A 47-year-old man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court charged with attempted murder following the alleged stabbing of a 51-year-old man.
A Highland woman was caught driving before midday while more than four times the alcohol limit.
Cannabis user refused to leave partner alone
Ryan Finlay from Huyton pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine
Christopher Adams from North Carolina tendered a guilty plea to causing serious injury by careless driving on the A9 near the Ralia junction.
They were recruited to assist in the sale of heroin in the Highlands.
The move to ‘better serve’ the north follows Kate Forbes’ call to dismantle the local authority.
18-year-old had been drinking several hours earlier with friends and thought he was ‘alright’ before accident by Granish junction.
The 63-year-old victim was on his way to the Highlands to travel on the North Coast 500 - a ‘bucket list’ trip he’d been dreaming of doing.
Cocaine worth more than £200,000 has been recovered by police in a raid on the A9.