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Sewage dumped in Highlands 1500 times last year

16 April 2024
Sewage dumped in Highlands 1500 times last year

Sewage dumped in Highlands 1500 times last year

16 April 2024

Sewage was dumped in the Highland area almost 1500 times last year – a figure described as "disgusting" by far north MP Jamie Stone.


WATCH: Wick John O' Groats airport stages successful test flight of the largest unmanned air vehicle in Europe

26 October 2023
WATCH: Wick John O' Groats airport stages successful test flight of the largest unmanned air vehicle in Europe

WATCH: Wick John O' Groats airport stages successful test flight of the largest unmanned air vehicle in Europe

26 October 2023

Exercise aims to deliver blueprint for net zero regional aviation across the UK


Fears Highland patient may have to travel 220 miles to Inverness get ears syringed

07 July 2023
Fears Highland patient may have to travel 220 miles to Inverness get ears syringed

Fears Highland patient may have to travel 220 miles to Inverness get ears syringed

07 July 2023

Why can't the person have the treatment in the county, asks Billy Sinclair


Flights between Wick and Aberdeen expected to attract 11,000 passengers in 2023/24

05 July 2023
Flights between Wick and Aberdeen expected to attract 11,000 passengers in 2023/24

Flights between Wick and Aberdeen expected to attract 11,000 passengers in 2023/24

05 July 2023

Highland council leader, Raymond Bremner, says it is vital the service continues to grow


Temporary Sunday train timetable introduced

03 June 2022
Temporary Sunday train timetable introduced

Temporary Sunday train timetable introduced

03 June 2022

ScotRail says the move will provide greater certainty and reliability for customers in the Highlands and elsewhere on the network.


Maree Todd contacts Police Scotland about speeding drivers on North Coast 500 route

11 May 2022
Maree Todd contacts Police Scotland about speeding drivers on North Coast 500 route

Maree Todd contacts Police Scotland about speeding drivers on North Coast 500 route

11 May 2022

North MSP claims the behaviour of some drivers on NC500 route is 'reckless.'


Call for furlough scheme to be re-introduced following spread of new Covid variant

15 December 2021
Call for furlough scheme to be re-introduced following spread of new Covid variant

Call for furlough scheme to be re-introduced following spread of new Covid variant

15 December 2021

Ariane Burgess urges the UK Government to re-introduce the furlough scheme to help in the fight against the Omicron variant while protecting jobs


High cost to taxpayer of illegal fly-tipping

20 March 2021
High cost to taxpayer of illegal fly-tipping

High cost to taxpayer of illegal fly-tipping

20 March 2021

Illegal fly-tipping is costing taxpayers in Caithness and other parts of Scotland more than £2.5 million a year.


Brandon on top of world after topping country charts in Australia

15 December 2020
Brandon on top of world after topping country charts in Australia

Brandon on top of world after topping country charts in Australia

15 December 2020

A Highland musician is feeling on top of the world after hitting the top spot in an Australian country music chart.


MP Ian Blackford says sorry following Far North picture furore

27 November 2020
MP Ian Blackford says sorry following Far North picture furore

MP Ian Blackford says sorry following Far North picture furore

27 November 2020

MP Ian Blackford has apologised to a local photographer after a picture taken in Caithness caused a row and a backlash on social media


Timber freight scheme to take 250 lorries off A99 and A9 a week

09 September 2020
Timber freight scheme to take 250 lorries off A99 and A9 a week

Timber freight scheme to take 250 lorries off A99 and A9 a week

09 September 2020

Caithness is playing a key role in a £195k project which hopes to show that moving timber by rail is a viable and greener alternative to using roads.


NHS Highland completes investigation into coronavirus samples found on A9

16 July 2020
NHS Highland completes investigation into coronavirus samples found on A9

NHS Highland completes investigation into coronavirus samples found on A9

16 July 2020

THE internal investigation into why Covid-19 samples being transported to Inverness were found on the A9 near Dornoch has been completed.


Discovery of Inverness-bound Covid samples on A9 'absolutely appalling' and 'a major embarrassment'

10 July 2020
Discovery of Inverness-bound Covid samples on A9 'absolutely appalling' and 'a major embarrassment'

Discovery of Inverness-bound Covid samples on A9 'absolutely appalling' and 'a major embarrassment'

10 July 2020

The discovery of Covid-19 test samples on the A9 was described today as "absolutely appalling" and "a major embarrassment for NHS Highland".


NHS Highland gives assurance over hospital equipment for Caithness and Inverness

10 July 2020
NHS Highland gives assurance over hospital equipment for Caithness and Inverness

NHS Highland gives assurance over hospital equipment for Caithness and Inverness

10 July 2020

An assurance has been given by NHS Highland that equipment purchased for use in Caithness has not been transferred to Raigmore.


Buses on Caithness to Inverness X99 route replaced following criticism

03 July 2020
Buses on Caithness to Inverness X99 route replaced following criticism

Buses on Caithness to Inverness X99 route replaced following criticism

03 July 2020

The buses on the X99 route between Caithness and Inverness have been replaced following widespread public criticism, it has been confirmed.


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