Concerns over dangers in city one-way road system

Inverness Courier – LOCAL people are calling for action to improve safety on what they believe to be one of the busiest residential roads in Inverness. A survey revealed that in one 20 minute period 100 cars turned the corner from Lochalsh Road into Dunabban Road, Merkinch. The situation is exacerbated by the fact that [...]

Clach social club deal on verge of collapse

Inverness Courier – A DEAL key to the survival of Clachnacuddin FC is on the verge of collapse, The Inverness Courier has learned. The Highland Bangladeshi Association wants to purchase Clach’s social club so its 200 members can study the Koran and prayers. The plan is to lease the ground back to the football club [...]

Hotelier backs rail service campaign

Inverness Courier – A LEADING Inverness hotelier has joined the growing chorus to save direct London to Inverness rail links saying axeing it would be like severing the blood vessels from the heart to the rest of the body. Indranil Banerjee, Royal Highland Hotel regional manager, maintains any move to scrap the Highland Chieftain, which [...]

University of the Highlands and Islands bid assessed

BBC – An application seeking university status for a higher education institution is due to be considered by Scottish ministers in December. The prospective University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) bid is being assessed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). The QAA will make its recommendations to the Scottish government.

Man injured in Aberdeenshire hit-and-run

STV – A 49-year-old motorcyclist was taken to hospital after his vehicle was involved in a collision in Aberdeenshire. Grampian Police are investigating the accident that occurred on the B976 South Deeside Road at Dinnet. It happened between 5:30pm and 5:55pm on Monday, west of the entrance to Deecastle Farm. The other vehicle involved failed [...]

Highland road smash victim named

STV – Police confirmed the name of the man who was killed on the B9091 between Croy and Clephanton on Monday. 25-year-old Martyn MacLeod a student from Culloden, Inverness, was killed after his car burst into flames near Inverness Airport, just before 5pm. The alarm was raised by residents who heard a crash and then [...]

Arran gets on his bike in memory of brother Euan

The brother of a young boy who died from cancer has organised a fundraising event in his name.
The Euan Macrae Bike Ride will take place at Aldie Woods near Tain on Saturday the 11th September.
The Bike Ride is a fundraiser for CLIC Sargent, the children’s cancer charity, and is in memory of Euan from [...]

Sainsbury’s reveals plans for Elgin store

Press and Journal – Elgin residents met representatives of a supermarket giant at the weekend to hear plans to build their first store in the area and create 500 jobs. Sainsbury’s wants to demolish the former cattle mart in New Elgin Road and build a store and filling station. A pre-application consultation on the issue [...]

Communities minister checks out progress of projects

Press and Journal – THE Scottish minister for housing and communities visited Elgin yesterday to look at recent projects designed to attract more visitors and local people to the town centre. MSP Alex Neil looked at a variety of street improvements that cost £600,000. The Scottish Government’s town-centre regeneration fund provided money for the projects, [...]

Victim’s Facebook bid to keep rapist caged

Scottish Sun – A RAPE victim has bravely waived her right to stay anonymous – by setting up a Facebook campaign to keep her attacker behind bars. Traumatised Nicky Jones, 25, thought she was finally safe from her pervert stepdad Karl Roberts after he was caged for repeatedly assaulting her when she was aged just [...]

Jail for Moray pair who hid heroin inside their bodies

Press and Journal – A man and a woman who hid heroin worth more than £12,000 in their bodies were jailed yesterday. Michael Burrows, 51, and Sophie Griffiths, 21, were detained on Rothes High Street earlier this year after police received a tip-off. No drugs were found when they were strip-searched – but five hours [...]

Pupils get their hands on shinty’s top prize

Press and Journal – LUCKY pupils at Inverlochy Primary School at Fort William yesterday lived the dream of every young shinty fan when they got to lift the coveted Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup. The famous trophy was at Fort William as part of a specially-arranged tour to celebrate the Camanachd Cup final between Kingussie and [...]

Inverness worker sacked for failing to wear glasses

Press and Journal – An employment tribunal in Inverness heard yesterday that a line worker for a medical equipment company was sacked after he failed to wear his glasses and allowed defective equipment to pass through his checks. Duncan MacKenzie, 38, of High Street, Forres, had worked for Lifescan, Beechwood Park, Inverness, for eight years [...]

Council under fire over site work

Press and Journal – Inverness residents claim that Highland Council is acting illegally over a planned 64-house development in the east of the city. The Resaurie Residents Association claims the council has not enforced planning regulations after housebuilder Barratt began what the association alleges is “unlawful development” at a former dump at Resaurie. The council [...]

Man robbed of phone in Inverness

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old man had his phone stolen by a group of four men in the Bruce Gardens/Glenurquhart Road area of Inverness on Sunday (5 September 2010).
He was leaving an address in Bruce Gardens at around 9pm on Sunday and heading towards Glenurquhart Road when he was approached by four [...]

Dead buzzards prompt poisoning probe

Police in Badenoch are investigating the suspected poisoning of birds of prey in the area following the discovery of two dead buzzards at the weekend.
Officers were alerted by a member of the public who was shooting at an estate in the Badenoch area and came across a dead buzzard. A subsequent search of the area [...]

Conch project offers chance for young artists

Four aspiring artists will win a place to work with professionals when an art project comes to the Highlands at the weekend.
Inverness Old Town Art Project (IOTA) has four free places for young or emerging Highland-based artists working with film/sound/narratives to work alongside Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich for one day – Saturday 11th September [...]

Food fit for a prince – A chef’s blog

As Scottish Food Fortnight gets underway, Kieron Kelly, chef/owner of The Prince’s House Hotel, Glenfinnan, gives us some recipe ideas for the best local produce the Highlands has to offer…

A warm salad of woodpigeon and wild mushrooms with port reduction and walnut dressing
This is a fantastic dish which we serve at this time of year [...]

Driver dies in rural road crash

A driver has died following a collision on a rural road near Inverness.
The single vehicle accident happened at around 4.40pm today (Monday, 6th September) on the B9091 roadway between Croy and Clephanton.
The driver died at the scene and the road was closed for some time to allow a collision investigation to be undertaken. There were [...]

19-year-old killed in Aberdeenshire crash named

STV – A 19-year-old woman who died after a crash in Aberdeenshire has been named. Grampian Police named the victim of the fatal road crash as 19-year-old Laura Thomas from Rosehearty in Fraserburgh. The accident happened on the A981 road between Memsie and Strichen, near Memsie, late on Saturday night. Miss Thomas was killed after [...]

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