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Ullapool musician to feature on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent semi-final

RuMac will perform on tonight’s BGT semi-final in front of millions of TV viewers

Cycle sportive set to close famous Bealach Na Bà stretch of NC500

A cycling event is set to close one of the most spectacular stretches of road on the Highlands’ NC500 route for two-and-a-half hours later this month.

WATCH: ‘One-handed’ Highland rock talent inspires national campaign on the benefits of music for stroke survivors

An Inverness musician’s determined recovery from the trauma of suffering a stroke is providing inspiration in a new national campaign.

Ullapool families to benefit from £87k funding for wellbeing through nature

Families in the Ullapool High School catchment area are set to benefit from £87,000 in funding to support family wellbeing through nature connection.

‘Start of new era’ as UK’s largest rewilding initiative launches as charity

A Highland rewilding initiative has launched as an independent charity in a bid to restore nature across more than 200,000 hectares in the region.

Highland port’s cruise season ramps up

The Easter Ross port’s season, running until the end of October, is worth millions to the wider Highland tourism economy.

Highland Council urge Tain community to have say as future of TRACC — and town’s only swimming pool — hangs in the balance

Five options have been put forward to consider regarding the future of TRACC in Tain.

PICTURES: See the new Skinnet cross-slab replica being put in place in Halkirk

A replica Pictish stone that has been painstakingly carved over the last 12 months was put in place earlier this week.

Dounreay hit with notice from regulator after worker injured at nuclear site

Dounreay has been issued with an improvement notice after a worker was injured in an incident that could have had “serious consequences”.

VE DAY 80: Husband and wife ministerial team lead service at Assynt War Memorial in Lochinver

Revs Graham and Sheila Blount led the service at Assynt War Memorial.

VE Day 80: Special gift for veterans from Brora pupils at Clyne Parish War Memorial ceremony

Pupils from Brora Primary School’s P5/6 class had made posters to present to the veterans.

Rogart-based Tain Tesco community champion sets out her stall

A new community champion from Sutherland will be a familiar face to supermarket shoppers in Easter Ross.

VE DAY 80: Special tribute from Golspie pupils at War Memorial commemoration

The VE Day 80 flag was raised at the end of the ceremony at Golspie War Memorial.

VE DAY 80: Extracts read from schoolgirl’s wartime diary at Dornoch War Memorial service and wreath-laying ceremony

The service was led by Rev Carol-Anne Porter and Rev Simon Scott.

Screen Machine granted ‘very, very generous’ £500k from Scottish Government

A BELOVED Highland mobile cinema, which has been under threat for the last 18 months, has been granted a “very very generous” £500,000.

PODCAST: North NHS compensation payments total £34m so we look at why

Listen to episode one of our brand new look at what is going on behind the headlines in Beyond the Briefing.

Parking ban imposed on section of NC500 in north Sutherland as puffin colony visits increase, creating road hazard and impacting on birds

Hundreds of tourist a year, many in motorhomes and campervans, visit Puffin Cove at Drumholliston.

Workers’ warnings ignored before Sutherland home care crisis, says union

Warnings that home care in Sutherland was “over-stretched” and “failing” were ignored for years, according to a union.

MSPs accuse NHS Highland of being too afraid of Scottish Government to fight to retain services

Edward Mountain and Fergus Ewing fear that losing services leads to ‘adverse outcomes’ for patients.

Nordic Fiddlers Bloc to perform in Ullapool and Lairg

The band is made up of three fiddlers from the Nordic regions.