Long-time drink drive campaigner Dave Thompson MSP has written to UK Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling calling for Scotland to be given fully…
Scotland’s doctors are being balloted for a second time over ‘unfair’ pension changes.
Weeks after a Rangers fan was jailed for shouting sectarian abuse at a Caley Thistle match in Inverness, a Celtic fan has had a charge that he broke the…
The Royal Mail stamps for Christmas have now gone on sale and feature festive scenes created by the illustrator behind the best-selling book, The Gruffalo.
Efforts to encourage more children in the strath and wider Highlands to eat school meals are to be stepped up after it emerged the total number of pupils…
The Great British summer of sport took its toll on tourism business in Badenoch and Strathspey during the peak season, figures just published have revealed.
People living in Badenoch and Strathspey no longer have to travel more than 130 miles to Dundee to apply for a passport thanks to a new interview facility…
Demand and prices for deer stalking on Scottish estates have increased despite the recession, according to research carried out by sales agents Savills.
The Scottish SPCA has reported a surge in unwanted cats and kittens, with 26 homeless felines currently in the care of its Highlands and Islands Animal…
FEARS that the SNP would dominate the yes vote push in the Highlands, ahead of the historic independence ballot in 2014, have eased after the first campaign…
Around one million letters will be issued in Scotland during November to families affected by next year’s changes to Child Benefit.
The trial of a man facing allegations of illegally trading in wild birds eggs entered its third day yesterday (Thursday).
A bell rang to start religious prayers - before the full Highland Council meeting today (Friday) – in a bid to combat a legal threat to the decades…
Police have warned drivers to prepare for wintry conditions on roads in the Highlands.
A sheriff sent a message out to football fans that sectarian abuse from terracings in the Highlands would not be tolerated by the courts.
Two people have been charged with stealing goods and items of furniture from the home of the former owner of Rangers Football Club Craig Whyte at Castle…
Some of the snowiest and coldest conditions in at least a century are being forecast for the strath and the rest of the Highlands this winter.
Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard, has announced its intention to build a new malt whisky distillery and has…
A public inquiry into the controversial Allt Duine wind farm proposal will get underway this Monday in Aviemore.
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