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Estate up for grabs for £5 million

Estate up for grabs for £5 million

An estate where it is possible to bag a "MacNab" is about to go on the market with an asking price of £5 million. The Dalmagarry Estate close to Tomatin…


Who will pay for ski investment?

Who will pay for ski investment?

YESTERDAY’S report published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise provides a comprehensive state of play on the Scottish ski industry. It…


SNP need to make tracks on roads

SNP need to make tracks on roads

WAS very pleased to have the opportunity last Tuesday to speak at the conference of the International Association of Transport Professionals which was…


Teams on mid-air crash alert

Teams on mid-air crash alert

RESCUE teams from throughout Scotland converged on Grantown at the weekend for a major training exercise based on a mid-air collision.


Man sleepwalks into River Spey and lives to tell tale!

Man sleepwalks into River Spey and lives to tell tale!

A GRANTOWN camper "sleepwalked" into Scotland’s fastest-flowing river and lived to tell the tale almost without a scratch. Carer John Ord, who woke…


Three bad winters could shut all of Scotland's ski centres, claim

Three bad winters could shut all of Scotland's ski centres, claim

JUST three bad winters, revenue-wise, in a row could be enough to put all five of Scotland’s ski centres out of business, a new report claims. The…


Strath osprey chicks make good progress on the wing

Strath osprey chicks make good progress on the wing

Young ospreys from the Boat of Garten centre are making good progress as they make their epic first migration to their winter quarters in West Africa. Female…


Avalanche service issues reminder as winter approaches

Avalanche service issues reminder as winter approaches

WITH the first snow of winter predicted to fall this month, the Scottish Avalanche Information Service has just issued its annual report. SAIS co-ordinator…


Festival's venison flavoured ice cream will take some licking

Festival's venison flavoured ice cream will take some licking

THE world’s first venison ice cream will be among the food on offer at a festival in the Cairngorms taking place at the end of this month. Organisers…


Massive boulder means trunk road will have to close

Massive boulder means trunk road will have to close

Forestry Commission Scotland staff have met with the emergency services to discuss closing a busy Highland trunk road.


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Locals at risk urged to get their flu jab

Locals at risk urged to get their flu jab

More than 45 per cent of people aged under 65 in the NHS Highland area who are entitled to get the flu jab didn’t take up the offer last year. The…


More people than ever before making the 100 club

More people than ever before making the 100 club

The number of people in Scotland living for more than a century has reached a new high. Figures from the Registrar General estimate that in 2010 there…


Mum who drowned daughter at Raigmore Hospital is jailed

Mum who drowned daughter at Raigmore Hospital is jailed

A LOVE triangle mother who drowned her four-year-old daughter in the grounds of Raigmore Hospital in Inverness has been jailed for five and a half years.…


Scottish Government funding welcomed for new housing in Kingussie

Scottish Government funding welcomed for new housing in Kingussie

SKYE, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Dave Thompson has welcomed the announcement of Scottish Government funding for a further 43 homes within his own constituency,…


Belladrum tickets selling out fast

Belladrum tickets selling out fast

Belladrum's early bird tickets sold out in the first hour of being released and full priced tickets are being snapped up at an unprecedented rate, organisers…


Fighter jets to take to the skies over the strath

Fighter jets to take to the skies over the strath

THERE is expected to be an increase in the number of RAF jets and maritime aircraft in the skies above Badenoch and Strathspey in the coming days. The…


Strathspey Jags fade after bright start

Strathspey Jags fade after bright start

STRATHSPEY Thistle could not have made a better start to Saturday’s game as they opened the scoring with just 11 minutes on the clock.


A blueprint for the future?

A blueprint for the future?

THE rounds of consultation by the Cairngorms National Park Authority are exhaustive, but to be fair to them, they are required to draw up the blueprints…


New dual carriageway opens by Dalwhinnie

New dual carriageway opens by Dalwhinnie

A £10.4 million project to create 3.2 kilometres of badly-needed new dual carriageway on the A9 near Dalwhinnie has opened without any fanfare. Scottish…


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