Highlands
NHS bosses were last night condemned for demanding a north pensioner with an incurable nerve disorder fund part of her travel to England for a vital operation.
Highlands
A holidaymaker remained in hospital overnight after being cut free by firefighters from the wreckage of a campervan involved in a collision with a lorry in the Highlands.
Highlands
Windfarm bosses have insisted that a multi-millin pound windfarm off the coast of Caithness will be a boon in terms of jobs and money.
Highlands
A recently bolstered Highland lifeboat crew is on the lookout for more volunteers - for the busiest spell of the year.
Highlands
Firefighters were called to cut one person free from the wreckage of a collision involving a campervan and a lorry in the Highlands.
Highlands
A Highland graduate has put a business career on hold to help save lives in the Amazon - and is braced for a bumpy ride.
Highlands
Hundreds of home care staff across the north are to be balloted over possible industrial action that could deprive vulnerable Highlanders of vital support.
Highlands
There will soon be a vacancy for a Highland councillor.
Highlands
Health chiefs want public feedback on a range of options to shape the future of health care across Caithness.
Highlands
Conservationists in the Highlands have welcomed a bid to reintroduce lynx to Britain as an opportunity to control deer numbers and boost the economy.
Aberdeen
Council bosses in the north and north east have raised just £3omillion from developers in the past five years, new figures show.
Highlands
Tourism Secretary Fiona Hyslop yesterday urged any organisation whose operations might interrupt traffic flow on the popular North Coast 500 route to consult widely.
Highlands
The phenomenal success of the North Coast 500 tourist project could be replicated elsewhere in Scotland.
Highlands
A Highland community is considering an appeal after the Scottish Government rejected its bid to purchase a lighthouse keeper's house.
Inner Hebrides
The Scottish Government has promised to address an island community's plea for urgent investment in infrastructure to accommodate its unprecedented growth in visitor numbers.
Highlands
Immigration officials insisted yesterday that they were working with the family of an elderly Highland woman fighting deportation from Australia.
Highlands
Highland residents could soon be able to see significant artworks and museum collections on their own doorstep, according to a pledge by the country's culture secretary.
Highlands
A 96-year-old Highland grandmother who moved to Australia to be with her family is being deported back to Scotland, her family has said.
Inverness
Just a few days ago, Highland Council let Inverness in on its plans to improve the city's museum.
Highlands
Promoters behind the NorthCoast500 phenomenon are confident that a year of interruptions by nuclear convoys will not deter tourists.
Highlands
Hundreds of people in the Highlands could be left without their crucial care service as union bosses accused the "bullying" NHS of forcing them towards industrial action.
Highlands
A Highland woman heavily dependent on home care support spoke of her anguish last night at the prospect of possible industrial action.
Highlands
There was disappointment for the organisers of a brave attempt at setting a new world record in Dingwall on Saturday.
Inverness
A community leader is urging council chiefs not to let a flood alleviation scheme slip down their priority list for investment as they begin a fundamental review of their capital budget.
Inverness
Superheroes and villains invaded Inverness during the weekend, for a two-day event to celebrate the biggest names in pop culture from TV, cinema and comic books.
Highlands
A hugely-popular tourist driving route faces disruption while a stretch is used to transport nuclear waste.
Highlands
The history of farming will be brought to life at the north's biggest agricultural event next month.
Highlands
Two records were broken and a brave decision to have the Tain Highland Gathering revert to Saturday was vindicated at the weekend.
Highlands
Ullapool firefighters have been dealing with a burning motorcycle on the A837 in Sutherland.
Editor's picks
A young mother-to-be and another person were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in a Highland home.
Highlands
Staff shortages mean a Caithness hospital is unlikely to accept new admissions for at least a month, it has emerged.
Charities
It is not every day you get a chance to jog down an airport runway in fancy dress and a glow-torch in your hand without the risk of being arrested.
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Highlands
Airport operators have apologised after peak-time gridlock caused problems for passengers trying to park at Dalcross.
