski kit at CairnGorm Mountain…


Road reopens after traffic collision

Road reopens after traffic collision

The A9 has now been reopened following an earlier one vehicle road traffic collision on the northbound dual carriageway of the A9 at Tomatin.


Developers defend plans for major housing scheme in Kingussie

Developers defend plans for major housing scheme in Kingussie

Plans for a controversial new housing development in Kingussie which could eventually become home to as many as 750 people will breathe new life into…


Northern Irish firm hits back over Highland Council contract claims

Northern Irish firm hits back over Highland Council contract claims

An Irish firm - which is one of several to have won multi-million pound construction contracts in the Highlands - has hit back at claims it does…


Police name climber killed on Ben Nevis

Police name climber killed on Ben Nevis

Police have confirmed the details of a man who died after falling on Raeburn's Buttress on the North Face of Ben Nevis on Monday.


Highland Wildlife Park volunteers construct reindeer chute

Highland Wildlife Park volunteers construct reindeer chute

Nine Scottish Water employees based in the utility firm’s Inverness office spent a volunteering day constructing a reindeer chute at the Highland…


Highland heart patients offered new service

Highland heart patients offered new service

A new service is being offered to help patients with chronic heart failure in the strath.


Visitors encouraged to head to the Highlands this Spring

Visitors encouraged to head to the Highlands this Spring

Visitors from across Scotland are being encouraged to come to the Highlands during April, as part of a major initiative between VisitScotland and Scotland’s…


Local MSP raises concerns for veterans

Local MSP raises concerns for veterans

Concerns have been raised by local MSP Dave Thompson over the threat veterans in the Highlands are facing as a result of Westminster’s bedroom tax.


Major shake-up for Highland Council pension arrangements

Major shake-up for Highland Council pension arrangements

Posting out monthly pension payslips to 6,500 retired Highland Council workers is set to be scrapped as the cash-strapped local authority tries…


Local MP Danny Alexander plays part in 'Better Together' Campaign

Local MP Danny Alexander plays part in 'Better Together' Campaign

Local MP Danny Alexander and 'Better Together' chair Alistair Darling MP today met Highland business leaders to hear their views on the debate on Scotland's…


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