Crime

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.

A 47-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment after the incident on Friday afternoon.

The incident took place in the area of Baron Taylor Street and Lombard Street yesterday.

A robbery victim is in hospital with “serious but stable” injuries following an attack in the early hours of this morning.

A police cordon in Lombard Street in Inverness city centre is linked to the robbery of two men in a nearby street in the early hours of Friday.

A large police presence remained in place in an Inverness neighbourhood this morning after a stand-off at a property in the early hours.

A sheriff had to leave the bench and compose herself before sentencing a Ross-shire paedophile for offences that "plumbed the depths of depravity."

A thief who broke into an In Inverness house in the early hours of the morning is being hunted by police.

A 47-year-old man has been jailed for abusive and sexual offences Sutherland between April 2019 and December 2021, police have confirmed.

The incident took place on Saturday night at Tomnahurich Street.