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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.

MORE PICTURES: 14 hour battle to extinguish blaze at Clachnaharry nursing home in Inverness continues as road reopens

19 April 2024
MORE PICTURES: 14 hour battle to extinguish blaze at Clachnaharry nursing home in Inverness continues as road reopens

MORE PICTURES: 14 hour battle to extinguish blaze at Clachnaharry nursing home in Inverness continues as road reopens

19 April 2024

Firefighters are still working to extinguish a blaze that destroyed a former care home in Inverness - more than 14 hours after it started.


Sewer point? Inverness businesses set for a month of road closure disruption

19 April 2024
Sewer point? Inverness businesses set for a month of road closure disruption

Sewer point? Inverness businesses set for a month of road closure disruption

19 April 2024

Traders on Greig Street in Inverness are braced for a month of roadworks affecting their business premises.


Police issue plea for help in finding man missing from Inverness

19 April 2024
Police issue plea for help in finding man missing from Inverness

Police issue plea for help in finding man missing from Inverness

19 April 2024

Police have issued an appeal for help in finding a missing man reported missing from Inverness.


UPDATE: Marching on - The Apprentice Boys of Derry refuse to bow to public pressure against Inverness parade

19 April 2024
UPDATE: Marching on - The Apprentice Boys of Derry refuse to bow to public pressure against Inverness parade

UPDATE: Marching on - The Apprentice Boys of Derry refuse to bow to public pressure against Inverness parade

19 April 2024

A controversial Apprentice Boys of Derry parade planned for Inverness is set to go ahead as planned tomorrow.


PICTURES: Friends again after 67 years! Old troop companions ‘guided’ back together at Inverness care home after surprise discovery

19 April 2024
PICTURES: Friends again after 67 years! Old troop companions ‘guided’ back together at Inverness care home after surprise discovery

PICTURES: Friends again after 67 years! Old troop companions ‘guided’ back together at Inverness care home after surprise discovery

19 April 2024

Two long lost friends who parted company and never saw each other again for 67 years have reunited at an Inverness care home.


Inverness Samaritans turn Ness Bridge green as part of London Marathon “message of hope”

19 April 2024
Inverness Samaritans turn Ness Bridge green as part of London Marathon “message of hope”

Inverness Samaritans turn Ness Bridge green as part of London Marathon “message of hope”

19 April 2024

Ness Bridge will be lit up green tomorrow (Saturday) to mark Samaritans being made charity of the year for the 2024 London Marathon.


WATCH: Cairngorm Mountain Rescue team and HM Coastguard rescue injured climber near Grantown on Spey

19 April 2024
WATCH: Cairngorm Mountain Rescue team and HM Coastguard rescue injured climber near Grantown on Spey

WATCH: Cairngorm Mountain Rescue team and HM Coastguard rescue injured climber near Grantown on Spey

19 April 2024

A climber has been airlifted to safety after suffering injury at a popular rock climbing spot in the Highlands.


UPDATE: PICTURES + VIDEO: Firefighters battling blaze at nursing home in Inverness dealing with partial building collapse

19 April 2024
UPDATE: PICTURES + VIDEO: Firefighters battling blaze at nursing home in Inverness dealing with partial building collapse

UPDATE: PICTURES + VIDEO: Firefighters battling blaze at nursing home in Inverness dealing with partial building collapse

19 April 2024

Firefighters tackling a huge blaze at a derelict nursing home in Inverness have had to deal with a partial collapse of the building.


UPDATE: 37 year-old man to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court today after major police incident in Merkinch

19 April 2024
UPDATE: 37 year-old man to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court today after major police incident in Merkinch

UPDATE: 37 year-old man to appear at Inverness Sheriff Court today after major police incident in Merkinch

19 April 2024

A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a “disturbance” provoked a huge police response in Inverness.


BREAKING: Huge blaze engulfs former nursing home in Inverness

19 April 2024
BREAKING: Huge blaze engulfs former nursing home in Inverness

BREAKING: Huge blaze engulfs former nursing home in Inverness

19 April 2024

A huge blaze has engulfed a former nursing home in Inverness.


