ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson aims for the heights on the hottest day with a round of Cairn Gorm from Coire Cas
‘We hope Chanonry Point will someday be accessible to everyone on a daily basis and not just once a year.’
Plans to end round-the-clock public access to the grounds of Inverness Castle will “undermine” and “detract” from the historic site, claim critics.
Construction work on a major factory next to the Port of Nigg could take place well into weekends - in a bid by the owner to meet its target date.
“Keep windows and doors closed” plea as barley and forestry burns.
Appliances from Inverness, Nairn, Grantown-on-Spey and Forres were scrambled to the scene at 2.35pm amid an active extreme wildfire warning.
The warning is in force on Saturday and Sunday, amid forecasts for locally persistent rainfall in some parts of Highland and Moray.
The Glen Buck Estate, which stretches across almost 9000 acres, includes land at the northern end of Loch Oich.
Cars parked on the Links grass in Nairn have sparked warnings from fed-up council officials amid local concerns.
Chief executive Calum Macpherson says North Sea renewables ‘should take 50 to 100 years just to build out’.