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Appeal for more awareness after Nairn boy's brain damage reaction to tick bite

09 November 2017
Appeal for more awareness after Nairn boy's brain damage reaction to tick bite

Appeal for more awareness after Nairn boy's brain damage reaction to tick bite

09 November 2017

A MOTHER has spoken out after her six-year-old son contracted meningitis plus brain and central nervous system damage after being bitten by a tick carrying…


Cash boost for mighty seven in Inverness Dragons' Den-style event

07 November 2017
Cash boost for mighty seven in Inverness Dragons' Den-style event

Cash boost for mighty seven in Inverness Dragons' Den-style event

07 November 2017

Good samaritans took to the stage to pitch their ideas in a bid to win grants for their projects, which were set up to reduce crime or help victims.


New Inverness beauty scouting agency in search for fresh talent

05 November 2017
New Inverness beauty scouting agency in search for fresh talent

New Inverness beauty scouting agency in search for fresh talent

05 November 2017

The mums have launched Unicorn Directory, their own agency, hoping for a flood of people of all ages, shapes and sizes to sign up to their books to feed…


Culloden Battlefield housing battle back on?

04 November 2017
Culloden Battlefield housing battle back on?

Culloden Battlefield housing battle back on?

04 November 2017

A 16-house development at Viewhill Farm, Balloch, which sparked an outcry when it secured planning permission several years ago, is causing renewed anger…


Water levels in River Ness too high for Ness Islands rubbish to be removed

31 October 2017
Water levels in River Ness too high for Ness Islands rubbish to be removed

Water levels in River Ness too high for Ness Islands rubbish to be removed

31 October 2017

That is according to a local authority spokeswoman, after the Courier revealed earlier this month that a shopping trolley, seven traffic cones and a wooden…


Drumnadrochit lifeboat station could open in the new year

30 October 2017
Drumnadrochit lifeboat station could open in the new year

Drumnadrochit lifeboat station could open in the new year

30 October 2017

The RNLI is having the new station, close to the existing base at Temple Pier, Drumnadrochit, built at Urquhart Bay.


Inverness woman's NHS phone service idea could help save lives

30 October 2017
Inverness woman's NHS phone service idea could help save lives

Inverness woman's NHS phone service idea could help save lives

30 October 2017

AN agonising wait for mental health support on the NHS 24 medical phone line has prompted an Inverness woman to campaign for a small change that could…


Concerns over fox hunts with guns in public woods

11 October 2017
Concerns over fox hunts with guns in public woods

Concerns over fox hunts with guns in public woods

11 October 2017

ANIMAL welfare campaigners have hit out after a group won its battle with the Forestry Commission to use shotguns to kill foxes rooted out by hounds in…


Treasure hunter coining it in from school playgrounds

11 October 2017
Treasure hunter coining it in from school playgrounds

Treasure hunter coining it in from school playgrounds

11 October 2017

A 79-year-old metal detectorist famed for finding the north’s largest hoard of Roman coins has turned his attention to school playing fields picking…


Parents from far north 'let down' by Raigmore Hospital

08 October 2017
Parents from far north 'let down' by Raigmore Hospital

Parents from far north 'let down' by Raigmore Hospital

08 October 2017

A NEW mum whose baby was born prematurely put a plea on Facebook for a spare room after she felt let down by the family hospital accommodation at Raigmore…


Pizza parlour apology after drone breaches air safety rules

07 October 2017
Pizza parlour apology after drone breaches air safety rules

Pizza parlour apology after drone breaches air safety rules

07 October 2017

STUNNING drone footage shot over the city centre and posted on Facebook to promote a new restaurant has sparked a row after the pilot was accused of breaking…


Rubbish found strewn throughout burn close to Ness Islands beauty spot

05 October 2017
Rubbish found strewn throughout burn close to Ness Islands beauty spot

Rubbish found strewn throughout burn close to Ness Islands beauty spot

05 October 2017

A SHOPPING trolley, seven traffic cones and a wooden crate were just some of the items of rubbish found spoiling a city beauty spot.


Shotgun ban reversed after hunters undergo safety training

04 October 2017
Shotgun ban reversed after hunters undergo safety training

Shotgun ban reversed after hunters undergo safety training

04 October 2017

A GROUP has won a battle with the Forestry Commission to use shotguns to kill foxes rooted out by hounds in woodland near Inverness.


Long-awaited demolition paves the way for replacement Black Isle church

30 September 2017
Long-awaited demolition paves the way for replacement Black Isle church

Long-awaited demolition paves the way for replacement Black Isle church

30 September 2017

A BLACK Isle church building has been demolished after serving the community for more than 100 years.


Sharleen is cab driver's 'black eyed girl' after selfie request

29 September 2017
Sharleen is cab driver's 'black eyed girl' after selfie request

Sharleen is cab driver's 'black eyed girl' after selfie request

29 September 2017

A STAR-struck taxi driver earned himself a pair of free tickets to Monday night’s Texas concert, in return for giving the lead singer a free ride…


Red kite activist up for accolade

27 September 2017
Red kite activist up for accolade

Red kite activist up for accolade

27 September 2017

A RED kite activist famed for his pioneering fieldwork and who helped raise the alarm during 2014’s bird poisoning incident on the Black Isle is…


Parking woes leave NHS staff hacked off at chaos

26 September 2017
Parking woes leave NHS staff hacked off at chaos

Parking woes leave NHS staff hacked off at chaos

26 September 2017

TESCO, Police Scotland and Carlton Bingo have been dragged into a car parking row brewing at neighbouring NHS Highland’s financial headquarters…


No more cash to monitor red kite numbers

22 September 2017
No more cash to monitor red kite numbers

No more cash to monitor red kite numbers

22 September 2017

FRAGILE red kite populations in the Highlands are no longer being monitored by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) after cash for the…


Gritter called out to spray sand on slippery road

21 September 2017
Gritter called out to spray sand on slippery road

Gritter called out to spray sand on slippery road

21 September 2017

A COUNCIL gritter has been called into action to clean up a one-mile oil spill on the A939 Nairn-Grantown road.   


Significant oil spill on Nairn-Grantown road

21 September 2017
Significant oil spill on Nairn-Grantown road

Significant oil spill on Nairn-Grantown road

21 September 2017

POLICE are at the scene of an oil spill which was reported just before 11am on the A939 Nairn-Grantown road.


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