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Cancer fundraisers tackle triathlon for Evanton boy

Ramsey Mercer takes charge of the practice session by triathlon team members Gillian Urquhart, Fiona Fraser, his mum Adelle Mercer, dad Ralph Mercer, Keith Clark, Jamie Urquhart and Bruce Ray. Picture: Ian Rhind

THE family of a seven-year-old boy undergoing treatment for leukaemia will undertake a triathlon challenge up the Great Glen Way this weekend in aid of the cancer charity which supports him.

Ardross date for hospice music men

Published: Sat 25 May 2013

Howard Swindells will join Chris Roberts for a gig to benefit Highland Hospice at Ardross Community Hall

AN ALNESS singer-songwriter's collaboration with a like-minded music buff is hitting the right note with Highland Hospice.

'Inspirational' Adams inks fresh deal at Ross County

Published: Fri 24 May 2013

Derek Adams knows what's required - the best. Picture: Ken Macpherson.

ROSS County FC manager Derek Adams has inked a deal that will keep him at the helm of the Dingwall club until the end of the 2015/16 campaign.

Warning over Highland measles outbreak

Published: Fri 24 May 2013

A HEALTH chief has warned there is a higher risk of a measles outbreak in the Highlands because thousands of school children are not fully protected, as a hangover of the national MMR scare more than a decade ago.

Crunch meeting held to safeguard Highland air links

Published: Fri 24 May 2013

Flybe cabin crew will stop welcoming Inverness passengers on to Gatwick-bound planes when the service stops next March

CRUNCH talks over the future of flights between the Highlands and London will be held today (Friday) - a day after budget airline Flybe announced the sale of its Gatwick runway slots to easyJet for £20million.

Closure of empty female prison unit shocks Ross councillor

Published: Thu 23 May 2013

Councillor Margaret Paterson is sadden by the move to close the female prison unit

THE only unit for female inmates at a Highland jail has been shut, angering the senior councillor who chairs the prison's visiting committee because she was not even told.

Swordale 'micro-village' jibe as house proposals put on ice

Published: Thu 23 May 2013

FEARS about the potential for a road accident at a rapidly expanding Ross-shire "micro-village" have resulted in councillors postponing a decision on three new houses by a local developer.