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Which of these 12 Ross-shire Journal pictures from past year is your favourite?

Which of these 12 Ross-shire Journal pictures from past year is your favourite?

Which of these 12 Ross-shire Journal pictures from past year is your favourite?

11 January 2025

How many of these pictures and stories from the past 12 months do you remember - and who do you recognise?


1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

1700 people sign Highland Hotel Association petition against Highland Council’s planned visitor levy

11 January 2025

The association fears it will be ‘an extra tax on visitors and locals’ while evidence from abroad argues it will not put tourists off visiting.


Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop’s A9 dualling inquiry response casts doubt on commitment and funding

10 January 2025

But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.


'Unrealised ambition' - £100k National Insurance hike bill for Eden Court Theatre

'Unrealised ambition' - £100k National Insurance hike bill for Eden Court Theatre

'Unrealised ambition' - £100k National Insurance hike bill for Eden Court Theatre

10 January 2025

Hikes to employer national insurance contributions will cost Eden Court an extra £100,000 a year, it has confirmed.


Murdered Nairn banker's family ‘extremely grateful’ for meeting with First Minister

Murdered Nairn banker's family ‘extremely grateful’ for meeting with First Minister

Murdered Nairn banker's family ‘extremely grateful’ for meeting with First Minister

09 January 2025

The family of Nairn’s Alistair Wilson, murdered in 2004, said they were “extremely grateful” to the First Minister after he met with them yesterday.


Inverness and Ullapool to host Transport Scotland events on cutting speed limit by 10mph

Inverness and Ullapool to host Transport Scotland events on cutting speed limit by 10mph

Inverness and Ullapool to host Transport Scotland events on cutting speed limit by 10mph

09 January 2025

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.


‘I hope they get the justice they deserve’ - First Minister meets with family of Nairn murder victim Alistair Wilson

‘I hope they get the justice they deserve’ - First Minister meets with family of Nairn murder victim Alistair Wilson

‘I hope they get the justice they deserve’ - First Minister meets with family of Nairn murder victim Alistair Wilson

09 January 2025

The First Minister has met the family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after more than two decades.


Highland Council launches a five-week region-wide 20mph zone consultation

Highland Council launches a five-week region-wide 20mph zone consultation

Highland Council launches a five-week region-wide 20mph zone consultation

06 January 2025

The public has until February 25 to make their views known as critics slam the scheme as a waste of money.


Ross-shire Journal August 2024 review in front pages and photos

Ross-shire Journal August 2024 review in front pages and photos

Ross-shire Journal August 2024 review in front pages and photos

05 January 2025

Missing boy triggers massive Easter Ross response; tractor-daft tot at Black Isle Show; Save Our Gymnastics Club and designer heads for Big Apple.


Ross-shire review July 2024 - all this happened in one month!

Ross-shire review July 2024 - all this happened in one month!

Ross-shire review July 2024 - all this happened in one month!

05 January 2025

Shania Twain’s shout-out for Black Isle designer; Dingwall woman picks up posthumous medal for brother and Tain tragedy spurs life-saving campaign.


NC500 chairman’s air-raid drama in Ukraine charity drive

NC500 chairman’s air-raid drama in Ukraine charity drive

NC500 chairman’s air-raid drama in Ukraine charity drive

05 January 2025

The chairman of the North Coast 500 had to spend time sheltering in an air-raid shelter in Lviv during a mercy mission to war-torn Ukraine.


Scottish Government under attack for £154 million hospital bill for ‘medically fit’ Highlands and Islands patients

Scottish Government under attack for £154 million hospital bill for ‘medically fit’ Highlands and Islands patients

Scottish Government under attack for £154 million hospital bill for ‘medically fit’ Highlands and Islands patients

05 January 2025

Scottish Government failures on social care are being blamed for landing the Highlands and Islands NHS with a £154 million bill over the last decade.


Ones to watch 2025: Politics

Ones to watch 2025: Politics

Ones to watch 2025: Politics

04 January 2025

Who are the figures and what are the political issues to keep an eye on for the Highlands in 2025?


SFF sound warning over fishing industry future in the new year

SFF sound warning over fishing industry future in the new year

SFF sound warning over fishing industry future in the new year

31 December 2024

Radical new approaches need to be adopted to avoid the Scottish fishing industry being crushed, a fishermen’s organisation has warned.


‘Significant’ new house building vow made amid Highland housing crisis

‘Significant’ new house building vow made amid Highland housing crisis

‘Significant’ new house building vow made amid Highland housing crisis

31 December 2024

Plans to drive forward “significant new housing” in the Highlands will be unveiled early in 2025, a major housing society has vowed.


Look what’s on these Ross-shire councillors’ 2025 wish lists

Look what’s on these Ross-shire councillors’ 2025 wish lists

Look what’s on these Ross-shire councillors’ 2025 wish lists

31 December 2024

Some strong words spoken as top targets for 2025 revealed.


MSP criticises doubled NHS Highland spending on antidiabetic drugs

MSP criticises doubled NHS Highland spending on antidiabetic drugs

MSP criticises doubled NHS Highland spending on antidiabetic drugs

27 December 2024

A multi-million pound rise in anti-diabetes medication spending at NHS Highland highlights the need tor better prevention measures, an MSP has argued.


MP Angus Macdonald ‘appalled’ at opulence of new Cabinet Office in Glasgow

MP Angus Macdonald ‘appalled’ at opulence of new Cabinet Office in Glasgow

MP Angus Macdonald ‘appalled’ at opulence of new Cabinet Office in Glasgow

24 December 2024

A Highland MP said he was ‘shocked’ by the ‘opulence’ and emptiness of the UK government’s brand-new £150 million headquarters in Glasgow.


LONG READ: Can Dingwall revamp change the face of county town?

LONG READ: Can Dingwall revamp change the face of county town?

LONG READ: Can Dingwall revamp change the face of county town?

23 December 2024

Rethinking use of public buildings in Dingwall could see the biggest shake-up in over a generation and bring benefits, as SCOTT MACLENNAN reports.


Maree Todd shows support for women in pensions ‘betrayal’

Maree Todd shows support for women in pensions ‘betrayal’

Maree Todd shows support for women in pensions ‘betrayal’

23 December 2024

Waspi women have been subject to a “great injustice” according to far north MSP Maree Todd.


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