Crime

A four-day blitz on dangerous driving on the A9 by Police Scotland has led to 291 offences being detected.

The warning follows from an inquiry which reveals a report of the “horrific” crime was made to the police in relation to the 2022 event.

Two fires inside the grounds of Dornoch Cathedral were started deliberately, police in Sutherland said.

Campaigner Laura Hansler says it is ‘absolutely inexcusable’ that the highest recorded speed was 140 mph.

Two men were confronted by a hysterical man outside a Wester Ross hotel and one of them sustained a broken thigh bone when he was attacked.

The museum grounds have been closed after the senseless act.

The driver of one of the motorcycles, a 63-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run after a 4x4 knocked an Audi off the road in Easter Ross.

Ten drink drivers and four drug drivers were arrested by officers in various locations including Inverness.

Police Scotland have launched an appeal for witnesses after reports of stones being thrown at motor cyclists in Durness.

"Disappointed" police have hit out at a minority of commercial and agricultural vehicle motorists who flout drivers' hours rules and loading limits.

Police Scotland are asking for help after an incident of careless driving which saw a lorry coming off the road to avoid a collision near Melvich.

Police have urged residents in the north to sign up to a rural version of Neighbourhood Watch - to fight crime and stay alerted to emergency messages.

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for abusive and sexual offences Sutherland between April 2019 and December 2021, police have confirmed.

One woman has died following a serious crash on the A9, near Tore roundabout.

Aggressive scammers are targeting Highland residents, police have reported after a spate of incidents.

MORAY MP Douglas Ross has urged local MSPs to back Scottish Conservative calls to scrap the “dangerous” Hate Crime Act.

THE public is being urged to look out for signs of their personal information being misused as identity theft scams rise.

The alarm was raised by a councillor concerned mourners could be taken in by fraud.

NEW figures lay bare the true cost of crime to the high-street in the face of an alarming rise in theft and violence.