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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.

Highland MP Angus MacDonald apologises after using offensive racial term in Channel 4 News interview

18 November 2025
Highland MP Angus MacDonald apologises after using offensive racial term in Channel 4 News interview

Highland MP Angus MacDonald apologises after using offensive racial term in Channel 4 News interview

18 November 2025

Highland MP Angus MacDonald has apologised after using a racially offensive term during a Channel 4 News interview.


Highland Foodbank bids for £25,000 in Inverness Common Good Fund cash to offset rising costs

16 November 2025
Highland Foodbank bids for £25,000 in Inverness Common Good Fund cash to offset rising costs

Highland Foodbank bids for £25,000 in Inverness Common Good Fund cash to offset rising costs

16 November 2025

A lifeline foodbank service that feeds thousands of people every year is seeking a £25,000 contribution from the Inverness Common Good Fund.


PICTURE SPECIAL: 3 young Inverness singers awarded junior choral scholarships

16 November 2025
PICTURE SPECIAL: 3 young Inverness singers awarded junior choral scholarships

PICTURE SPECIAL: 3 young Inverness singers awarded junior choral scholarships

16 November 2025

Three young singers have become the first choristers at Inverness Cathedral to be awarded special scholarships.


Councillors asked to approve £11k extra cash support to keep people in Inverness safe from crime, drugs, disorder and violence over festivities

16 November 2025
Councillors asked to approve £11k extra cash support to keep people in Inverness safe from crime, drugs, disorder and violence over festivities

Councillors asked to approve £11k extra cash support to keep people in Inverness safe from crime, drugs, disorder and violence over festivities

16 November 2025

Councillors will be asked to approve £11,272 funding for a community-based initiative aimed at keeping people safe in Inverness over the festivities.


Motorcyclist suffers ‘serious but not life threatening injuries’ in Inverness crash

16 November 2025
Motorcyclist suffers ‘serious but not life threatening injuries’ in Inverness crash

Motorcyclist suffers ‘serious but not life threatening injuries’ in Inverness crash

16 November 2025

A motorcyclist has been seriously injured in a collision with a car in Inverness.


Inverness social café in the mix for £1500 awards after nomination for national contest

16 November 2025
Inverness social café in the mix for £1500 awards after nomination for national contest

Inverness social café in the mix for £1500 awards after nomination for national contest

16 November 2025

An Inverness café that serves up support for people in need is a contender for a national accolade.


Highland Hospice hails limited edition Inverness Caley Thistle football jersey coup

14 November 2025
Highland Hospice hails limited edition Inverness Caley Thistle football jersey coup

Highland Hospice hails limited edition Inverness Caley Thistle football jersey coup

14 November 2025

Highland Hospice is launching a special range of limited edition Caley Thistle tops donated as part of a 2025/26 charity partnership.


BREAKING: Car plunge into River Nairn sparks water rescue operation

14 November 2025
BREAKING: Car plunge into River Nairn sparks water rescue operation

BREAKING: Car plunge into River Nairn sparks water rescue operation

14 November 2025

A rescue operation is underway in Nairn after a car plunged into the the river.


Housebuilder’s 100 years celebration brings £40,000 windfall for charity Mikeysline

14 November 2025
Housebuilder’s 100 years celebration brings £40,000 windfall for charity Mikeysline

Housebuilder’s 100 years celebration brings £40,000 windfall for charity Mikeysline

14 November 2025

A Highland housebuilder has celebrated a century in business by raising nearly £40k for a mental health charity.


Did HGV driver leave Inverness furniture store with a £10,000 bill for smashed frontage?

14 November 2025
Did HGV driver leave Inverness furniture store with a £10,000 bill for smashed frontage?

Did HGV driver leave Inverness furniture store with a £10,000 bill for smashed frontage?

14 November 2025

Police are appealing for information after damage outside an Inverness furniture superstore left the owners with a bill of up to £10,000.


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.


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