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A9 Highland dual carriageway plans met with delight and scepticism

A9 Highland dual carriageway plans met with delight and scepticism

The Scottish Government’s announcement that the A9 Perth-Inverness road will be dualled by 2025 has been hailed as proof that Highland transport links…


Minimum alcohol pricing law backed in the Highlands

Minimum alcohol pricing law backed in the Highlands

A proposed minimum alcohol price in the Highlands has been welcomed by the region’s licensing authority. However, the Highland Licensing Board, which…


Police warning over road conditions in Badenoch and Strathspey

Police warning over road conditions in Badenoch and Strathspey

Northern Constabulary have said that the B9007 (Dava) Ferness to Carrbridge road is closed again at the snow gates. They report that all other routes…


Caman was an offensive weapon, Inverness court hears

Caman was an offensive weapon, Inverness court hears

A man who was in the Eastgate shopping centre with a shinty stick admitted being in possession of an offensive weapon at Inverness Sheriff Court.


Aviemore roadworks postponed because of bad weather

Aviemore roadworks postponed because of bad weather

The proposed resurfacing works on the B9152 Lynwilg A9 link road near Aviemore have been postponed.


Security firm pledges to catch out love cheats in Badenoch and Strathspey

Security firm pledges to catch out love cheats in Badenoch and Strathspey

An Inverness based security firm is branching out to catch love cheats in the strath and the wider Highlands. The Castle Group based at Dalcross Industrial…


Missing Grantown man found by police

Missing Grantown man found by police

Police have just said that missing Grantown man Steven Matheson has been traced safe and well in the Inverness area.


Council workers to get extra day off thanks to The Queen

Council workers to get extra day off thanks to The Queen

Staff working for Highland Council will enjoy a day off next year to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s reign. The monarch’s Diamond Jubilee…


Fears for Kingussie hospital despite NHS assurances

Fears for Kingussie hospital despite NHS assurances

Fears for the future of St Vincent’s Hospital in Kingussie remain despite assurances from NHS Highland that it is safe from closure. Nigel Small, general…


Bomb scare man case heard in Inverness court

Bomb scare man case heard in Inverness court

A man who called Lifescan Scotland and told them there was a bomb at a factory in Inverness has had sentence deferred.


Grantown Grammar School latest . . .

Grantown Grammar School latest . . .

The latest news from Grantown Grammar as provided by the school.


Scottish Government bid to help with mortgage problem

Scottish Government bid to help with mortgage problem

The Scottish Government is telling planning authorities not to use occupancy restrictions on new rural housing because of the problems they cause when…


Grantown to explore case for returning to Moray

Grantown to explore case for returning to Moray

ARE Grantonians getting a raw deal under Badenoch and Strathspey District Council, and would they be better off back in Moray?


Help at hand for young jobless

Help at hand for young jobless

THE steady rise in youth unemployment across the UK since 2004 reached one million this month.


A welcome change

A welcome change

THE Scottish Government’s chief planning officer has issued guidance to planning bodies that Section 75 agreements should no longer be used.


Kingussie WWII bomber wreckage goes on show

Kingussie WWII bomber wreckage goes on show

Retrieved parts of a World War II bomber which crashed near Kingussie during a training exercise have been given centre stage at an RAF base. The Avro…


Little sign of pensions dispute in Badenoch and Strathspey apart from school closures

Little sign of pensions dispute in Badenoch and Strathspey apart from school closures

NHS Highland health chiefs have said that everything has been running smoothly despite today’s nationwide public sector strike. They said there were…


Roadworks will affect A9 on Inverness outskirts

Roadworks will affect A9 on Inverness outskirts

Motorists from the strath heading to Inverness are being warned of possible delays next week as work continues on the A9 Inshes slip road.


Treasury chief Danny Alexander hits out at strike action

Treasury chief Danny Alexander hits out at strike action

Nationwide strike action today by public sector workers, which has resulted in the closure of schools across the strath, has been roundly condemned by…


Plans to scrap RAF Lossiemouth search and rescue role condemned

Plans to scrap RAF Lossiemouth search and rescue role condemned

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has criticised the UK Government’s decision to strip RAF Lossiemouth’s search and rescue role and let private…


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