BREAKING + PICTURES: Police and firefighters rush to incident in the Grant Street area of Inverness

18 April 2024
BREAKING + PICTURES: Police and firefighters rush to incident in the Grant Street area of Inverness

BREAKING + PICTURES: Police and firefighters rush to incident in the Grant Street area of Inverness

18 April 2024

Police and firefighters were called to an incident in the Grant Street area of Inverness earlier this afternoon.


UPDATE: RBS officially names site for £2.5 million “flagship branch” in Inverness city centre

18 April 2024
UPDATE: RBS officially names site for £2.5 million “flagship branch” in Inverness city centre

UPDATE: RBS officially names site for £2.5 million “flagship branch” in Inverness city centre

18 April 2024

A savage round of RBS branch closures is set to boost Inverness city centre with the opening of a new £2.5 million ‘flagship’ outlet on Falcon Square.


Tourist claims first Nessie sighting of 2024 as monster “ducks” above waves near Urquhart Castle

18 April 2024
Tourist claims first Nessie sighting of 2024 as monster “ducks” above waves near Urquhart Castle

Tourist claims first Nessie sighting of 2024 as monster “ducks” above waves near Urquhart Castle

18 April 2024

It wouldn’t be like Nessie to duck out of an early season photo opportunity.


New £2.5 million RBS “flagship” bank planned for Inverness city centre with two branches to close

17 April 2024
New £2.5 million RBS “flagship” bank planned for Inverness city centre with two branches to close

New £2.5 million RBS “flagship” bank planned for Inverness city centre with two branches to close

17 April 2024

RBS is to close two Inverness branches as part of a Scotland-wide raft of closures that will lead to the loss of 105 jobs.


Two Inverness primary school pupils left shaken by “narrow escape” after nearly being hit by black Audi reversing at speed

17 April 2024
Two Inverness primary school pupils left shaken by “narrow escape” after nearly being hit by black Audi reversing at speed

Two Inverness primary school pupils left shaken by “narrow escape” after nearly being hit by black Audi reversing at speed

17 April 2024

An Inverness primary school headteacher has issued an alert after two pupils were almost hit by a car reversing at speed from a staff car park.


A9 works planned for Daviot junction will bring 9 days of night-time delays

12 April 2024
A9 works planned for Daviot junction will bring 9 days of night-time delays

A9 works planned for Daviot junction will bring 9 days of night-time delays

12 April 2024

Essential improvement works on the A9 near Inverness are set to begin on Tuesday for nine nights.


NHS Highland working to “improve patient experience” after our investigation highlights excessive waiting times for emergency treatment

12 April 2024
NHS Highland working to “improve patient experience” after our investigation highlights excessive waiting times for emergency treatment

NHS Highland working to “improve patient experience” after our investigation highlights excessive waiting times for emergency treatment

12 April 2024

NHS Highland is working to “improve patient experience” after we unearth evidence of excessive waiting times for people requiring emergency treatment.


UPDATE: One person taken to hospital after two car collision on Loch Ness side stretch of the A82

12 April 2024
UPDATE: One person taken to hospital after two car collision on Loch Ness side stretch of the A82

UPDATE: One person taken to hospital after two car collision on Loch Ness side stretch of the A82

12 April 2024

One person had to be taken to hospital after two cars collided on the A82 near Drumnadrochit.


UPDATE: 37 year-old man charged after four vehicle crash on the A96 near Ardersier

12 April 2024
UPDATE: 37 year-old man charged after four vehicle crash on the A96 near Ardersier

UPDATE: 37 year-old man charged after four vehicle crash on the A96 near Ardersier

12 April 2024

A 37-year-old man has been charged after a four vehicle crash on the A96 near Ardersier on Thursday.


More than 1,500 sign petition opposing Inverness march by the Northern Ireland headquartered Apprentice Boys of Derry within 24 hours

12 April 2024
More than 1,500 sign petition opposing Inverness march by the Northern Ireland headquartered Apprentice Boys of Derry within 24 hours

More than 1,500 sign petition opposing Inverness march by the Northern Ireland headquartered Apprentice Boys of Derry within 24 hours

12 April 2024

A petition opposing a parade by the Apprentice Boys of Derry in Inverness has gathered more than 1,500 signatures within 24 hours.


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