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During this unprecedented time, many readers may not be in a position to go out and purchase their weekly newspaper, however, help is at hand. You can get an e-edition of the Ross-shire Journal and the North Star delivered straight to your inbox every week. Using the latest technology it means you can read the paper on your home computer, tablet or mobile phone.

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Dingwall street party will mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee and celebrate town's pandemic resilience

Dingwall street party will mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee and celebrate town's pandemic resilience

Dingwall street party will mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee and celebrate town's pandemic resilience

Dingwall is setting the scene for a street party that will mark a milestone moment in history – and celebrate the community's remarkable resilience.


Tourist trade hit by 'perfect storm' despite boom in visitor numbers

Tourist trade hit by 'perfect storm' despite boom in visitor numbers

Tourist trade hit by 'perfect storm' despite boom in visitor numbers

Optimism over booming visitor numbers in Ross-shire is being sharply undercut by staff shortages, soaring prices and the legacy of Brexit and Covid.


Covid 'spring booster' vaccination sessions planned across Ross-shire

Covid 'spring booster' vaccination sessions planned across Ross-shire

Covid 'spring booster' vaccination sessions planned across Ross-shire

THE Spring Booster campaign is continuing across NHS Highland with more clinics added for May.


Spring booster jags at Ross-shire pharmacy

Spring booster jags at Ross-shire pharmacy

Spring booster jags at Ross-shire pharmacy

Patients living in the Kyle area are being given the option to have their spring booster administered more locally at clinics at the local pharmacy.


Lockdown art project leads to oil painting exhibition for Black Isle man

Lockdown art project leads to oil painting exhibition for Black Isle man

Lockdown art project leads to oil painting exhibition for Black Isle man

A Vietnamese barista now living on the Black Isle is to stage his first art exhibition after teaching himself oil painting during lockdown.


Spring Covid-19 booster campaign in the Highlands

Spring Covid-19 booster campaign in the Highlands

Spring Covid-19 booster campaign in the Highlands

The spring booster campaign is continuing across the NHS Highland area with more clinics added for the month of May.


Long Covid sufferer completes 2022 Etape Loch Ness event

Long Covid sufferer completes 2022 Etape Loch Ness event

Long Covid sufferer completes 2022 Etape Loch Ness event

A 63-year-old long Covid sufferer from Northern Ireland has successfully completed the 2022 Etape Loch Ness with the help of oxygen cylinders.


Black Isle business closes as precaution as staff self-isolate

Black Isle business closes as precaution as staff self-isolate

Black Isle business closes as precaution as staff self-isolate

An acclaimed Black Isle cheese shop will be closed for 10 days as staff self-isolate as a precaution.


Black Isle care home hit by "significant" Covid outbreak

Black Isle care home hit by "significant" Covid outbreak

Black Isle care home hit by "significant" Covid outbreak

A Black Isle nursing home has been hit by a “significant” wave of Covid-related staff absences in the last fortnight.


Bug outbreaks close two wards at Raigmore Hospital

Bug outbreaks close two wards at Raigmore Hospital

Bug outbreaks close two wards at Raigmore Hospital

Cases of coronavirus and norovirus have resulted in two wards at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness being closed to new admissions.


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