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Alasdair Fraser


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Alasdair Fraser is a senior reporter for Highland News and Media with more than 30 years' experience in the industry, including national freelance news reporting and almost 25 years as a freelance football writer. A University of Glasgow MA Hons graduate, he started his career with the Inverness Courier in 1989 and rejoined the company in 2019.

18-year-old killed in A9 crash is named by police

13 November 2025
18-year-old killed in A9 crash is named by police

18-year-old killed in A9 crash is named by police

13 November 2025

A man who died following a collision on the A9 has been named as 18-year-old Ruben MacDonald from Alness.


Two far north ScotRail services cancelled as train crew shortages bite

13 November 2025
Two far north ScotRail services cancelled as train crew shortages bite

Two far north ScotRail services cancelled as train crew shortages bite

13 November 2025

Two of ScotRail’s far north services will be cancelled today (Thursday) because of train crew shortages.


Girls Brigade’s great coffee evening raises cash for lifesaving defibrillator

13 November 2025
Girls Brigade’s great coffee evening raises cash for lifesaving defibrillator

Girls Brigade’s great coffee evening raises cash for lifesaving defibrillator

13 November 2025

A Girls’ Brigade company in Inverness has successfully met a fundraising target to secure a lifesaving defibrillator for the church where it meets.


Highland Council claims it has eased staffing shortages at crisis-hit Inverness specialist school where head teacher quit

12 November 2025
Highland Council claims it has eased staffing shortages at crisis-hit Inverness specialist school where head teacher quit

Highland Council claims it has eased staffing shortages at crisis-hit Inverness specialist school where head teacher quit

12 November 2025

Highland Council insists it has taken significant steps to ease staffing shortages at a crisis-hit specialist school in Inverness.


First plaice again! Inverness chippy lands 7th national award in just 2 years

12 November 2025
First plaice again! Inverness chippy lands 7th national award in just 2 years

First plaice again! Inverness chippy lands 7th national award in just 2 years

12 November 2025

An Inverness fish and chip shop that opened just over two years ago has reeled in yet another top national award.


SEASIDE RESCUE: Crashed paraglider in Moray Firth airlifted to hospital after joint Coastguard and RNLI lifeboat mercy dash

12 November 2025
SEASIDE RESCUE: Crashed paraglider in Moray Firth airlifted to hospital after joint Coastguard and RNLI lifeboat mercy dash

SEASIDE RESCUE: Crashed paraglider in Moray Firth airlifted to hospital after joint Coastguard and RNLI lifeboat mercy dash

12 November 2025

An injured paraglider was rescued in a joint operation by the Coastguard and a local lifeboat crew after crashing onto the Moray Firth shoreline.


Crisis-hit Inverness school set to lose headteacher

11 November 2025
Crisis-hit Inverness school set to lose headteacher

Crisis-hit Inverness school set to lose headteacher

11 November 2025

A crisis-hit specialist school in Inverness is to lose its headteacher two weeks after Scotland’s education minister vowed to visit.


Two vehicle crash closes A9 at Cromarty Bridge for over 8 hours through the night

11 November 2025
Two vehicle crash closes A9 at Cromarty Bridge for over 8 hours through the night

Two vehicle crash closes A9 at Cromarty Bridge for over 8 hours through the night

11 November 2025

The A9 was closed at Cromarty Bridge for more than eight hours through the night as police probed a two-vehicle road crash.


Prominent ‘gateway’ Inverness hotel bids for major 34-bedroom expansion

09 November 2025
Prominent ‘gateway’ Inverness hotel bids for major 34-bedroom expansion

Prominent ‘gateway’ Inverness hotel bids for major 34-bedroom expansion

09 November 2025

A prominent hotel on the outskirts of Inverness is seeking to add an extension that would increase room capacity from 118 to 152.


‘Bizarre and unacceptable’: Highland Council transport team slates SSEN’s failures on construction traffic planning for giant substation near Beauly

08 November 2025
‘Bizarre and unacceptable’: Highland Council transport team slates SSEN’s failures on construction traffic planning for giant substation near Beauly

‘Bizarre and unacceptable’: Highland Council transport team slates SSEN’s failures on construction traffic planning for giant substation near Beauly

08 November 2025

Highland Council has landed another blow against SSEN’s £7 billion plan to transform electricity transmission in the north of Scotland.


