Health

A Lybster man raised over £3000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance with a sponsored bike ride and talked about his encounter with a poisonous adder.

Getting set to retire, Dr Tim Allison looks back on challenges and stresses the importance of small changes.

“Every day when I wake up, my daily mantra is to thank my donor and his family,” Angela Wilson says.

John Davidson joined a visually impaired walking group in the Highlands and learned that the support they offer is invaluable to its members

Helmsdale Village Hub is run by Connecting Communities and provides a variety of activities and services to encourage socialising and staying active.

Mr Bush, who has Achiltibuie base, said: “I’m so proud to read ‘neglected tropical diseases' in the King's birthday honours”.

Alistair Risk, who is undergoing cancer treatment, is fundraising for a charity that has provided him with “fantastic support”.

A Care Inspectorate review revealed scores of ‘good’ in all areas for Crossreach Oversteps.

Talking about organ donation today can ease unimaginable decisions tomorrow.

As LibDem far north candidate David Green says 'it utterly stinks’ beautiful places like Dunnet Beach ‘are being blighted’.

In the ‘modest’ reshuffle First Minister John Swinney hands her one of the toughest briefs in the Scottish Government.

The first of the new Walk & Talk sessions will take place next Tuesday, June 17.

The health board confirms it was ‘not a cyber attack, and that no patient records were compromised’.

But the health board say appointments are going ahead and ‘patient care is continuing safely across all our hospitals and services’.

A medical emergency aboard a major cruise ship sparked its early arrival in the Cromarty Firth.

Cllr Dundas fears the “confusing” consultation process could spell disaster for the future of the facility.

He began to come to terms with dying hundreds of miles away from family and friends after traveling to Newcastle for transplant op.

A self-professed tractor addict is set to embark on an epic journey in a classic tractor from John O’Groats to Land’s End.

Participants were told about the benefits of cold water immersion for physical and mental health.

Holyrood Notebook by Edward Mountain