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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.

WATCH: Highland Hospice initiative counters the heartbreaking sadness of facing last moments without loved ones

17 January 2025
WATCH: Highland Hospice initiative counters the heartbreaking sadness of facing last moments without loved ones

WATCH: Highland Hospice initiative counters the heartbreaking sadness of facing last moments without loved ones

17 January 2025

Highland Hospice is relaunching a volunteer service that offers companionship to those left alone in their final hours.


TRIBUTES: Master mariner who brought first lifesaving RNLI station to Inner Moray Firth is remembered

17 January 2025
TRIBUTES: Master mariner who brought first lifesaving RNLI station to Inner Moray Firth is remembered

TRIBUTES: Master mariner who brought first lifesaving RNLI station to Inner Moray Firth is remembered

17 January 2025

A master mariner who became hugely influential in moves to create a first Inner Moray Firth lifeboat station will be laid to rest in Inverness.


Track ‘defect’ alert wipes out Inverness to Aberdeen train services

17 January 2025
Track ‘defect’ alert wipes out Inverness to Aberdeen train services

Track ‘defect’ alert wipes out Inverness to Aberdeen train services

17 January 2025

Early morning train services between Inverness and Aberdeen have been cancelled.


UPDATE: A9 north of Inverness clear with ‘slow-moving’ traffic after accident reports

16 January 2025
UPDATE: A9 north of Inverness clear with ‘slow-moving’ traffic after accident reports

UPDATE: A9 north of Inverness clear with ‘slow-moving’ traffic after accident reports

16 January 2025

The A9 just north of Inverness is understood to be clear with traffic moving in both directions after earlier reports of an accident.


BREAKING: Reports of crash on the A9 just north of Inverness

16 January 2025
BREAKING: Reports of crash on the A9 just north of Inverness

BREAKING: Reports of crash on the A9 just north of Inverness

16 January 2025

Emergency services are at the scene of an accident on A9 just north of the A9.


Bins pledge by Highland Council as “rubbish” weather blamed for missed collections

16 January 2025
Bins pledge by Highland Council as “rubbish” weather blamed for missed collections

Bins pledge by Highland Council as “rubbish” weather blamed for missed collections

16 January 2025

Highland Council is pledging to get bin and food waste collections back up to speed in Inverness by early next week.


Fake cash alert in Inverness city centre sparks warning

16 January 2025
Fake cash alert in Inverness city centre sparks warning

Fake cash alert in Inverness city centre sparks warning

16 January 2025

A flood of fake money in the Inverness area has sparked a warning to businesses and shoppers in the Highlands.


UPDATE: A9 reopened after serious crash in Highlands

15 January 2025
UPDATE: A9 reopened after serious crash in Highlands

UPDATE: A9 reopened after serious crash in Highlands

15 January 2025

Police have reopened the A9 near Golspie after a collision earlier today.


Make mine a double! Highland fiddler Bruce MacGregor's unique ceilidh bar show sells out 2 nights at Celtic Connections

11 January 2025
Make mine a double! Highland fiddler Bruce MacGregor's unique ceilidh bar show sells out 2 nights at Celtic Connections

Make mine a double! Highland fiddler Bruce MacGregor's unique ceilidh bar show sells out 2 nights at Celtic Connections

11 January 2025

Internationally-acclaimed Highland fiddler Bruce MacGregor has sold out both nights of what promises to be a Celtic Connections show like no other.


Inverness city centre traffic lights set for switch-on after over 48 hours of works

10 January 2025
Inverness city centre traffic lights set for switch-on after over 48 hours of works

Inverness city centre traffic lights set for switch-on after over 48 hours of works

10 January 2025

Repairs on a damaged power cable that left a major Inverness city centre crossing without traffic lights are almost complete.


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

10 January 2025
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.

10 January 2025

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


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

10 January 2025
Highland League hit by heavy snow as 7 of 9 matches fall

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

10 January 2025

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 Highland town

10 January 2025
Police Scotland probe report of two more lynx on the loose near Highland town

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

10 January 2025

Police are investigating reports of another two lynx being spotted on the loose near a Highland town.


Heavy snow set to keep 1000s of Highland school and nursery youngsters at home

10 January 2025
Heavy snow set to keep 1000s of Highland school and nursery youngsters at home

Heavy snow set to keep 1000s of Highland school and nursery youngsters at home

10 January 2025

Thousands of Highland school and nursery children are set for another day at home as the cold snap continues.


PICTURES: Faulty traffic lights still causing disruption in Inverness city centre

09 January 2025
PICTURES: Faulty traffic lights still causing disruption in Inverness city centre

PICTURES: Faulty traffic lights still causing disruption in Inverness city centre

09 January 2025

Work to restore power to faulty Inverness city centre traffic lights is continuing for a second day.


UHI Inverness closes campus after “extreme weather”

09 January 2025
UHI Inverness closes campus after “extreme weather”

UHI Inverness closes campus after “extreme weather”

09 January 2025

The University of the Highlands and Islands Inverness College will remain closed today to all on-site classes.


Gotcha! Lynx big cats caught after Highland police alert

09 January 2025
Gotcha! Lynx big cats caught after Highland police alert

Gotcha! Lynx big cats caught after Highland police alert

09 January 2025

Two lynx that sparked a police alert after being illegally released in the Highlands have been safely captured by wildlife conservationists.


Highland school and nursery closures after heavy snow leave over 20,000 youngsters at home

09 January 2025
Highland school and nursery closures after heavy snow leave over 20,000 youngsters at home

Highland school and nursery closures after heavy snow leave over 20,000 youngsters at home

09 January 2025

Around 20,000 school pupils and nursery children in the Highland Council area are staying at home today after heavy snow overnight forced closures.


Snow wipes out all school and commuter bus services in Highland area

09 January 2025
Snow wipes out all school and commuter bus services in Highland area

Snow wipes out all school and commuter bus services in Highland area

09 January 2025

Bus services over large parts of the Highland are cancelled this morning after heavy overnight snowfalls.


Inverness and Nairn schools’ snowball warning

08 January 2025
Inverness and Nairn schools’ snowball warning

Inverness and Nairn schools’ snowball warning

08 January 2025

Two local schools are warning pupils about throwing snowballs near school buildings.


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