Highlands
An emergency council taskforce is being formed to tackle what some community leaders regard as "a crisis" of a fast-growing city failing to keep pace with a need for extra school places in Inverness.
Highlands
A Highland water supply has been given the all-clear by health chiefs - but locals were last night adamant there was still a problem.
Highlands
A multimillion-pound military upgrade for the Western Isles and neighbouring outpost of St Kilda has secured funding.
Inner Hebrides
Councillors pressing for the reinstatement of 24-hour emergency NHS cover on Skye have called for urgent talks with Health Secretary Shona Robison.
Aberdeen
Five councils across the north are joining forces to improve the crumbling roads network.
Highlands
This is a first glimpse of how the Cairngorms Park Authority's Grantown headquarters will look once it has had a £1million-plus makeover.
Highlands
Highland councillors have railed against plans for a radical schools shake-up that could see headteachers handed significant control of budgets.
Highlands
Plans for new schools and road improvements across the Highlands have been thrown into doubt as council chiefs admit they can't afford them.
Highlands
Highland Council has paid a temporary IT chief three times the going rate for the job, it emerged yesterday.
Highlands
Community safety has emerged as a dominant concern for Merkinch folk, judging by a straw poll yesterday to gauge what the community wants from a new taskforce to improve the area's lot.
Inverness
The north's most deprived communities have been promised their say in an ambitious project to tackle poverty.
Inverness
Community leaders are hailing the unveiling of long-awaited plans for a major expansion and upgrade of an overcrowded and ageing Inverness school.
Highlands
A North MSP hopes to slash the price of flights to and from Wick to make life easier for local passengers and to boost the local economy.
Highlands
Parishioners had a glimpse of the future yesterday with the unveiling of ambitious plans to transform their Highland church.
Western Isles
Councillors in the Western Isles have been warned that savings of up to £20million may be needed over the next few years.
Highlands
Council chiefs are maintaining pressure on Scottish Government ministers to scrap the proposed switch of the police control room in Inverness to Dundee.
Highlands
Future election duty could prove a winner with Highland Council staff, who may get an extra half day off as a reward.
Inverness
Community leaders have urged residents to attend a public meeting tonight to discuss a controversial 100-home proposal for a Highland village amid concerns of over-development, flood risk and habitat loss.
North of Scotland
Nairnshire entrepreneurs are being urged to fling their weight behind a new initiative to boost the area's economy.
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Highlands
Finance chiefs have revealed Highland Council is facing a funding black hole of between £130million and £187million.
Highlands
Two feisty birds have caused work on a giant substation at a new Highland wind farm to grind to a halt.
Islands
A young disabled woman has revealed how she struggled to find any dentist to treat her in the whole of the Shetland Isles.
Highlands
A last-ditch attempt by Highland Council's leader to avert the closure of the police control room in Inverness appears to have failed.
Highlands
A Highland widow fought back tears yesterday as she received a posthumous medal on behalf of her husband who died while serving with the Army in Northern Ireland.
Highlands
Oban's business community has welcomed a bid by retailer Marks and Spencer to create a store in the town.
Highlands
New funding packages for dilapidated Fortrose Academy and new classrooms on Skye have been welcomed by local politicians.
Highlands
A north mum who claims her autistic son has not properly attended school for four years plans to sue the council over what she calls "discrimination".
Highlands
Highland councillors yesterday agreed a draft plan outlining proposals that promise to create between 300 and 400 teaching jobs in the Highlands over the next three years.
Highlands
The north's council leader last night launched a blistering attack on her own education officials for failing to get to grips with an overcrowding crisis in city schools.
Highlands
Milton of Leys residents were horrified to learn last night of the council's approval for Tulloch's 100-home Bogbain Farmhouse Inshes plan, saying it would mean a bus route being bulldozed through the last remaining local green belt - and right beside an idyllic lochan.
Highlands
Sixty badly-needed new homes have been approved for Lochaber at the site of the former Lochyside Catholic school.
