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Comedian rallies support for Highland paths

08 May 2014
Comedian rallies support for Highland paths

Comedian rallies support for Highland paths

08 May 2014

COMEDIAN and outdoors devotee Griff Rhys Jones is urging people to help fund Highland footpaths.


Bird's eye view of Wester Ross sea eagle chicks

08 May 2014
Bird's eye view of Wester Ross sea eagle chicks

Bird's eye view of Wester Ross sea eagle chicks

08 May 2014

SCOTTISH Natural Heritage has announced the successful hatching of a sea eagle chick at a nest in Ross-shire.


Highland polar bears go global on webcam

05 May 2014
Highland polar bears go global on webcam

Highland polar bears go global on webcam

05 May 2014

THE Highlands’ famous polar bears, Walker and Arktos, can now be watched live via a webcam which has been installed at their wildlife park home.


Politics put aside as Highland Council condemns raptor killings

01 May 2014
Politics put aside as Highland Council condemns raptor killings

Politics put aside as Highland Council condemns raptor killings

01 May 2014

HIGHLAND Councillors have put politics aside to roundly condemn the growing death toll of birds of prey on the Black Isle.


MSP urges folk to support Ross-shire Women's Aid plea

30 April 2014
MSP urges folk to support Ross-shire Women's Aid plea

MSP urges folk to support Ross-shire Women's Aid plea

30 April 2014

A HIGHLAND MSP who is a long-term supporter of Ross-Shire Women’s Aid is urging the public to respond to its plea for household items to help furnish…


Fresh faces join Highland enterprise agency

28 April 2014
Fresh faces join Highland enterprise agency

Fresh faces join Highland enterprise agency

28 April 2014

A HOTELS boss and a former council chief are among four new appointees to the Board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise.


Farmers meet MSPs and police on Ross raptor deaths

21 April 2014
Farmers meet MSPs and police on Ross raptor deaths

Farmers meet MSPs and police on Ross raptor deaths

21 April 2014

LOCAL farmers met in Dingwall today (Monday) with their local MSPs and senior police to discuss the appalling deaths of 20 birds of prey in Ross-shire.


Fears for future of Tain access bridge

19 April 2014
Fears for future of Tain access bridge

Fears for future of Tain access bridge

19 April 2014

 LONG-standing bridge access to an Easter Ross amenity area could be closed for good because of spiralling costs for the repair of the historic structure.


Rock star's Highland hideaway offers a staircase to heaven

16 April 2014
Rock star's Highland hideaway offers a staircase to heaven

Rock star's Highland hideaway offers a staircase to heaven

16 April 2014

A ROCK star’s former Highland hideaway has gone on the market at offers over £625,000.


Journalist tackles 3,000-mile Atlantic rowing first

15 April 2014
Journalist tackles 3,000-mile Atlantic rowing first

Journalist tackles 3,000-mile Atlantic rowing first

15 April 2014

A HIGHLAND journalist is to attempt a first solo row across the Atlantic to raise funds for a mental health charity.


Lay Lady lay, as osprey produces 69th egg

14 April 2014
Lay Lady lay, as osprey produces 69th egg

Lay Lady lay, as osprey produces 69th egg

14 April 2014

AS POLICE and other agencies probe the death of 19 birds of prey in Ross-shire, there is happier news for raptors elsewhere with a famous osprey laying…


Ross raptors poisoned as tally reaches 13

28 March 2014
Ross raptors poisoned as tally reaches 13

Ross raptors poisoned as tally reaches 13

28 March 2014

A POLICE inquiry into the death of 13 raptors is now being treated as a wildlife crime after confirmation that the birds were poisoned.


Highland MSP calls for review of 'riot vans'

28 March 2014
Highland MSP calls for review of 'riot vans'

Highland MSP calls for review of 'riot vans'

28 March 2014

A HIGHLAND MSP is calling on Police Scotland to review the use of protective screens on police vehicles after constituents complained they look like "riot…


Ross-shire bird of prey deaths rise to 10

27 March 2014
Ross-shire bird of prey deaths rise to 10

Ross-shire bird of prey deaths rise to 10

27 March 2014

FOUR more raptors have been found dead in Ross-shire, bringing the death tally to 10.


Grant slams 'terrible reality' of land ownership

27 March 2014
Grant slams 'terrible reality' of land ownership

Grant slams 'terrible reality' of land ownership

27 March 2014

A HIGHLAND MSP has condemned the "terrible reality" that fewer than 500 people own half of Scotland.


American tribal chief for Ullapool Book Fest

27 March 2014
American tribal chief for Ullapool Book Fest

American tribal chief for Ullapool Book Fest

27 March 2014

A NORTH American tribal chief, a political journalist and the first Gaelic science fiction novelist are among the writers heading to the Ullapool Book…


Ross police probe death of six birds of prey

25 March 2014
Ross police probe death of six birds of prey

Ross police probe death of six birds of prey

25 March 2014

POLICE have launched an enquiry following the discovery of dead birds of prey in Ross-shire.


Ross pupils say 'yes' in mock indy referendum

24 March 2014
Ross pupils say 'yes' in mock indy referendum

Ross pupils say 'yes' in mock indy referendum

24 March 2014

A MOCK Scottish idependence referendum at a Ross-shire high school has returned a "Yes" vote.


Muir of Ord trekkers get in a lather!

22 March 2014
Muir of Ord trekkers get in a lather!

Muir of Ord trekkers get in a lather!

22 March 2014

A GROUP of big hearts from Muir of Ord are putting in a double effort ahead of an epic challenge to climb the UK and Ireland’s five highest peaks…


Former drug smuggler's Strathpeffer date

21 March 2014
Former drug smuggler's Strathpeffer date

Former drug smuggler's Strathpeffer date

21 March 2014

INTERNATIONAL drug smuggler turned author and racaonteur Howard Marks will be regaling an audience at the Strathpeffer Pavilion with tales of his colourful…


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