Pictish Croy hoard to return to Highlands

BBC – Pictish jewellery uncovered at two sites in the Highlands and held in the National Museums Scotland collections are to go on show in Inverness. A solid silver chain made of 16 links and weighing 2.88kg (6.3lb) was found in 1808 at Torvean, Inverness, during the building of the Caledonian Canal. The Croy Hoard [...]

Husband and wife die in crash

BBC – A husband and wife have died in a collision between two cars near the Highland village of Croy. Driver Roy Johnson, 70, and wife Sandra, 63, were killed in the crash on the B9006 Cantraywood to Croy road, at about 1610 GMT on Thursday. Northern Constabulary said the couple, who were travelling in [...]

Dealer supplied drugs to his dad

Highland News – A CROY man hid a stash of drugs worth £4,200 at home for himself and his father to use. When police raided James Mowat’s home in Ardcroy Road, they found cannabis resin with a street value of £2,500, cannabis worth £1,000 and diazepam tablets worth £700 in a linen cupboard and other [...]

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 [...]

The owl who’s afraid of the dark!

Highland News – A WILD bird rescuer has been knocked off his perch by his latest recruit – a TV-loving tawny owl that is afraid of the dark! Tommy Horne, who runs a rescue centre from his home in Croy outside Inverness, was stunned to find out his newest bird is the tamest he has [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pickup and trailer stolen from Croy

A large white pickup and trailer have been stolen from an industrial shed near Croy, Inverness.
The Ford Ranger, resgistration R17SLE, and Ifor Williams trailer, registration H18SLE, were removed from the shed after it was broken into at around 8pm on Monday 28 June.
The trailer contained the following items:

Orange coloured Echo Strimmer SRM 5000,
Black and red [...]

Croy man fined for hare coursing

Press and Journal – A man from Croy, near Inverness, is one of two fined by a sheriff for taking part in a banned blood sport in the Aberdeenshire countryside. William Reid, 22, and James Hanratty, 49, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court yesterday where they admitted hare coursing in fields near Fyvie and Mintlaw.

Approval for fish processing plan

A group of councillors has failed in their attempt to overturn a decision to grant planning permission for a fish factory to be built near Croy – BBC

Fish plant row councillor gets phone threats

A councillor revealed yesterday she had been the target of “irate and threatening” phone calls and emails for challenging a planning application which promises to create almost 160 jobs, reports the Press and Journal

Air weapon victims hail hope of ban

Politicians and victims of air-gun crime last night welcomed proposals that would give Holyrood the power to ban the weapons in Scotland, reports the Press and Journal here

Plans for fish factory near Croy go on public display

RESIDENTS of an Inverness-shire community got their first look at plans for a fish processing and packaging factory in the area.
Press and Journal

Woman hit by airgun pellet

A woman was hit by an airgun pellet while crossing the road a road near Croy.
The incident happened at around 4pm when crossing the B9006 next to Ardcroy, and police are appealing for witnesses to the incident and are keen to speak to a group of youths seen nearby at the time. The woman was [...]