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Specialist wild fire resources trying to protect nearby properties

“Keep windows and doors closed” plea as barley and forestry burns.

4 fire engines and helicopter tackle fresh wildfire on A939 Nairn-Dava road

Appliances from Inverness, Nairn, Grantown-on-Spey and Forres were scrambled to the scene at 2.35pm amid an active extreme wildfire warning.

Thunder and heavy rain forecast sparks weather warning for Highlands and Moray

The warning is in force on Saturday and Sunday, amid forecasts for locally persistent rainfall in some parts of Highland and Moray.

‘Fire in heather and trees’ - Six appliances attend Dava blaze

Police Scotland closed the road at Logie while fire teams extinguished a blaze at Dava.

Aviemore beauty spot causes quite a stink during heatwave

Pollution now being addressed by Scottish Water team, locals assured

Official: a record July heat for Badenoch and Strathspey

Army of weather stations around the area conscripted to provide pin-point accuracy across the strath

Aviemore gathering hears demand for check on ‘creeping corporate takeover’ of Highland landscape

Strath’s farmers and crofters ‘not getting fair share’ from public purse

Fresh Dava fire reported amid active extreme wildfire warning

Firefighters have again been scrambled to Dava after another wildfire in the area. The call came in at 3.02pm.

Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen launches 3 luxury Loch Ness holiday cottages – including one starting at £720 a night

Scotland’s wealthiest man is launching three new luxury holiday cottages near Loch Ness.

WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

The Labour government’s energy secretary fears businesses there could ‘face damage to their competitiveness’.

Badenoch and Strathspey warned: it’s going to be HOT

Extreme wildfire warning cross the country, says SFRS

Firefighters battle through the night to control new wildfire at Dava Moor

Firefighters have been battling through the night to extinguish a wildfire that last night closed the A940 Forres to Dava road.

Will government support Strathspey and Moray business now?

MSP calls for compensation after ‘not even bothering’ to rouse emergency response to wildfires

Rare species of bird is focus of protection at loch

A rare species of bird could help to be protected after feedback was collected from a public consultation launched by The Highland Council.

‘Never again’ in Strathspey and Moray, says new anti-wildfire group

Anti-BBQ petition raised and a demand for improved response from authorities

Dozens of eyesore 4G masts in Highland beauty spots dropped amid wider U-turn

Ecstatic groups fighting plans for a swathe of 4G masts in some of the Highlands’ most unspoilt landscapes are declaring victory after a sharp u-turn.

‘Rethink needed on new muirburn restrictions in wake of wildfires’ argue gamekeepers

Scotland’s gamekeepers have urged a rethink on incoming muirburn licensing restrictions in the wake of this week’s massive wildfires.

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Specialist wild fire resources trying to protect nearby properties

4 fire engines and helicopter tackle fresh wildfire on A939 Nairn-Dava road

4 fire engines and helicopter tackle fresh wildfire on A939 Nairn-Dava road

Thunder and heavy rain forecast sparks weather warning for Highlands and Moray

Thunder and heavy rain forecast sparks weather warning for Highlands and Moray

‘Fire in heather and trees’ - Six appliances attend Dava blaze

‘Fire in heather and trees’ - Six appliances attend Dava blaze

Aviemore beauty spot causes quite a stink during heatwave

Aviemore beauty spot causes quite a stink during heatwave

Official: a record July heat for Badenoch and Strathspey

Official: a record July heat for Badenoch and Strathspey

Aviemore gathering hears demand for check on ‘creeping corporate takeover’ of Highland landscape

Aviemore gathering hears demand for check on ‘creeping corporate takeover’ of Highland landscape

Fresh Dava fire reported amid active extreme wildfire warning

Fresh Dava fire reported amid active extreme wildfire warning

Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen launches 3 luxury Loch Ness holiday cottages – including one starting at £720 a night

Billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen launches 3 luxury Loch Ness holiday cottages – including one starting at £720 a night

WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

WATCH: Ed Miliband says cutting Scotland’s energy costs ‘unfair’ to Midlands and South of England

Badenoch and Strathspey warned: it’s going to be HOT

Badenoch and Strathspey warned: it’s going to be HOT

Firefighters battle through the night to control new wildfire at Dava Moor

Firefighters battle through the night to control new wildfire at Dava Moor

Will government support Strathspey and Moray business now?

Will government support Strathspey and Moray business now?

Rare species of bird is focus of protection at loch

Rare species of bird is focus of protection at loch

‘Never again’ in Strathspey and Moray, says new anti-wildfire group

‘Never again’ in Strathspey and Moray, says new anti-wildfire group

Dozens of eyesore 4G masts in Highland beauty spots dropped amid wider U-turn

Dozens of eyesore 4G masts in Highland beauty spots dropped amid wider U-turn

‘Rethink needed on new muirburn restrictions in wake of wildfires’ argue gamekeepers

‘Rethink needed on new muirburn restrictions in wake of wildfires’ argue gamekeepers

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