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Val Sweeney


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Val Sweeney is an award-winning and experienced journalist. Having worked on several newspapers in the north of England in various roles as a reporter and feature writer, she joined the Inverness Courier in 2001.

Can you help to solve mystery of VE Day anniversary sampler?

15 April 2025
Can you help to solve mystery of VE Day anniversary sampler?

Can you help to solve mystery of VE Day anniversary sampler?

15 April 2025

An Armed services organisation in Inverness is appealing for public help to solve a 20-year-old mystery.


New group aims to give young people a greater say in tackling social issues in Highlands

13 April 2025
New group aims to give young people a greater say in tackling social issues in Highlands

New group aims to give young people a greater say in tackling social issues in Highlands

13 April 2025

Young people in the Highlands are being offered the chance to have their voices heard in tackling social issues with the formation of a new group.


Pub attack which left man (20) seriously injured branded ‘senseless’

13 April 2025
Pub attack which left man (20) seriously injured branded ‘senseless’

Pub attack which left man (20) seriously injured branded ‘senseless’

13 April 2025

An attack in an Inverness pub which left a 20-year-old seriously injured has been branded as “senseless”.


Did Highland writer create greatest literary hoax of all time?

13 April 2025
Did Highland writer create greatest literary hoax of all time?

Did Highland writer create greatest literary hoax of all time?

13 April 2025

It has been described as the ‘greatest literary hoax of all time’.


Game-changing grant awarded to care charity near Loch Ness for electric cars

13 April 2025
Game-changing grant awarded to care charity near Loch Ness for electric cars

Game-changing grant awarded to care charity near Loch Ness for electric cars

13 April 2025

A charity providing care services in a rural area south of Loch Ness is celebrating a “gaming-changing” grant to buy two electric cars.


Police retain presence outside pub after man (20) seriously injured in disturbance

13 April 2025
Police retain presence outside pub after man (20) seriously injured in disturbance

Police retain presence outside pub after man (20) seriously injured in disturbance

13 April 2025

A 20-year-old man has been taken to hospital after being seriously injured during a disturbance at an Inverness city centre pub.


Park’s climbing frame temporarily closed after child almost hit by falling equipment

13 April 2025
Park’s climbing frame temporarily closed after child almost hit by falling equipment

Park’s climbing frame temporarily closed after child almost hit by falling equipment

13 April 2025

A climbing frame at an Inverness park has been temporarily closed just a week after the children’s play area reopened following a £500,000 revamp.


WEEKLY COURT ROUND-UP: Man almost lost life in motorcycle crash, jail for paedophile and man assaulted partner and her mother

13 April 2025
WEEKLY COURT ROUND-UP: Man almost lost life in motorcycle crash, jail for paedophile and man assaulted partner and her mother

WEEKLY COURT ROUND-UP: Man almost lost life in motorcycle crash, jail for paedophile and man assaulted partner and her mother

13 April 2025

It was another busy week for Inverness Sheriff Court with a number of cases covered by the Inverness Courier.


Update: Revamped play park where child narrowly missed being hit by equipment had passed inspections

12 April 2025
Update: Revamped play park where child narrowly missed being hit by equipment had passed inspections

Update: Revamped play park where child narrowly missed being hit by equipment had passed inspections

12 April 2025

An Inverness play park where a child narrowly missed being hit by a piece of equipment had passed inspections following a revamp, officials say.


Near miss reported due to equipment failure at newly-reopened play park following £500k revamp

12 April 2025
Near miss reported due to equipment failure at newly-reopened play park following £500k revamp

Near miss reported due to equipment failure at newly-reopened play park following £500k revamp

12 April 2025

Checks are being carried out at a newly-revamped play park in Inverness after a reported near miss with a piece of equipment.


Open letter signed by community groups and trade unions calls for visitor levy to be used to tackle housing crisis

11 April 2025
Open letter signed by community groups and trade unions calls for visitor levy to be used to tackle housing crisis

Open letter signed by community groups and trade unions calls for visitor levy to be used to tackle housing crisis

11 April 2025

Groups and trade unions have joined forces to step up calls for a proposed tourist tax in the Highlands to be used to address the housing crisis.


Fire-hit retail units demolished as police inquiries continue

11 April 2025
Fire-hit retail units demolished as police inquiries continue

Fire-hit retail units demolished as police inquiries continue

11 April 2025

Demolition work has started on a row of shops destroyed in a massive blaze at an Inverness business park last month.


Extra £2.6m for National Treatment Centre Highland paves way for thousands more operations

10 April 2025
Extra £2.6m for National Treatment Centre Highland paves way for thousands more operations

Extra £2.6m for National Treatment Centre Highland paves way for thousands more operations

10 April 2025

Thousands more operations will be carried out at the National Treatment Centre (NTC) Highland thanks to extra funding of £2.6 million.


Controversial substation plan opposed unanimously at public meeting

10 April 2025
Controversial substation plan opposed unanimously at public meeting

Controversial substation plan opposed unanimously at public meeting

10 April 2025

Alarmed residents in a community near Beauly turned out in force to demonstrate their opposition to controversial plans for a major substation.


Controversial plans for visitor levy prompt 4000 ‘very mixed’ responses during consultation

08 April 2025
Controversial plans for visitor levy prompt 4000 ‘very mixed’ responses during consultation

Controversial plans for visitor levy prompt 4000 ‘very mixed’ responses during consultation

08 April 2025

About 4000 “very mixed” responses were received during the public consultation on the possible introduction of a visitor levy for the Highlands.


New £17m hub will bolster resilience of electricity transmission network, says energy company

08 April 2025
New £17m hub will bolster resilience of electricity transmission network, says energy company

New £17m hub will bolster resilience of electricity transmission network, says energy company

08 April 2025

A £17m hub set to bolster the efficiency of the north of Scotland's electricity transmission network has opened at Inverness Airport Business Park.


Reindeer herders issue plea to drone users after herd ‘spooked’

08 April 2025
Reindeer herders issue plea to drone users after herd ‘spooked’

Reindeer herders issue plea to drone users after herd ‘spooked’

08 April 2025

Reindeer herders in the Cairngorms have issued a plea to drone users after the herd was spooked by a machine flying overhead.


Police appeal for information following death of cyclist

08 April 2025
Police appeal for information following death of cyclist

Police appeal for information following death of cyclist

08 April 2025

Police are appealing for information following the death of a cyclist on a single-track road near Nairn.


Asbestos survey of 281 council buildings after notice served by Health and Safety Executive

08 April 2025
Asbestos survey of 281 council buildings after notice served by Health and Safety Executive

Asbestos survey of 281 council buildings after notice served by Health and Safety Executive

08 April 2025

Highland Council will conduct an asbestos survey of 28l communal buildings after being served a notice by the Health and Safety Executive.


Contract for major electricity network projects around Inverness and Highlands awarded to Freedom

07 April 2025
Contract for major electricity network projects around Inverness and Highlands awarded to Freedom

Contract for major electricity network projects around Inverness and Highlands awarded to Freedom

07 April 2025

Electricity network projects worth £55 million in the Inverness and Highlands area will be carried out by the Freedom Group.


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