Two Inverness teenagers suffer serious burns after using petrol to ignite Bonfire Night blaze

07 November 2025
Two Inverness teenagers suffer serious burns after using petrol to ignite Bonfire Night blaze

Two Inverness teenagers suffer serious burns after using petrol to ignite Bonfire Night blaze

07 November 2025

Two teenagers are believed to have suffered serious burns after a Bonfire Night celebration went wrong in Inverness.


Inverness bridge open again after three months of repairs

06 November 2025
Inverness bridge open again after three months of repairs

Inverness bridge open again after three months of repairs

06 November 2025

A pedestrian bridge across the River Ness has finally reopened after three months.


18 year-old charged after ‘disturbance’ outside popular Inverness LGBTQ+ supporting café

06 November 2025
18 year-old charged after ‘disturbance’ outside popular Inverness LGBTQ+ supporting café

18 year-old charged after ‘disturbance’ outside popular Inverness LGBTQ+ supporting café

06 November 2025

An 18-year-old man has been charged for causing a disturbance outside an Inverness coffee shop targeted in the past for supporting LGBTQ+ causes.


Morning Wick to Inverness train fails to run after fault

06 November 2025
Morning Wick to Inverness train fails to run after fault

Morning Wick to Inverness train fails to run after fault

06 November 2025

A morning ScotRail service from Wick to Inverness has been cancelled because of an onboard fault.


A9 EXCAVATIONS: Police Scotland say NO plans to search for Renee and Andrew MacRae where underground ‘body-shaped’ anomalies were scanned

02 November 2025
A9 EXCAVATIONS: Police Scotland say NO plans to search for Renee and Andrew MacRae where underground ‘body-shaped’ anomalies were scanned

A9 EXCAVATIONS: Police Scotland say NO plans to search for Renee and Andrew MacRae where underground ‘body-shaped’ anomalies were scanned

02 November 2025

Murder detectives have no plans to investigate a stretch of the A9 where experts say the bodies of Renee and Andrew MacRae could be buried.


POLICE UPDATE: 65 year old fan died watching his beloved Nairn County

02 November 2025
POLICE UPDATE: 65 year old fan died watching his beloved Nairn County

POLICE UPDATE: 65 year old fan died watching his beloved Nairn County

02 November 2025

Police have not yet named a Nairn County supporter who tragically died while watching the team he loved.


UHI Inverness student survey hits 96 per cent satisfaction rating for third year in a row

02 November 2025
UHI Inverness student survey hits 96 per cent satisfaction rating for third year in a row

UHI Inverness student survey hits 96 per cent satisfaction rating for third year in a row

02 November 2025

Students at UHI Inverness have given the college glowing pass marks for the third year running.


Highland Council savages SSEN’s ‘appalling’ 170km super-pylon plan in scathing objection

02 November 2025
Highland Council savages SSEN’s ‘appalling’ 170km super-pylon plan in scathing objection

Highland Council savages SSEN’s ‘appalling’ 170km super-pylon plan in scathing objection

02 November 2025

Highland Council has lodged a devastating objection to a super-pylon line plan crucial to SSEN’s £7bn transformation of electricity transmission.


TRIBUTE: ‘We will never forget him’ - ‘Stretch’ , the quiet man of the Inverness hospitality scene, is missed by many more than he would ever have imagined

01 November 2025
TRIBUTE: ‘We will never forget him’ - ‘Stretch’ , the quiet man of the Inverness hospitality scene, is missed by many more than he would ever have imagined

TRIBUTE: ‘We will never forget him’ - ‘Stretch’ , the quiet man of the Inverness hospitality scene, is missed by many more than he would ever have imagined

01 November 2025

The Inverness hospitality industry lost one of its most instantly recognisable and popular personalities, David John Orrock, earlier this month.


EXCLUSIVE: Last chance to find Renee and Andrew? Plea for police dig at A9 dualling works site where 2006 scan found human body-sized ‘anomalies’

31 October 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Last chance to find Renee and Andrew? Plea for police dig at A9 dualling works site where 2006 scan found human body-sized ‘anomalies’

EXCLUSIVE: Last chance to find Renee and Andrew? Plea for police dig at A9 dualling works site where 2006 scan found human body-sized ‘anomalies’

31 October 2025

A retired mechanic is urging murder detectives to grasp “a last window of opportunity” to dig up the A9 where Renee and Andrew MacRae’s bodies may be.


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