Inverness
Glorious singing and poignant thoughts broke the monotony of council business in Inverness yesterday to mark Armed Forces Day.
Inverness
Community leaders have warned of public protests if a housebuilder is allowed to drive an access road for a new 100-home development through greenbelt on the edge of Inverness.
Highlands
Council chiefs have inadvertently confirmed that the architect behind the rejected "tilting pier" arts project has been selected to come up with an alternative concept.
Inverness
There is growing support among city councillors for a proposal to allow the first alcohol licence in Inverness's Victorian Market.
Highlands
Councillors have agreed to spend an additional £73,183 from the Inverness common good fund on improvements to bridges at the Ness Islands amenity area.
Highlands
Two modest heroes who saved a colleague stricken by a sudden heart-attack at work were honoured yesterday for their actions.
Inverness
Inverness's re-elected provost has declared war on people loitering and spitting in the city's streets.
Highlands
Health campaigners in the far north have secured a summit with Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison - warning they will pursue their fight to the next Holyrood election.
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Highlands
The controversial introduction of a charge to have garden waste bins uplifted has been taken up by 24,300.
Highlands
Council chiefs have accused Scottish Government ministers of ignoring their pleas for help to secure Highland a fairer share of massive profits from green energy schemes.
Highlands
A revised Highland Council five-year Gaelic plan will go out to public consultation from next week.
Highlands
The long wait to know what replaces the rejected "tilting pier" riverside artwork proposal for Inverness is almost over.
Highlands
Highland Council opposition leader Maxine Smith was given a senior planning role yesterday after a chivalrous rival stepped aside to avoid a cut of playing cards to decide the appointment.
Inner Hebrides
Whisky bosses have raised their glasses to councillors' approval of an extension of car parking at Talisker's distillery at Carbost on Skye.
Highlands
Scotland's chief constable Phil Gormley has been urged to visit the Highlands to reassure the region that the looming control room closure will not harm the service or cost jobs.
Highlands
Shetland will be connected to the National Grid for the first time in five years - but at the expense of island jobs at the existing power station.
Highlands
Iain Ramage
Highlands
A fun-packed guide aims to entice youngsters to leave video games at home and enjoy the great outdoors in the Highlands this summer.
Highlands
Councillors are being steered by planning officials to grant permission for a car park extension at Skye's Talisker distillery when they meet in Inverness today.
Highlands
Hundreds of island patients waiting to see an NHS dentist have been told to fight to get on the list of an independent dentist.
Highlands
A man "relighting the beacon of Liberalism" spoiled the SNP's hopes of repeating a hat-trick at Ross County last night.
Highlands
The SNP is expecting to retain its grip on the Highlands - but there is serious concern among supporters that they may lose one of three key constituencies.
Highlands
A developer is a step closer to building a care home on the Black Isle having won the support of the local community council.
Highlands
Police chiefs last night issued a reassurance that Inverness would become the home of a crime database unit when the city loses its emergency control room.
Inverness
New bus stops without proper pull-ins on one of the busiest routes in Inverness are an accident waiting to happen, according to community leaders.
Highlands
Windfarm watchers in the north have accused environmentalists of spinning the facts about the "extraordinary" success of recent green energy production.
Highlands
Another plane carrying highly radioactive waste, en route to the United States, left the Highlands at the weekend amid intense security.
Islands
An isles activist has urged fellow politicians not to allow the latest terrorist attack to affect their election campaigning.
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Highlands
A super-yacht with a rare pedigree cruised into the Western Isles yesterday, sparking a frenzy of interest about who might be aboard.
Highlands
An earthquake has struck a scattered Highland community.
Highlands
Residents on one of the UK's most remote islands are urgently seeking a new teacher for their tiny school.
Highlands
Organisers confirmed yesterday that a record crowd had savoured the myriad attractions of an Inverness trucks festival.
Highlands
A new Highland nature trail opened at the weekend in one of Europe's most stunning locations.
Highlands
David Kerr
Highlands
An Inverness playpark, refurbished at a public cost of £50,000, is falling apart because of a lack of council maintenance, according to a local representative.
