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Highland avalanche reports stopped for first time – after lack of snow in hills

08 February 2025
Highland avalanche reports stopped for first time – after lack of snow in hills

Highland avalanche reports stopped for first time – after lack of snow in hills

08 February 2025

Scotland’s avalanche warning service downed tools in January when there was too little snow, and climate change is having a significant impact


Scientist reveals plans for new search to solve the Loch Ness Monster mystery

17 January 2025
Scientist reveals plans for new search to solve the Loch Ness Monster mystery

Scientist reveals plans for new search to solve the Loch Ness Monster mystery

17 January 2025

Professor Neil Gemmell is currently seeking sponsorship for “Loch Ness 2.0”.


WATCH: Mountain rescue team brave waist-deep snow in Cairngorms double-rescue

07 January 2025
WATCH: Mountain rescue team brave waist-deep snow in Cairngorms double-rescue

WATCH: Mountain rescue team brave waist-deep snow in Cairngorms double-rescue

07 January 2025

Mountain heroes battled "brutal" weather last night in a double rescue in the Cairngorms in which one couple feared they would not survive.


Nairn-based actress Tilda Swinton to receive special film award

23 December 2024
Nairn-based actress Tilda Swinton to receive special film award

Nairn-based actress Tilda Swinton to receive special film award

23 December 2024

Nairn-based actress Tilda Swinton is to be honoured for her huge contribution to film.


Sutherland councillors concerned over NC500 ‘super rally’ plan

18 December 2024
Sutherland councillors concerned over NC500 ‘super rally’ plan

Sutherland councillors concerned over NC500 ‘super rally’ plan

18 December 2024

An Austrian company is planning to include the NC500 in a 140-car rally in June next year.


Hollywood A-lister Keira Knightley flies into Inverness to begin filming in Highlands

03 November 2024
Hollywood A-lister Keira Knightley flies into Inverness to begin filming in Highlands

Hollywood A-lister Keira Knightley flies into Inverness to begin filming in Highlands

03 November 2024

Her latest film, The Woman in Cabin 10, is being shot in Glen Affric.


Breaking down borders with glorious coastal walk

21 October 2024
Breaking down borders with glorious coastal walk

Breaking down borders with glorious coastal walk

21 October 2024

Mike Merritt lets the train from Inverness take the strain on his way to the start of a walking holiday in the north-east of England


Schoolboy finds Tennent’s can almost as old as his mum on Highland beach

03 May 2024
Schoolboy finds Tennent’s can almost as old as his mum on Highland beach

Schoolboy finds Tennent’s can almost as old as his mum on Highland beach

03 May 2024

The 49-year-old can featuring one of the ‘Lager Lovelies’ will be kept as a souvenir.


Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ Fiona, rescued after spending two years at the bottom of a cliff near Sutherland, is put on strict diet to prepare her for motherhood

23 April 2024
Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ Fiona, rescued after spending two years at the bottom of a cliff near Sutherland, is put on strict diet to prepare her for motherhood

Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ Fiona, rescued after spending two years at the bottom of a cliff near Sutherland, is put on strict diet to prepare her for motherhood

23 April 2024

Fiona the ewe arrived at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries in November after being rescued by specialist climbing teams from a shore near Sutherland.


Inverness teenager becomes one of Scotland's youngest mountain rescuers

11 March 2024
Inverness teenager becomes one of Scotland's youngest mountain rescuers

Inverness teenager becomes one of Scotland's youngest mountain rescuers

11 March 2024

Having climbed Africa's highest mountain aged just 16, a Highland teenager has now become one of the youngest mountain rescuers in the country.


Injured mountain rescue team member stretchered off Cairngorms in blizzard conditions

10 February 2024
Injured mountain rescue team member stretchered off Cairngorms in blizzard conditions

Injured mountain rescue team member stretchered off Cairngorms in blizzard conditions

10 February 2024

An injured member of a mountain rescue team was stretchered nearly two-and-a-half miles in blizzard conditions in the Cairngorms last night.


Anders Holch Povlsen's Wildland Ltd reveals £9.3 million annual loss

15 January 2024
Anders Holch Povlsen's Wildland Ltd reveals £9.3 million annual loss

Anders Holch Povlsen's Wildland Ltd reveals £9.3 million annual loss

15 January 2024

Anders Holch Povlsen, 51, is a Danish businessman who made his fortune in retail.


Highland mountain rescue teams praised for 'dedication and professionalism' after busy spell

03 January 2024
Highland mountain rescue teams praised for 'dedication and professionalism' after busy spell

Highland mountain rescue teams praised for 'dedication and professionalism' after busy spell

03 January 2024

Mountain rescue teams across the Highlands have been spending time in challenging conditions to help people off the mountains this winter.


VIDEO: Animal rights group's plan to rescue Britain's loneliest sheep was hijacked, say campaigners

06 November 2023
VIDEO: Animal rights group's plan to rescue Britain's loneliest sheep was hijacked, say campaigners

VIDEO: Animal rights group's plan to rescue Britain's loneliest sheep was hijacked, say campaigners

06 November 2023

Animal Rising had been preparing to rescue Fiona for five days.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Wall to wall walking on route of the Romans

04 September 2023
ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Wall to wall walking on route of the Romans

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Wall to wall walking on route of the Romans

04 September 2023

Mike Merritt gets a closer inspection of the 80-mile Hadrian's Wall on a walking holiday in northern England


Anders Holch Povlsen brings Lionel Richie to Highlands for birthday party

19 June 2023
Anders Holch Povlsen brings Lionel Richie to Highlands for birthday party

Anders Holch Povlsen brings Lionel Richie to Highlands for birthday party

19 June 2023

Scotland’s largest private landowner and wealthiest man threw a multimillion-pound birthday bash at his Highland castle at the weekend.


Woman (26) airlifted in Beinn Eighe rescue

18 April 2023
Woman (26) airlifted in Beinn Eighe rescue

Woman (26) airlifted in Beinn Eighe rescue

18 April 2023

A woman was airlifted to hospital after getting injured on a Wester Ross mountain this week.


Avalanche forecasts to stop after quiet winter for snow

09 April 2023
Avalanche forecasts to stop after quiet winter for snow

Avalanche forecasts to stop after quiet winter for snow

09 April 2023

There were fewer avalanches in Scotland's mountain over the winter than previous years, while hazards have been shifting due to climate change.


Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team assists injured solo teen climber

06 March 2023
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team assists injured solo teen climber

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team assists injured solo teen climber

06 March 2023

Rescuers called out twice in as many days to help stricken climbers in same area of Northern Corries


Rescuers say hill walker who fell in Glencoe was probably carrying his dog in 'appalling' weather

27 February 2023
Rescuers say hill walker who fell in Glencoe was probably carrying his dog in 'appalling' weather

Rescuers say hill walker who fell in Glencoe was probably carrying his dog in 'appalling' weather

27 February 2023

A hill walker fell almost 100 feet to his death because he was probably carrying his dog with one hand, rescuers believe.


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