Search team find body at Cluanie

Search teams looking for a man who went missing after a party in a remote part of the Highlands have found a body.
Following a search by police dog handlers, the Search and Rescue Dog Association, Red Cross and members of the Glenelg Mountain Rescue Team, the body of a male person was recovered at about [...]

Youngster airlifted to Glasgow after Caithness crash

STV – A youngster was seriously hurt after an early morning car crash in Caithness. Second year Wick High pupil Reece Whittaker-Firth was a passenger in the Citroen which left the A99 Wick to Latheron road, near Forse, and rolled several times before coming to rest. The youngster was taken to Caithness General Hospital in [...]

Search is on for Highland King and Queen (of Tarts)!

Highland News – A GHOULISH hunt is on to find the city’s scariest folk who are game for a laugh to help launch the biggest Hallowe’en Party in the Highlands. Based on the classic book Alice In Wonderland, this year’s Winter Festival theme has a twist and is being called Malice in Wonderland. Those who [...]

Red alert texts in Aberdeen to aid squirrel grey area

BBC – A pilot scheme to help squirrels by texting sightings has been launched in the north of Scotland. The aim is to collect data on squirrel distribution by encouraging the city’s residents to report seeing squirrels by sending a text message. The scheme is thought to be the first of its kind in the [...]

Council give cash backing to Commonwealth Games cyclist

Caithness Members of the Highland Council have come to the aid of a member of the Scottish Commonwealth team by agreeing to fund the purchase of a new racing frame required for this years games from their discretionary budgets.
Evan Oliphant from Wick who is a member of the Scottish road and track cycling team and, [...]

Points failure led to Dingwall train derailment

BBC – A points failure and problems with a system designed to warn train drivers led to a derailment near Dingwall, according to a report. None of the 60 passengers, the driver or an attendant were badly injured in the incident in January this year. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said an indicator failed [...]

Rock star made dreams come true!

North Star – FIVE teenage Ross-shire musicians have just returned from a dream trip to London where they rubbed shoulders with stars of the pop world. The youngsters, who play a variety of traditional musical instruments, were invited to the bright city lights following an encounter with pop sensation Edwyn Collins during the summer.

Rethink plea on new school plans

North Star – PLANS for a new state of the art primary school to serve the split communities of Conon Bridge and Maryburgh have come under fire. This week, Highland Council’s education, culture and sport department lodged an application with planners seeking approval for the construction of a new single primary school on Leanaig Road [...]

Telly addict owl becomes TV star

Highland News – A TV-loving tawny owl has become a star of the small screen in his own right after the HN last week exclusively revealed his remarkable tale. And our story of the wild bird who is also afraid of the dark but is the tamest owl his rescuer has ever seen was also [...]

BBC spending debate audience sought

BBC – Tickets are available for a BBC Radio Scotland debate in Inverness, as public funding in the Highlands and Islands faces the biggest squeeze for decades. The programme will be recorded in Inverness on the evening of 12 October, for broadcast the next day. Politicians will face questions from members of the audience. Anyone [...]

Paralysed trampoline teacher back at school

BBC – An Aberdeenshire teacher who was paralysed from the shoulders down in a trampoline accident has returned to school to take classes. David Henderson, 36, fell while demonstrating exercises at the Gordon Schools in Huntly in 2007. He had now returned, one day a week initially, in his motorised wheelchair. Mr Henderson has also [...]

Underwater robot finds Dounreay radioactive hot spots

BBC – An underwater robot has recovered more than 250 radioactive particles from the seabed off Dounreay since it began operations two months ago. The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) was built at a cost of more than £800,000 to find and retrieve the hot spots.

Addictions aid group goes into print in fundraiser

Press and Journal – AN INVERNESS charity for recovering drug addicts is branching out into the world of publishing in an effort to raise more funds. For The Right Reasons, which is based in Merkinch, has printed and published three original books which it hopes to sell in bookshops across the region. The charity’s director, [...]

Churches in scheme to take in homeless

Press and Journal – Inverness churches will be opening their doors to offer shelter to rough sleepers during the region’s harshest winter months. The direct access accommodation service will build on the successes of care shelters, which were run by the churches of Inverness in conjunction with the Bethany Christian Trust in 2008 and 2009. [...]

MS sufferer hits out over medic

Press and Journal – A doctor struck off for exploiting vulnerable multiple sclerosis sufferers was branded a “conman who should go to jail” last night by an Inverness woman he treated. Robert Trossel could now be sued by hundreds of MS patients and others with spinal-cord injuries who travelled to the Netherlands to be given [...]

Elgin chef lands a whopping 165lb halibut!

Press and Journal – FOOD lovers dining at a Moray hotel are in for a big treat, now that a halibut weighing 165lb – more than 11 stone – is on the menu. The fish was caught near Scrabster and will soon be served up in dishes at the Mansefield Hotel at Elgin. Buckie supplier [...]

Families could be paid for care work

Press and Journal – FAMILIES or individuals in Moray could be paid to take in and care for pensioners and disabled people, it emerged yesterday. Self-employed carers will be linked up with people in need of day, overnight or long-term respite care under a Moray Council project called the Shared Lives Service. Council community services [...]

Lossiemouth swimming pool faces closure threat

Press and Journal – A swimming pool in a Moray town could be forced to close because of local authority cutbacks. The community facility at Lossiemouth could shut when Moray Council meets in February to finalise its annual budget, the Press and Journal has learned. The closure would leave people in the town having to [...]

Fears of orthopaedic ward closure

Press and Journal – Fears have been raised that the Highlands’ only orthopaedic ward could be closed as part of changes to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. Discussions have been held with staff in ward 3C over moves to reduce the number of beds in the department. The busy 30-bed ward deals with patients who require procedures [...]

Prisoners give generously to RNLI

Prisoners at Porterfield Prison in Inverness today donated £200 from their Common Good Fund towards saving lives at sea in the Inverness area.
It was the prisoners themselves who decided that they wished to support the volunteers of the RNLI with a donation from their common good fund recognising the vital role that the RNLI [...]

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