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Amorous mail turns up from 1978

Amorous mail turns up from 1978

JUST like the Canadian Mounties, the Royal Mail always gets its man – or woman – albeit more than 30 years late in this case and with a lot of help. A…


Casualties taken to hospital after A9 crash

Casualties taken to hospital after A9 crash

Three people were taken to hospital after an accident which closed the region's arterial road for several hours by the Slochd summit. The A9 was closed…


Tributes paid to Newtonmore mountaineering legend

Tributes paid to Newtonmore mountaineering legend

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Newtonmore man – described as one of mountaineering’s most influential figures of the past half century – who has passed…


Going loco at Seafield Park

Going loco at Seafield Park

STRATHSPEY Thistle matched one of the favourites for this season’s Highland League championship, Inverurie Locos, for most of the first half of their…


Fight to combat tourist slump

Fight to combat tourist slump

SPEY VALLEY tourist operators are having to “fight hard” for every scrap of business this year. Local tourist office bookings may be up by eight per…


Piles of rubbish compared to Third World countries

Piles of rubbish compared to Third World countries

THE CHANGE to a fortnightly refuse collection service by Highland Council is being blamed for rubbish piling up and creating an eyesore and smell in local…


Tax move is music to our ears

Tax move is music to our ears

DEPUTY Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Treasury Chief Danny Alexander have righted an injustice and the UK Government is now covering the VAT shelled out…


Irresistible offer to escape the Scottish summer

Irresistible offer to escape the Scottish summer

PROBABLY due to the particularly unstable summer weather we have been experiencing, Aviemore‘s Angus MacNeill has been searching the Internet for accommodation…


Fantastic hiking in regal surroundings

Fantastic hiking in regal surroundings

APPROACHING Kylesku from the north, the first glimpse of Quinag can be intimidating. On dour days of scudding cloud she can look distinctly menacing,…


New Yorker takes Newtonmore games by storm

New Yorker takes Newtonmore games by storm

AN American lawyer on his honeymoon took Newtonmore Highland Games by storm to emerge as the champion in the heavies competition.


Romanian cashpoint skimmers are jailed

Romanian cashpoint skimmers are jailed

TWO Romanians described as ‘footsoldiers’ in an organised crime gang were jailed on Tuesday at Inverness Sheriff Court for attempting to steal money from…


Sheriff's warning to Liverpool drugs gangs

Sheriff's warning to Liverpool drugs gangs

A SHERIFF issued a stern warning to Liverpool gangs that they would be severely dealt with by courts for trying to bring drugs into the Highlands. Sheriff…


Bloggers wing their way to strath

Bloggers wing their way to strath

A GROUP of fans of Loch Garten’s resident ospreys and their chicks have winged their way to the attraction from across the UK and even further afield. Staff…


North of Scotland Open Tennis Champs results

North of Scotland Open Tennis Champs results

Grantown on Spey North of Scotland Tennis Tournament results. We have still to receive the results of the finals.


Site of Cromdale battle to be protected

Site of Cromdale battle to be protected

THE SITE of the Battle of Cromdale has been proposed for inclusion for protection as one of the country’s most important battlefields by Historic Scotland. The…


No Indian Summer on the horizon - sorry

No Indian Summer on the horizon - sorry

THERE is no Indian Summer on the horizon to help vanquish the memory of the current doom and gloom over Badenoch and Strathspey. Forecaster James…


Kingussie High School makes Oxbridge grade

Kingussie High School makes Oxbridge grade

KINGUSSIE High School is one of just a handful of secondary schools in Scotland to make the top 100 comprehensives in the UK for pupils reaching Oxbridge. The…


Newtonmore neighbours hit the jackpot

Newtonmore neighbours hit the jackpot

Six lucky families on a Newtonmore street are currently sporting big beaming smiles after hitting the jackpot. The neighbours on Clune Terrace scooped…


Nervous start to Jags' campaign

Nervous start to Jags' campaign

Strathspey Thistle manager Brian Ritchie could have been forgiven for feeling slightly nervous ahead of Saturday’s season curtain-raiser at Nairn County. However,…


In the footsteps of Peter the Priest

In the footsteps of Peter the Priest

JUST south of Braemar, a long glen slashes its way into the wind-scoured wastes of the vast Lochnagar/Glenshee plateau – a high and lonely place that…


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