Crime

An Inverness bike-sharing scheme has been suspended after a wave of vandalism made most of its fleet unusable in less than a week.

Fears are being raised that someone could be killed or seriously hurt as joyriding e-bikers terrorise Inverness city centre.

The driver of one of the motorcycles, a 63-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run after a 4x4 knocked an Audi off the road in Easter Ross.

Officers say a woman was approached by a man who exposed himself.

Police investigating thefts and break-ins in two Inverness neighbourhoods have arrested and charged a man.

A man has been arrested in connection with the assault of a man and a woman in Nairn town centre.

Ten drink drivers and four drug drivers were arrested by officers in various locations including Inverness.

Police are appealing for witnesses.

Police were responding to reports of suspicious behaviour in a South Kessock street.

The man was not injured in the incident but has been left badly shaken.

Officers investigating the fire have launched an appeal for witnesses to the May 31 incident in Bught Road.

"Disappointed" police have hit out at a minority of commercial and agricultural vehicle motorists who flout drivers' hours rules and loading limits.

Lewis Forbes has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual and violent offences in the Inverness and Ross-Shire areas.

Police have urged residents in the north to sign up to a rural version of Neighbourhood Watch - to fight crime and stay alerted to emergency messages.

Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with drug offences in Inverness.

Police have appealed to the public for more information after charity and till float money was stolen from the business.

A 56-year-old Black Isle chef who admitted her second drink-drive conviction in little over a year has been banned from the roads for three years.

Police are warning they are upping efforts to clamp down on illegal use of motor vehicles in Inverness after apprehending three youths.

The arrest was made after the playoff final between Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Hamilton Academical.