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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Highlands radio bulletin heard in Finland

BBC – A collector of distant radio signals has picked up a BBC Scotland local news bulletin broadcast in Finland. Teacher Jussi Suokas, 55, who lives in Joensuu, said it had been possible to tune into the FM signal because of a rare atmospheric phenomenon. Mr Suokas said he was able to listen to and [...]

Death crash drink-driver Paul Munro jailed

BBC – A mechanic who admitted causing the death of a young father-to-be by driving dangerously while under the influence of alcohol has been jailed. Danny McBean, 16, from Inverness, was a passenger in a car driven by Paul Munro, 21, of Bunchrew, which crashed near the city last September. Appearing at the High Court [...]

Rings stolen in sneak theft

Highland News – JEWELLERY and bank cards were stolen from a property in Gordonville Road, Inverness on Saturday evening. Northern Constabulary is now investigating the sneak-in theft which took place between 5.30-6.30pm. Amongst the items stolen were a gold engagement ring with three inset diamonds and a gold eternity ring with a circular patterns of [...]

Tim triumphs in monster challenge on Loch Ness

Press and Journal – A HIGHLAND man completed a monster challenge at the weekend by water ski-ing the length of Loch Ness non-stop. A tired but happy Tim Davis arrived at Lochend, outside Inverness, at 2pm on Saturday to be greeted by friends and family. Mr Davis, a 30-year-old father-of-four of Seaforth Road, Tain, set [...]

Council’s £1m bill for supply teachers

Press and Journal – HIGHLAND Council may have to spend more than £1million on supply teachers to comply with European rules on maternity leave. Regulations introduced in October 2008 mean staff are entitled to contractual benefits lost during their maternity leave. The rules have a particular impact on teaching staff because of their annual holidays [...]

Inverness Leisure Centre starts work to become ‘autism friendly’

Managers and instructors at Inverness Leisure underwent the first of a series of training workshops in Autism awareness as the start of a partnership with the National Autistic Society in Scotland.
The multi-award winning leisure centre is working with the NAS to devise a scheme which will make the facilities at Bught Park as ‘autistic [...]

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