Environment

Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Flow Country will unlock a raft of economic, environmental and social opportunities, it has been predicted.

A delegation of senior representatives from rocket manufacturing firm Orbex attended Tongue Community Council meeting earlier this month.

A far north distillery is raising a glass to 10 years in business by releasing a limited edition Caithness gin.

A designated space where children can connect with nature is being created at the Dark Pool in Culag Woods.

Highland Council should know by early next month whether homes and businesses face a summer of overflowing bins and stench on the streets.

Orbex will be the first UK rocket manufacturer to establish a base in London.

Life-saving skills were learnt at a BDMLR training day, which saw “stunning weather” and volunteers from across the Highlands taking part.

A charity is calling wildlife enthusiasts in the region to join a monitoring initiative to track the impact of climate change on butterflies.

Pupils at an east Sutherland primary school have been taking positive climate action with the help of Timespan.

A play inspired by the construction of Sutherland’s new spaceport is set to tour around the Highlands and Islands next month.

Two senior members of a Wester Ross community garden team are about to hang up their forks and trowels and step down from their volunteering duties.

Scottish Green MSP Ariane Burgess marked World Population Day by focusing on the challenges of rural depopulation in the Highlands.

Achmelvich beach has been recognised as one of only two Highland hotspots in the newly published list.

Highland Council has launched a 12-week public consultation on its draft ecology strategy and action plan.

Orbex are seeking planning permission to site the antenna park on the top of Ben Tongue away from the main spaceport site.

Sea Watch Foundation announces the return of its National Whale and Dolphin Watch, a 10-day-long event taking place from July 26 to August 4.

All of Wester Ross is facing the most intense numbers of the Scottish menacing insects.

The Scottish Government wants to appoint two new land commissioners and a new tenant farming commissioner to join the Scottish Land Commission board.

The mystery of mass bumblebee deaths at Golpsie deepened after a local man detailed a strange phenomenon that could be linked to the sad event.

The Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for slow-moving and heavy rain leading to impacts on travel and infrastructure across Caithness.