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ScotRail’s half-price student offer returns this Christmas with 'sleighed ticket prices'

19 November 2022
ScotRail’s half-price student offer returns this Christmas with 'sleighed ticket prices'

ScotRail’s half-price student offer returns this Christmas with 'sleighed ticket prices'

19 November 2022

ScotRail has confirmed its half price offer for Scottish students will return this Christmas.


Tickets available for Belladrum as lineup is announced

19 November 2022
Tickets available for Belladrum as lineup is announced

Tickets available for Belladrum as lineup is announced

19 November 2022

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival has unveiled two headliners for next year's event, Travis and Sigrid – tickets on sale from today (Nov 18).


Council house tenants in arrears are 'vulnerable and in need of support' and legal action is a last resort

17 November 2022
Council house tenants in arrears are 'vulnerable and in need of support' and legal action is a last resort

Council house tenants in arrears are 'vulnerable and in need of support' and legal action is a last resort

17 November 2022

Highland Council discussed the impact that the cost of living crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic have had on tenants experiencing rent arrears.


PICTURES: Rare find of Pictish stone at north Highland graveyard by Thurso woman looking for ancestors

11 November 2022
PICTURES: Rare find of Pictish stone at north Highland graveyard by Thurso woman looking for ancestors

PICTURES: Rare find of Pictish stone at north Highland graveyard by Thurso woman looking for ancestors

11 November 2022

A Thurso woman researching her family tree had the find of a lifetime when she discovered an ancient Pictish stone which may date back 1300 years.


Lorry crashes at accident blackspot near Lybster

10 November 2022
Lorry crashes at accident blackspot near Lybster

Lorry crashes at accident blackspot near Lybster

10 November 2022

A lorry came off the A99 road at Occumster near Lybster this morning at a notorious accident blackspot.


PICTURE SPECIAL: Vintage vehicle club honours stalwart David Green with memorial tour through Sutherland

07 November 2022
PICTURE SPECIAL: Vintage vehicle club honours stalwart David Green with memorial tour through Sutherland

PICTURE SPECIAL: Vintage vehicle club honours stalwart David Green with memorial tour through Sutherland

07 November 2022

A far north vintage motoring club held a special event in memory of the late David Green who helped organise its annual rallies at John O'Groats.


ScotRail confirms normal service will resume on Inverness to Wick route tomorrow

07 November 2022
ScotRail confirms normal service will resume on Inverness to Wick route tomorrow

ScotRail confirms normal service will resume on Inverness to Wick route tomorrow

07 November 2022

ScotRail has confirmed that its full timetable will resume tomorrow (Tuesday, November 8).


Author follows in the footsteps of ghosts with new book 'The Stone of Destiny'

29 October 2022
Author follows in the footsteps of ghosts with new book 'The Stone of Destiny'

Author follows in the footsteps of ghosts with new book 'The Stone of Destiny'

29 October 2022

This Halloween sees the release of The Stone of Destiny, the second instalment of Andrew Neil MacLeod’s The Casebook of Johnson and Boswell trilogy.


Council to set out ELC budget position

24 October 2022
Council to set out ELC budget position

Council to set out ELC budget position

24 October 2022

An update on the Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) budget position is provided in a new report from Highland Council.


Sutherland residents urged to get help with bills and debt as survey reveals 600,000 Scots are struggling.

21 October 2022
Sutherland residents urged to get help with bills and debt as survey reveals 600,000 Scots are struggling.

Sutherland residents urged to get help with bills and debt as survey reveals 600,000 Scots are struggling.

21 October 2022

Bills and debt information from Advice Direct Scotland.


PICTURES: Lejog record breaking swimmer hits Groats after enduring swarms of jellyfish, sharks and a military exercise en route

19 October 2022
PICTURES: Lejog record breaking swimmer hits Groats after enduring swarms of jellyfish, sharks and a military exercise en route

PICTURES: Lejog record breaking swimmer hits Groats after enduring swarms of jellyfish, sharks and a military exercise en route

19 October 2022

Jasmine Harrison completed a record breaking Lejog coastal swim on Tuesday and the first to greet her at the harbour was her delighted spaniel, Bonnie


New environmental film 'The Dreaming Bog' by Sutherland filmmaker to be screened in Helmsdale this weekend

12 October 2022
New environmental film 'The Dreaming Bog' by Sutherland filmmaker to be screened in Helmsdale this weekend

New environmental film 'The Dreaming Bog' by Sutherland filmmaker to be screened in Helmsdale this weekend

12 October 2022

Timespan in Helmsdale is hosting a screening of a new environmental film, The Dreaming Bog, on Saturday.


World Mental Health Day is on Monday – links for help and advice

08 October 2022
World Mental Health Day is on Monday – links for help and advice

World Mental Health Day is on Monday – links for help and advice

08 October 2022

The Highland Council supports World Mental Health Day on Monday (October 10) and encourages people to reach out for help.


WATCH: See dramatic coastguard rescue as eight members of fishing crew are saved as vessel sinks

07 October 2022
WATCH: See dramatic coastguard rescue as eight members of fishing crew are saved as vessel sinks

WATCH: See dramatic coastguard rescue as eight members of fishing crew are saved as vessel sinks

07 October 2022

Eight crew members have been rescued after a fishing vessel sank following a collision with another vessel in the North Sea.


Caithness and Sutherland's Flow Country may benefit as Scotland’s New National Park stakeholder consultation is launched

07 October 2022
Caithness and Sutherland's Flow Country may benefit as Scotland’s New National Park stakeholder consultation is launched

Caithness and Sutherland's Flow Country may benefit as Scotland’s New National Park stakeholder consultation is launched

07 October 2022

The Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland may achieve national park status after the launch of a consultation today.


Windy Wednesday forecast by Met Office for Sutherland

04 October 2022
Windy Wednesday forecast by Met Office for Sutherland

Windy Wednesday forecast by Met Office for Sutherland

04 October 2022

The Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for gusts of wind that may reach 70 to 80 mph across Sutherland and other parts of Highland.


WATCH: Mammoth rope of almost 600lb removed from Dunnet beach thanks to Caithness Beach Cleans team – see how they haul out the hawser

02 October 2022
WATCH: Mammoth rope of almost 600lb removed from Dunnet beach thanks to Caithness Beach Cleans team – see how they haul out the hawser

WATCH: Mammoth rope of almost 600lb removed from Dunnet beach thanks to Caithness Beach Cleans team – see how they haul out the hawser

02 October 2022

Members of a local beach cleaning team had their hands full this week when they hauled out a massive mooring rope from a ship laid up on Dunnet beach.


BBC is looking for secret singing talent in Sutherland

02 October 2022
BBC is looking for secret singing talent in Sutherland

BBC is looking for secret singing talent in Sutherland

02 October 2022

BBC Scotland is on a mission to create a unique choir led by vocal coach to the stars, Yvie Burnett, for her new series, ‘Scotland Sings’.


Met Office warns of strong winds across north-west and north Sutherland coast

29 September 2022
Met Office warns of strong winds across north-west and north Sutherland coast

Met Office warns of strong winds across north-west and north Sutherland coast

29 September 2022

A spell of very windy weather is expected on Friday.


Saved from the crusher – vintage car Bluebell takes to the roads of Caithness and visits Castle of Mey

27 September 2022
Saved from the crusher – vintage car Bluebell takes to the roads of Caithness and visits Castle of Mey

Saved from the crusher – vintage car Bluebell takes to the roads of Caithness and visits Castle of Mey

27 September 2022

The sun shone brightly around the Castle of Mey on Sunday as members of a vintage vehicle club paid homage to one very special little car.


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