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‘Ultimate fitness race’ training launches at High Life Highland leisure centres

‘Ultimate fitness race’ training launches at High Life Highland leisure centres

‘Ultimate fitness race’ training launches at High Life Highland leisure centres

11 June 2025

Three High Live Highland centres across the region are set to introduce a new training format to their offering this summer.


‘Woefully inadequate’: Doctor warns of plan’s impact on National Treatment Centre parking

‘Woefully inadequate’: Doctor warns of plan’s impact on National Treatment Centre parking

‘Woefully inadequate’: Doctor warns of plan’s impact on National Treatment Centre parking

09 June 2025

Staff accommodation plans at Inverness Campus risk compromising patient parking at the National Treatment Centre - a doctor at the site has warned.


New care home to open doors to community

New care home to open doors to community

New care home to open doors to community

09 June 2025

Inverness’s newest care home is set to open its doors to the local community this weekend before it welcomes its first residents.


Race is on for business leaders to ‘raise their ransom’ for baby loss charity

Race is on for business leaders to ‘raise their ransom’ for baby loss charity

Race is on for business leaders to ‘raise their ransom’ for baby loss charity

09 June 2025

Business leaders in Inverness are being held to ransom - all in aid of charity.


‘Medical emergency’ on cruise ship after passenger required ‘necessary medical care’

‘Medical emergency’ on cruise ship after passenger required ‘necessary medical care’

‘Medical emergency’ on cruise ship after passenger required ‘necessary medical care’

09 June 2025

A medical emergency aboard a major cruise ship sparked its early arrival in the Cromarty Firth.


Young people in Inverness urged to give blood donations

Young people in Inverness urged to give blood donations

Young people in Inverness urged to give blood donations

09 June 2025

The appeal comes during Blood Donor Week (June 9- 15), which leads up to World Blood Donor Day on June 14.


Exercise can be key to boosting health - including after treatment

Exercise can be key to boosting health - including after treatment

Exercise can be key to boosting health - including after treatment

07 June 2025

Treament matters, but so too does staying healthy in a bid to prevent illness, says our columnist.


‘I’m living my bonus years to the full’ - offshore worker told he had lungs of a 90-year-old

‘I’m living my bonus years to the full’ - offshore worker told he had lungs of a 90-year-old

‘I’m living my bonus years to the full’ - offshore worker told he had lungs of a 90-year-old

06 June 2025

He began to come to terms with dying hundreds of miles away from family and friends after traveling to Newcastle for transplant op.


Raigmore’s maxed-out intensive care unit sparks concerns about bed space

Raigmore’s maxed-out intensive care unit sparks concerns about bed space

Raigmore’s maxed-out intensive care unit sparks concerns about bed space

03 June 2025

Inverness and Nairn Lib Dem candidate Neil Alexander warn of ‘growing crisis’ in north healthcare.


‘This is for you mum!’: Amy’s Army lead charge against cancer at Race for Life

‘This is for you mum!’: Amy’s Army lead charge against cancer at Race for Life

‘This is for you mum!’: Amy’s Army lead charge against cancer at Race for Life

01 June 2025

Cancer survivor Amy Addison, who lost her mother to the disease in 2022, took part in Race for Life Inverness for her mum and all affected by cancer.


Race for Life Inverness welcomes hundreds of runners

Race for Life Inverness welcomes hundreds of runners

Race for Life Inverness welcomes hundreds of runners

01 June 2025

Hundreds of runners have raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity after pounding the streets of Inverness at the latest Race for Life.


Key role at children’s charity for dad whose son was born 12 weeks early

Key role at children’s charity for dad whose son was born 12 weeks early

Key role at children’s charity for dad whose son was born 12 weeks early

01 June 2025

A father, whose son was born 12 weeks early, has been appointed business development and fundraising manager of a charity helping Highland children.


‘I wouldn’t be a grandmother without this gift of life’ - heart transplant patient backs organ donation campaign

‘I wouldn’t be a grandmother without this gift of life’ - heart transplant patient backs organ donation campaign

‘I wouldn’t be a grandmother without this gift of life’ - heart transplant patient backs organ donation campaign

30 May 2025

Discussing with your family whether you want to be an organ donor, and making your decision known on the organ donor register is crucial.


Tractor trek closing in on fundraising goal after mammoth 16-day journey

Tractor trek closing in on fundraising goal after mammoth 16-day journey

Tractor trek closing in on fundraising goal after mammoth 16-day journey

30 May 2025

An epic challenge which saw a semi-retired farmer take a vintage tractor from Land’s End to John O’Groats is closing in on its fundraising target.


PODCAST: Life After Cancer

PODCAST: Life After Cancer

PODCAST: Life After Cancer

30 May 2025

We hear of the powerful journeys of five individuals from the Highlands who have transformed their lives following cancer diagnoses.


Time for us ALL to talk about organ donation

Time for us ALL to talk about organ donation

Time for us ALL to talk about organ donation

30 May 2025

Only 60% of families currently give consent.


Englishman taking on West Highland Way fundraiser for Highland autism charity

Englishman taking on West Highland Way fundraiser for Highland autism charity

Englishman taking on West Highland Way fundraiser for Highland autism charity

24 May 2025

It will be part of a personal challenge to walk to all four cardinal extremes on the United Kingdom mainland.


Bringing death into the open can lead to more positive outcomes

Bringing death into the open can lead to more positive outcomes

Bringing death into the open can lead to more positive outcomes

24 May 2025

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America said that nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.


Norovirus suspected as vomiting bug closes Inverness primary school for ‘deep clean’

Norovirus suspected as vomiting bug closes Inverness primary school for ‘deep clean’

Norovirus suspected as vomiting bug closes Inverness primary school for ‘deep clean’

23 May 2025

A suspected Norovirus outbreak has forced the closure of an Inverness primary and nursery school.


‘Significant’ care failings over brain bleed patient who died after hospital fall

‘Significant’ care failings over brain bleed patient who died after hospital fall

‘Significant’ care failings over brain bleed patient who died after hospital fall

23 May 2025

A hospital patient who suffered a bleed on the brain after a fall in a ward and later died experienced “significant & serious” failings in their care.


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