10 of the most read Inverness Courier stories of 2019

THE Inverness Courier web team has searched the archives and picked out our most read stories of the year. This is the top 10 based on page views.

1. Snow predicted

Inverness will be bracing itself after it was predicted the area could be hit by a colossal weather bomb with a foot of snow forecast within days...

* A foot of snow predicted for Inverness

2. USC to close

A long-term tenant at Eastgate Shopping Centre is renewing its commitment to the venue with a new deal, but the centre is also set to lose the local branch of troubled retailer USC...

* Fashion store to close down in Inverness

3. More snow predicted

Weather forecasters have predicted Inverness and the Highlands could be under snow as deep as 10 inches by the end of next week...

* Up to 10 inches of snow predicted to hit Inverness and the Highlands

4. £1.2m bill for plumber

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

* Shock over £1.2m Plumbing Pensions bill

5. Tributes to rugby player

One of the Highlands' leading sporting clubs has been left reeling following the death of a young player...

* Tributes flood in following sudden death of young rugby player

6. Love is in the air?

An auxiliary nurse is trying to track down a "lovely guy" she met during a night out in Inverness...

* Peterhead auxiliary nurse makes appeal to find 'lovely guy'

7. Renee MacRae latest

Wheels similar to those on the pushchair owned by missing Inverness woman Renee MacRae have been found in the local quarry that has been the focus of a new search for the remains of the mother and her three-year-old son Andrew...

* Police Scotland find bone and pushchair-style wheels in Leanach Quarry

8. Lewis Capaldi in donut form

Popular singer Lewis Capaldi has graced an Inverness coffee shop with a visit ahead of his performance at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival today...

* Singer Lewis Capaldi graces Inverness coffee shop with visit

9. Tartan Tweeds of Scotland closing down

A large store in the centre of Inverness has been vacated after Highland Council served notice to quit on the tenant over an alleged rates debt...

* Tartan Tweeds of Scotland store forced to close over £41k bill

10. New car park rules at Tesco Inshes

Superstore giants Tesco are clamping down on rogue parkers muscling in on one of their car parks...

* Tesco rogues get warning of new Inverness car park rules

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