Coronavirus - Local News

Education Secretary John Swinney has said exams will be scrapped for school pupils this year as schools get set to close for the foreseeable future.

A DAY centre service for people living with dementia is being halted "with immediate effect" in two Ross-shire communities.

SCOTLAND'S economy is facing an "immediate collapse in demand" so a package of measures worth £2.2 billion will be introduced to support businesses.

HIGHLAND Council has postponed all committee meetings and member workshops due that were due to take place in March and April over coronavirus.

High Life Highland will close its facilities across the Highlands to help minimise social contact during the ongoing coronavirus emergency.

Sports facilities across Ross-shire are making some equipment free to take to help people stay active during isolation periods.

THE emergence of online scammers keen to cash in on the coronavirus crisis has sparked a warning from Highland Council trading standards chiefs.

ALL Costa Coffee outlets are to go cashless and have no in-house seating from tomorrow, as the firm responds to the global coronavirus pandemic.

A planned recruitment and community drop-in event, scheduled to be held in Fortrose tomorrow, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis.

Senior managers and trustees at the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) have decided to keep properties closed and suspend all planned events.

The Highlands' only top flight football team is closing the doors of its club shop amid growing uncertainty over the cornonavirus.

A NUMBER of flights from Inverness have been affected as a result of airline Loganair operating a reduced service from next week.

THERE have been no more cases of coronavirus confirmed in the Highlands in the last 24 hours.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that schools will almost certainly close on Friday.

Organisers of this year's Piping Inverness have cancelled the event in line with government advice during the coronavirus crisis.

MORE than 3500 nursery, primary and secondary school pupils in the Highlands have been affected by school closures today.

TruckNess cancelled in the Highlands

Dingwall Academy and Resolis Primary nursery are both closed today due to "unforeseen circumstances".

High Life Highland is stopping all group activities as of tomorrow at its facilities – including leisure centres, swimming pools and libraries.

ONE of the Highlands’ most world famous sites has closed to all visitors with immediate effect as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.