Highlands
A grief-stricken islands community will gather today to bury the first of the Manchester terror attack victims.
Highlands
Anti-wind farm campaigners are celebrating the Scottish Government's rejection of a giant new scheme, which was planned for Glenurquhart, near Loch Ness.
Highlands
Hard-working volunteers with the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, LMRT, could soon have more space to store their equipment.
Highlands
The north's Muslim leader spoke of his sadness and anger yesterday (SUN) at the latest London terror attack amid concern that the atrocity could have repercussions elsewhere.
Highlands
A globe-trotting academic with a passion for photography has been named as Inverness College UHI's new principal and chief executive.
General Election
People of all faiths and beliefs have been united and transfixed by last moth's attack on youngsters attending a pop concert where 14-year-old Eilidh MacLeod from Barra tragically died.
Highlands
Councillors issued a dramatic snub yesterday to an attempt by the north's biggest theatre to reduce their influence on its operations.
Highlands
Highland Council chiefs have agreed an escape clause if radical reforms go wrong.
Highlands
Highland councillors managed to set an example, by trimming their running costs last year while being forced to help save the organisation millions of pounds to balance its books.
Highlands
A special meeting has been arranged for a Highland community to discuss revised plans for a new £4million care home.
Highlands
BT is cutting the lines to almost half of the remaining public phone boxes in the Highlands.
Highlands
The north's police chief has been replaced after just a year in the job, it can be revealed.
Orkney
A prominent cancer charity has cemented its commitment to Orkney by buying its Kirkwall base.
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Highlands
A Highland prison officer who admitted smuggling drugs and mobile phones into a jail has had his sentence reduced on appeal.
Cinema
A 100-strong cast is being sought for a film to be shot in Dingwall on June 10 to celebrate the community-owned GlenWyvis Distillery.
Highlands
Highland health chiefs have pledged that a further £100million budget cut over the next three years will not impact on patient care.
Highlands
Health chiefs yesterday declared the maternity shake-up in Caithness a success - while opponents took their complaints about it to the Health and Safety Executive.
Highlands
Activists have launched a 10,000-postcard campaign demanding a resumption of traditional maternity services in Caithness.
Highlands
An innovative Inverness event that will focus on Polish communities in the north has been fully booked.
Inverness
Hundreds of pounds have been donated to help an Inverness family who were left homeless by a fire.
Western Isles
Trading standards officers have warned residents on the Western Isles to avoid a Fifa World Cup online lottery scam letter that is circulating in the region.
Highlands
Another stretch of A9 between Inverness and Perth is a step closer to becoming dual carriageway.
Highlands
A young father was crushed to death while working at a Highland quarry, leaving a widow and five-year-old daughter - after moving from Poland for a better life.
Highlands
A much loved cat is retiring from a Highland post office role after 22 years because the business is switching to a supermarket.
Highlands
The Highlands have been put "at risk" by the exclusion of the SNP from the council's coalition, nationalists have claimed.
North of Scotland
A successful sea salt business in the Western Isles is under investigation as food standards officers said it put Scotland's great reputation for food and drink at risk.
Inverness
A school inspection report into one of Inverness's fastest-growing primaries took the unusual step of referring to the building children are taught in.
Highlands
The main opposition party on Highland Council last night pledged to be "co-operative and not obstructive", despite a bad-tempered start to the new term.
Highlands
Firefighters had to cut the roof off a car yesterday to rescue its driver from the wreckage of the latest crash at a Highland blackspot.
Highlands
A "super Grandad" came to the rescue of an Inverness schoolgirl - and her dog - after her house went on fire.
North of Scotland
Business leaders hope the launch of extra flights between the Highlands and Amsterdam will help fast-track the construction of a rail station to link Inverness Airport and the city centre.
Editor's picks
They are a spectacle to behold in full bloom in any Highland glen.
North of Scotland
The expansion of the sciences in the Highlands has taken a giant leap with the creation of 30 jobs.
