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'Unrealised ambition' - £100k National Insurance hike bill for Eden Court Theatre

'Unrealised ambition' - £100k National Insurance hike bill for Eden Court Theatre

Hikes to employer national insurance contributions will cost Eden Court an extra £100,000 a year, it has confirmed.


UPDATE: One of the lynx captured yesterday by Kingussie has died

UPDATE: One of the lynx captured yesterday by Kingussie has died

Expert: ‘This unfortunate development demonstrates the folly of abandoning these amazing animals in the wild’


1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.


Portmahomack four-bed bungalow hits the market — for nearly £1,000,000

Portmahomack four-bed bungalow hits the market — for nearly £1,000,000

A four-bedroom bungalow near Portmahomack has hit the market — and is looking for offers just under £1 million.


Can you help clean up Sutherland? Keep Scotland Beautiful aims to recruit 50,000 litter-picking heroes

Can you help clean up Sutherland? Keep Scotland Beautiful aims to recruit 50,000 litter-picking heroes

A call has been issued for Sutherland litter pickers to get involved in an event to make 2025 the biggest and best Spring Clean yet.


-20C deep freeze causes chaos on some ScotRail services

-20C deep freeze causes chaos on some ScotRail services

Severe weather was causing chaos for some Highland rail services on Saturday, after temperatures in parts of the region plunged to -20C overnight.


Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

With temperatures dropping across Sutherland this week, drivers are being told of household items they can use to help defrost their cars.


Sutherland records coldest temperature in the UK with -18.5C – the chilliest January night in 15 years

Sutherland records coldest temperature in the UK with -18.5C – the chilliest January night in 15 years

Altnaharra, Loch Glascarnoch, Lairg and Aviemore all saw the mercury plunging to negative double digits.


River Helmsdale ceremonial opening today cancelled but anglers can still fish for free

River Helmsdale ceremonial opening today cancelled but anglers can still fish for free

The Helmsdale District Salmon Fishery Board made the decision to call off the ceremony as the weather continued to deteriorate.


Second Kingussie lynx pair safely trapped

Second Kingussie lynx pair safely trapped

‘Please don’t travel to the Drumguish area of Kingussie’ plead authorities


Honours nod for head of Inverness Castle Experience attraction

Honours nod for head of Inverness Castle Experience attraction

The man heading up the new Inverness Castle Experience has been honoured after almost quarter of a century serving the Royal Family.


WATCH: ‘Big milestone’ reached during work on Inverness Castle Experience

WATCH: ‘Big milestone’ reached during work on Inverness Castle Experience

Work on transforming Inverness Castle into a major tourist attraction has passed “another big milestone”.


Furious MSP Fergus Ewing slams ‘sleekit’ Scottish Government response to the A9 inquiry

Furious MSP Fergus Ewing slams ‘sleekit’ Scottish Government response to the A9 inquiry

He says an effort was made to ‘to deny the delays were because of failures by anyone in government or that uber-quango Transport Scotland’.


Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.


New UHI leading light set to ‘play a crucial part’ in shaping Highland university’s future.

New UHI leading light set to ‘play a crucial part’ in shaping Highland university’s future.

A professor with 30 years experience of “fostering academic innovation” has been given a crucial leadership role at UHI.


Highlands’ roads heroes praised by vice-convener

Highlands’ roads heroes praised by vice-convener

Tough conditions set to continue - but so are Highland snow plough champions


Assynt Mountain Rescue Team search Socach Hill, Brora, in first call-out of 2025

Assynt Mountain Rescue Team search Socach Hill, Brora, in first call-out of 2025

Nine members of the team along with three dogs and handlers from the Search & Rescue Dog Association (Scotland) dogs were involved in the search.


‘Brave and selfless’: Lord-Lieutenant pays tribute to Melness residents of 80 years ago at SS Ashbury gun memorial ceremony

‘Brave and selfless’: Lord-Lieutenant pays tribute to Melness residents of 80 years ago at SS Ashbury gun memorial ceremony

The gun of the SS Ashbury has been mounted on a plinth and now points over Talmine Bay.


Highland League hit by heavy snow as 7 of 9 matches fall

Highland League hit by heavy snow as 7 of 9 matches fall

Seven of nine Highland League fixtures set to be played tomorrow have been postponed.


Police Scotland probe report of two more lynx on the loose near Kingussie

Police Scotland probe report of two more lynx on the loose near Kingussie

Operation has started to capture lynx spotted in same location where two big cats were caught yesterday


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