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Vote for traders who give a spark to the city centre

27 January 2018
Vote for traders who give a spark to the city centre

Vote for traders who give a spark to the city centre

27 January 2018

VOTING is open in an awards scheme set up to honour city centre businesses that go the extra mile for their customers.


Supermarkets give unsold food away

21 January 2018
Supermarkets give unsold food away

Supermarkets give unsold food away

21 January 2018

SURPLUS food donated to a homeless charity by four local supermarkets has amounted to more than 6000 dinners for the city’s most destitute individuals.


Cash-strapped council under fire for cost of computers

03 January 2018
Cash-strapped council under fire for cost of computers

Cash-strapped council under fire for cost of computers

03 January 2018

Highland Council has forked out more than £1700 apiece for new tablet computers for members – which were available in Argos for £799.


Report shows lone paramedics still being called out

30 December 2017
Report shows lone paramedics still being called out

Report shows lone paramedics still being called out

30 December 2017

LONE paramedics are still responding to emergencies in the Highlands NINE years after Nicola Sturgeon vowed to end the practice.


Row erupts over refusal of Inverness takeaway

26 December 2017
Row erupts over refusal of Inverness takeaway

Row erupts over refusal of Inverness takeaway

26 December 2017

A VETERAN TV repair man is furious with an Inverness councillor, claiming he has shattered his hopes of selling his sprawling Tomnahurich Street premises…


Inverness man dies after falling on ice

23 December 2017
Inverness man dies after falling on ice

Inverness man dies after falling on ice

23 December 2017

A 91-YEAR-old man has died after slipping on an icy pavement in Inverness.


Psychiatric hospital permanently reduces number of adult beds

20 December 2017
Psychiatric hospital permanently reduces number of adult beds

Psychiatric hospital permanently reduces number of adult beds

20 December 2017

MANAGERS at New Craigs Psychiatric Hospital have decided to make a temporary reduction in the number of adult beds permanent.


Drop in rail users blamed on unreliable train service

17 December 2017
Drop in rail users blamed on unreliable train service

Drop in rail users blamed on unreliable train service

17 December 2017

THE number of passengers using the ScotRail train service between Inverness and Wick has fallen in the past year.


Gritting regime slammed as freeze leads to spate of accidents on ice

16 December 2017
Gritting regime slammed as freeze leads to spate of accidents on ice

Gritting regime slammed as freeze leads to spate of accidents on ice

16 December 2017

FURIOUS residents have demanded action after a week-long deep freeze left roads and pavements like "ice rinks" and "death traps" – even outside…


Website 'going to waste' when it could be a crucial lifeline

13 December 2017
Website 'going to waste' when it could be a crucial lifeline

Website 'going to waste' when it could be a crucial lifeline

13 December 2017

A DISABLED man is appealing for people to use his website which he created for others who feel isolated and spend a lot of time at home homes due to poor…


Manon shows she's a rising star at awards

12 December 2017
Manon shows she's a rising star at awards

Manon shows she's a rising star at awards

12 December 2017

Glen Urquhart High School pupil Manon Robinson collected a prize at the Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) Star Awards.


Launch of new public safety scheme at the Eastgate Centre

10 December 2017
Launch of new public safety scheme at the Eastgate Centre

Launch of new public safety scheme at the Eastgate Centre

10 December 2017

POSTERS are going up around the Eastgate Shopping Centre to mark the 64-shop complex as a safe haven for Inverness’s most vulnerable residents.


Fire-ravaged hostel set to become flats

08 December 2017
Fire-ravaged hostel set to become flats

Fire-ravaged hostel set to become flats

08 December 2017

PERMISSION has been granted to convert the eyesore Eastgate Hostel in Inverness into holiday flats.


Councillor calls for action over bird mess at shopping centre

07 December 2017
Councillor calls for action over bird mess at shopping centre

Councillor calls for action over bird mess at shopping centre

07 December 2017

A COUNCILLOR is in a flap about feathers and pigeon poo blighting a busy Inverness shopping centre.


Call for dig at battlefield housing site

06 December 2017
Call for dig at battlefield housing site

Call for dig at battlefield housing site

06 December 2017

THE National Trust for Scotland (NTS) is calling for an archaeological investigation to be carried out at a former farm on the Battle of Culloden Inventory…


Business competition helps pupils hone key skills

05 December 2017
Business competition helps pupils hone key skills

Business competition helps pupils hone key skills

05 December 2017

Pupils from Inverness schools took the first step towards setting up their own businesses by taking part in their own version of TV’s Dragons’…


Hard-working dad forced to join food bank queue

28 November 2017
Hard-working dad forced to join food bank queue

Hard-working dad forced to join food bank queue

28 November 2017

A SINGLE parent who puts in a 40-hour shift as a kitchen porter in a leading Inverness restaurant found himself back at a food bank this week in desperate…


Pupils take a step in the right direction with shoe box delivery

25 November 2017
Pupils take a step in the right direction with shoe box delivery

Pupils take a step in the right direction with shoe box delivery

25 November 2017

The scheme aims to deliver the goods to the poorest people in Eastern Europe and Pakistan just in time for Christmas.


Date set for Culloden housing protest

17 November 2017
Date set for Culloden housing protest

Date set for Culloden housing protest

17 November 2017

CAMPAIGNERS hoping to persuade developers to abandon plans for 16 homes on the boundary of Culloden battlefield are staging a protest at the site next…


Council will repair electric car chargers

15 November 2017
Council will repair electric car chargers

Council will repair electric car chargers

15 November 2017

MUCH faster action will be taken to repair faulty charging points for electric cars when levies are brought in, according to a leading Highland councillor.


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