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Philip Murray is a news editor and sub editor for Highland News and Media. He joined the company in 2014. He has worked in the industry for 20 years.

‘It simply doesn’t make sense’: Read Highland Council’s full letter to the Home Secretary over the Cameron Barracks asylum plan

14 November 2025
‘It simply doesn’t make sense’: Read Highland Council’s full letter to the Home Secretary over the Cameron Barracks asylum plan

‘It simply doesn’t make sense’: Read Highland Council’s full letter to the Home Secretary over the Cameron Barracks asylum plan

14 November 2025

Read the full letter from Highland Council leaders to the Home Office, after it set out concerns over plans to house 300 asylum seekers in Inverness.


UPDATE: One in hospital after car river plunge

14 November 2025
UPDATE: One in hospital after car river plunge

UPDATE: One in hospital after car river plunge

14 November 2025

One person has been taken to hospital after a car plunged into the River Nairn.


‘We want a meeting with Home Secretary over asylum seeker barracks plan’, says Highland Council

14 November 2025
‘We want a meeting with Home Secretary over asylum seeker barracks plan’, says Highland Council

‘We want a meeting with Home Secretary over asylum seeker barracks plan’, says Highland Council

14 November 2025

Council leaders have called for a meeting with the Home Secretary amid a row over moves to house 300 asylum seekers at Cameron Barracks in Inverness.


Headache for parents after broken heating shuts school

14 November 2025
Headache for parents after broken heating shuts school

Headache for parents after broken heating shuts school

14 November 2025

Broken heating has forced the closure of an Inverness school and nursery.


Winter is coming: Snow arrives early ahead of Arctic chill next week

14 November 2025
Winter is coming: Snow arrives early ahead of Arctic chill next week

Winter is coming: Snow arrives early ahead of Arctic chill next week

14 November 2025

Winter has arrived slightly earlier than expected after residents awoke to the first snow of the season on Friday.


Are 2 major Inverness city centre retailers on the move?

14 November 2025
Are 2 major Inverness city centre retailers on the move?

Are 2 major Inverness city centre retailers on the move?

14 November 2025

An application has raised questions over the futures of Home Bargains and Sports Direct’s current city centre sites - and bosses remain tight lipped.


£3.6m rewilding programme to launch for the Highlands

14 November 2025
£3.6m rewilding programme to launch for the Highlands

£3.6m rewilding programme to launch for the Highlands

14 November 2025

A missing species programme spearheaded by Trees for Life, aims to return lynx, beavers, modern-day aurochs and red squirrels to the Highlands.


Fault at ‘biggest water works’ hits supplies to numerous communities

13 November 2025
Fault at ‘biggest water works’ hits supplies to numerous communities

Fault at ‘biggest water works’ hits supplies to numerous communities

13 November 2025

Tankers have been drafted in to refill a storage tank at the waterworks after it was left with too little water to meet demand.


Greggs job advert hints at planned city centre opening date

13 November 2025
Greggs job advert hints at planned city centre opening date

Greggs job advert hints at planned city centre opening date

13 November 2025

Greggs appears to have begun hiring for a new store in Inverness city centre - and it could open as soon as early 2026.


Car retail giant’s new customer pod approved at busy city centre supermarket

12 November 2025
Car retail giant’s new customer pod approved at busy city centre supermarket

Car retail giant’s new customer pod approved at busy city centre supermarket

12 November 2025

WeBuyAnyCar.com is to set up a new customer pod within the Morrisons supermarket in Inverness city centre.


Popular car gathering finds new home after Rollerbowl closure

12 November 2025
Popular car gathering finds new home after Rollerbowl closure

Popular car gathering finds new home after Rollerbowl closure

12 November 2025

A popular monthly classic vehicle gathering has a new home for its regular meet ups following the sad closure of the city’s Rollerbowl.


Major hotel’s expansion plan is approved

11 November 2025
Major hotel’s expansion plan is approved

Major hotel’s expansion plan is approved

11 November 2025

The Premier Inn’s Inverness West site, next to the A82, will increase its number of bedrooms to 170 after a new 40-bedroom annexe was approved.


New store to open inside Eastgate Shopping Centre

11 November 2025
New store to open inside Eastgate Shopping Centre

New store to open inside Eastgate Shopping Centre

11 November 2025

The Gilded Lily & Co will open its doors inside the former Pandora store at end of November or early December.


No objections over plans for fire-ravaged Fairways building’s replacement

11 November 2025
No objections over plans for fire-ravaged Fairways building’s replacement

No objections over plans for fire-ravaged Fairways building’s replacement

11 November 2025

The planned replacement of shops destroyed in a massive fire earlier this year have sparked comments from neighbours - but no objections.


City centre shop plan sparks objections

10 November 2025
City centre shop plan sparks objections

City centre shop plan sparks objections

10 November 2025

Residents and a community council have both voiced concerns over plans to convert a flat to a shop close to the Eastgate Shopping Centre.


‘A wonderful surprise’: Highland champion honoured with honorary doctorate

10 November 2025
‘A wonderful surprise’: Highland champion honoured with honorary doctorate

‘A wonderful surprise’: Highland champion honoured with honorary doctorate

10 November 2025

A leading council and business figure is to receive one of a university’s highest honours for his decades of public service in the Highlands.


Spate of vandalism incidents spark police hunt

10 November 2025
Spate of vandalism incidents spark police hunt

Spate of vandalism incidents spark police hunt

10 November 2025

String of city centre vandalism incidents spark police hunt


Scandinavian furniture giant’s new Inverness store to announce opening date

10 November 2025
Scandinavian furniture giant’s new Inverness store to announce opening date

Scandinavian furniture giant’s new Inverness store to announce opening date

10 November 2025

Søstrene Grene has confirmed that it will be announcing its grand opening date inside the Eastgate Shopping Centre “very soon”.


Vaccine clinic cancellations attacked amid early arrival of flu season

03 November 2025
Vaccine clinic cancellations attacked amid early arrival of flu season

Vaccine clinic cancellations attacked amid early arrival of flu season

03 November 2025

Cancellations of vaccine clinics and rescheduled dates weeks or even months later have been criticised - amid a much earlier flu season than normal.


Care-at-home service praised for ‘very good quality care’

03 November 2025
Care-at-home service praised for ‘very good quality care’

Care-at-home service praised for ‘very good quality care’

03 November 2025

Contrast Care, which assists residents in areas around Inverness, the Black Isle, Beauly, Muir of Ord and Conon Bridge, received a glowing report.


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