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A new befriending service has been set up serving Drumnadrochit, Glenurquhart, Strathglass, Beauly and surrounding areas.

A FUNDRAISING event to support an Inverness charity was a huge success.

The developer behind the £625 million Red John project is holding a public information event in Dores Hall today.

An Inverness artist will use a new metal alloy made from destroyed illegal firearms to promote global disarmament.

It is hoped improvements can be made by organisers after bad weather affected the recording of race finishing times of this year’s Culloden Run.

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.