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PICTURES: Outstanding Highland blood donors honoured

Dozens of elite Highland blood and platelet donors have been thanked by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS).

A COMMUNITY fundraiser has conquered her first Munro to help raise £3400 for the Haven Appeal.

A HERO of Caley Thistle's famous Scottish Cup final triumph of 2015 has been honoured by students at the University of the Highlands and Islands.

FROM giving her views on the biggest developments to taking up complaints about bus services, Pat Hayden has been a champion for her community.

SUPERGIRL, the Flash and even one of the Power Rangers have joined forces to back this year's Highland Heroes event.

WHEN plumber Murray Menzies retired and closed the small business he ran with his father, it was with relief that he wrote the last pension cheque.

A man had to be taken to hospital after admitting to swallowing heroin on an Inverness street.

THERE was plenty of play-acting, amateur and professional, as stars of the stage took on local five-a-side football teams at Inverness Leisure.

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Anton du Beke is looking forward to a return visit to Inverness.

COSTS of more than £6 million have been avoided thanks to a reduction in the numbers of looked-after children in placements outside the Highlands.

DINOSAURS have taken up residence in the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Inverness for a three-week programme of events.

AN Inverness-based med-tech firm has raised a £255,000 investment including a Scottish Enterprise grant.

A VAN has been destroyed in a fire in Inverness.

SOCIAL exclusion, personal acceptance and judgement of others are highlighted in an exhibition by an Inverness art student.

A TREE has been planted at an Inverness bakery in memory of one of its biggest fans.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard a man assaulted his partner by pulling her to the ground and kicking her on the body at their home.