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Plant and Garden Fete raises £1400 for Culrain Hall upgrade

Plant and Garden Fete raises £1400 for Culrain Hall upgrade

Plant and Garden Fete raises £1400 for Culrain Hall upgrade

Members of the Culrain and district community grew many of the plants in their polytunnels over the winter and spring.


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

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

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

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

‘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.


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

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

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.


Owners ‘delighted’ after Dornoch garden scoops nationwide award for use of natural stone

Owners ‘delighted’ after Dornoch garden scoops nationwide award for use of natural stone

Owners ‘delighted’ after Dornoch garden scoops nationwide award for use of natural stone

A Sutherland garden has earned national recognition after taking top prize in the Domestic Landscape category at the Natural Stone Awards.


Scottish Government agrees 51 major energy projects across Highlands in just three years

Scottish Government agrees 51 major energy projects across Highlands in just three years

Scottish Government agrees 51 major energy projects across Highlands in just three years

Scottish Conservatives slam quango responsible for ‘industrial jungles’.


MSP Maree Todd to attend second No Ring of Steel meeting at Ardgay on Friday

MSP Maree Todd to attend second No Ring of Steel meeting at Ardgay on Friday

MSP Maree Todd to attend second No Ring of Steel meeting at Ardgay on Friday

Maree Todd attended a meeting in the Kyle of Sutherland in February and is now making a return visit.


Organisers ‘absolutely buzzing’ to welcome competitors to inaugural Race to the Base in Lochinver

Organisers ‘absolutely buzzing’ to welcome competitors to inaugural Race to the Base in Lochinver

Organisers ‘absolutely buzzing’ to welcome competitors to inaugural Race to the Base in Lochinver

The first ever Race to the Base takes place from Lochinver on Sunday, May 11.


Renewables map a ‘brilliant starter for ten’ - but ‘needs significant work’

Renewables map a ‘brilliant starter for ten’ - but ‘needs significant work’

Renewables map a ‘brilliant starter for ten’ - but ‘needs significant work’

Locals near various energy proposals have said a council map showing development across the region is a worthy starter but needs “significant work.”


SSEN ‘investigative’ work continues along controversial Highland super-pylon lines prior to planning consent

SSEN ‘investigative’ work continues along controversial Highland super-pylon lines prior to planning consent

SSEN ‘investigative’ work continues along controversial Highland super-pylon lines prior to planning consent

Energy giant SSEN is continuing investigative work along the controversial super-pylon route stretching from Caithness to Peterhead through Beauly.


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