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Horse trekking centre in new planning consent bid

Horse trekking centre in new planning consent bid

A CONTROVERSIAL Brora horse trekking centre is making a renewed bid for retrospective planning consent.


Plans to replace Falls of Shin visitor centre

Plans to replace Falls of Shin visitor centre

A NEW visitor attraction is to be built to replace the The Falls of Shin visitor centre which burnt to the ground in May last year,


Bearded mafia have won the day

Bearded mafia have won the day

Sir – So Highland councillors have succumbed to the ecological nonsense of the bearded mafia of the RSPB and SNH and objected to the Strathy South…


A novel approach to turbines

A novel approach to turbines

Sir - Cllr Farlow certainly has a novel approach to windfarms, judging by his article in last Friday’s NT.


Fury as damaged hostel goes on sale

Fury as damaged hostel goes on sale

CARBISDALE Castle youth hostel, which closed three years ago due to structural damage, has been put up for sale.


Woman airlifted to hospital with life threatening injuries

Woman airlifted to hospital with life threatening injuries

Emergency services were in attendance this morning at a serious one vehicle road traffic collision, which occurred just after 7am near Muir of Ord.


Have your say...

Have your say...

With Scotland's independence referendum set for 18 September 2014, the Highlands must consider the consequences of constitutional change.


Houses can give off good and bad vibes

Houses can give off good and bad vibes

DRIVING to Inverness with a friend – way back in the 1950s – my mother tells me that the two of them saw a house in the distance that…


Old Files June 20

Old Files June 20

25 YEARS AGO


Old Photo June 20

Old Photo June 20


The best laid schemes...

The best laid schemes...

THERE'S nothing worse than waiting for something to happen. It can make you feel like the proverbial cat on hot bricks.


KLB coastguard avoids road ban

KLB coastguard avoids road ban

A patient transport driver from Kinlochbervie collided his vehicle with a car and trailer on the Ullapool to Tore Road near Aultguish, Dingwall Sheriff…


Tain man banned from driving for six weeks

Tain man banned from driving for six weeks

A COUNCIL ground maintenance employee was banned from the road for six weeks today.


A9 average speed cameras will encourage more drivers says transport minister

A9 average speed cameras will encourage more drivers says transport minister

The Scottish Transport Minister, Keith Brown MSP, discussing with the Federation of Small Businesses the introduction of average speed cameras on the…


Police investigate suspicious fires in Dingwall

Police investigate suspicious fires in Dingwall


Tyres damaged in Bettyhill

Tyres damaged in Bettyhill

Between Tuesday 10 June  and Monday 17 June, four tyres of a Land Rover Discovery were damaged, causing significant harm to the vehicle…


Armed Forces' Day at Drummuie on Monday

Armed Forces' Day at Drummuie on Monday

The Armed Forces Day ceremony at Drummuie, Golspie, takes place slightly earlier this year – on Monday. It starts at 10.30am, and members of the…


Heavy load on road between Invergordon and Fort Augustus this weekend

Heavy load on road between Invergordon and Fort Augustus this weekend

Police Scotland are notifying road-users, communities and members of the public of a movement of a heavy load being transported between Invergordon and…


Musick Fyne perform at Dornoch Cathedral on Thursday night

Musick Fyne perform at Dornoch Cathedral on Thursday night

The Highland vocal group Musick Fyne, directed by James Ross, are paying their annual visit to Dornoch Cathedral on Thursday at 8pm, when they will be…


Danny Alexander calls for explanation on why police officers are carrying guns in the Highlands without consultation

Danny Alexander calls for explanation on why police officers are carrying guns in the Highlands without consultation

HIGHLAND MP Danny Alexander is calling on Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Stephen House to come to the Highlands and explain why he allowed officers…


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