Community

People are being invited to nominate individuals or groups in the Nairn area who have previously gone unrecognised for charity work.

Ten charities will be selling cards at a stall in the Eastgate Shopping Centre.

A CALL has been made for streets to be named in commemoration of two Inverness heroes.

VISITORS descended on the Ness Islands at the weekend for a spooktacular Halloween show that kicked off the Inverness Winter Festival.

BUDDING artists in Inverness had a scarily good cause for celebration after being awarded top prizes in a national competition.

TICKETS are sold out for the final of a charity singing competition that will be staged in Inverness this Saturday.

RAVERS and disco divas can hit the dancefloor tonight to raise funds to help a terminally-ill lad remain at home in the last years of his life.

Irish band Westlife have announced a string of gigs ahead of a new album release later this month.

David Balfe will be best remembered for writing the catchy tunes Blue Is The Colour and Beautiful Sunday.

A SPOOKY Halloween tale by an award-winning Scottish writer could be set to stir fresh visitor interest in Loch Ness and its folklore.

Animals at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park have been getting into the Halloween spirit

A COURAGEOUS five-year-old boy with cancer had his greatest wish come true – after tracking down the elusive Loch Ness monster.

NEW drystone walls have been built by volunteers at the entrance to Culloden Battlefield.

PUPILS in the Highlands could be given lessons on life skills and coping with everyday situations by a pioneering suicide prevention charity.

COLLECTIONS are under way across the Highlands after the annual poppy appeal was launched at a reception in Inverness city centre.

AN Inverness care home worker with a fear of heights will do a fundraising walk across the Kessock Bridge.

A NEW book has shed fascinating new light on place-names in an area of Inverness-shire.

INVERNESS ghost hunters are on the lookout for a haunted venue for a TV spooktacular.

ORGANISERS have claimed this year’s Loch Ness Knit Fest was the best one yet, with more than 2000 visitors travelling to Inverness from 23 countries.

YOUNG talent from Inverness showcased their music and language skills at Scotland’s biggest celebration of Gaelic culture.