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Awards honour at special ceremony

Awards honour at special ceremony

Awards honour at special ceremony

01 June 2025

Outstanding achievements, leadership and long service were honoured by the Boys Brigade at a special event in Inverness.


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.


Pictures: Finding love online in later life - newly-married Inverness couple say digital dating worked for them

Pictures: Finding love online in later life - newly-married Inverness couple say digital dating worked for them

Pictures: Finding love online in later life - newly-married Inverness couple say digital dating worked for them

01 June 2025

When well-known Inverness businessman David Dowling joined an online dating agency, a quirky profile caught his attention.


Mikeysline Bee The Change choir is bringing school pupils out of their shells

Mikeysline Bee The Change choir is bringing school pupils out of their shells

Mikeysline Bee The Change choir is bringing school pupils out of their shells

30 May 2025

One Charleston Academy teacher hailed the group as ‘one of the most rewarding things I’ve done in a long time’.


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.


Part 3: Meeting a bombmaker turning scrap into weapons of resistance - Highland car mechanic travels to Ukrainian war zone

Part 3: Meeting a bombmaker turning scrap into weapons of resistance - Highland car mechanic travels to Ukrainian war zone

Part 3: Meeting a bombmaker turning scrap into weapons of resistance - Highland car mechanic travels to Ukrainian war zone

28 May 2025

As car mechanic Danny Ward arrives in Kramatorsk near the Ukrainian front line, he is struck by the people’s resilience amid heart-breaking scenes.


Part 2: ‘I was in a war zone now” - car mechanic describes sense of danger on mission to Ukrainian front line

Part 2: ‘I was in a war zone now” - car mechanic describes sense of danger on mission to Ukrainian front line

Part 2: ‘I was in a war zone now” - car mechanic describes sense of danger on mission to Ukrainian front line

27 May 2025

As he presses on towards the Ukrainian front line to deliver aid from the Highlands, car mechanic Danny Ward experiences a night-time drone strike.


Part 1: From Inverness to Ukrainian front line - car mechanic sets off on mercy mission to deliver Nessie the Nissan

Part 1: From Inverness to Ukrainian front line - car mechanic sets off on mercy mission to deliver Nessie the Nissan

Part 1: From Inverness to Ukrainian front line - car mechanic sets off on mercy mission to deliver Nessie the Nissan

26 May 2025

In part one of Danny Ward’s series about his journey to deliver aid to the Ukrainian front line, he sets off from Inverness into the unknown.


Car mechanic drives to Ukrainian front line to deliver Nessie the Nissan and vital aid

Car mechanic drives to Ukrainian front line to deliver Nessie the Nissan and vital aid

Car mechanic drives to Ukrainian front line to deliver Nessie the Nissan and vital aid

25 May 2025

A Highland car mechanic has given a heartfelt account of a solo journey to deliver a vehicle packed with vital supplies to the front line in Ukraine.


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.


Leading Highland community care project celebrates 25th anniversary

Leading Highland community care project celebrates 25th anniversary

Leading Highland community care project celebrates 25th anniversary

21 May 2025

A cornerstone of care and connection in the Drumnadrochit area has celebrated 25 years of supporting those in need.


Highland Council aims to become a ‘Council of Sanctuary’ for ‘those fleeing persecution and violence’

Highland Council aims to become a ‘Council of Sanctuary’ for ‘those fleeing persecution and violence’

Highland Council aims to become a ‘Council of Sanctuary’ for ‘those fleeing persecution and violence’

19 May 2025

It means applying to be granted status for the City of Sanctuary Award.


Police Scotland confirm A839 has reopened after a fire at Rogart Vets yesterday

Police Scotland confirm A839 has reopened after a fire at Rogart Vets yesterday

Police Scotland confirm A839 has reopened after a fire at Rogart Vets yesterday

17 May 2025

Six fire engine crews from Lairg, Dornoch, Invergordon, Dingwall and Inverness tackled the blaze - no animals or people were injured.


Inverness Royal Academy pupil is Scotland’s standard bearing champion again

Inverness Royal Academy pupil is Scotland’s standard bearing champion again

Inverness Royal Academy pupil is Scotland’s standard bearing champion again

17 May 2025

She used to set the highest standards with a badminton racket in her hand. These days the graceful movements come with the swing of a ceremonial flag.


Determined mum overcomes ‘unutterably painful’ son's suicide to help improve New Craigs

Determined mum overcomes ‘unutterably painful’ son's suicide to help improve New Craigs

Determined mum overcomes ‘unutterably painful’ son's suicide to help improve New Craigs

16 May 2025

Jacqui Waring worked with NHS Highland to deliver improvements after her son Will Ogilvy took his own life aged just 28.


‘If you want it, you can do it’: Kiltarlity couple on making home dream come true

‘If you want it, you can do it’: Kiltarlity couple on making home dream come true

‘If you want it, you can do it’: Kiltarlity couple on making home dream come true

15 May 2025

A Highland couple set to appear on Scotland’s Home of the Year share how they turned their dream into reality.


Black Isle designer gets royal call up as key ‘changemaker’

Black Isle designer gets royal call up as key ‘changemaker’

Black Isle designer gets royal call up as key ‘changemaker’

15 May 2025

Siobhan, who is also a Mikeysline ambassador, joins an elite list of ‘35 under 35’ making a difference.


Highland Labour MSP Rhoda Grant to stand down at the 2026 Holyrood election

Highland Labour MSP Rhoda Grant to stand down at the 2026 Holyrood election

Highland Labour MSP Rhoda Grant to stand down at the 2026 Holyrood election

15 May 2025

She says that it has been an ‘honour’ to serve the region but it is ‘now time to make way for others.’


Duncan Ferguson slams Caley Thistle fans in scathing 8-page chapter of ‘Big Dunc’ autobiography

Duncan Ferguson slams Caley Thistle fans in scathing 8-page chapter of ‘Big Dunc’ autobiography

Duncan Ferguson slams Caley Thistle fans in scathing 8-page chapter of ‘Big Dunc’ autobiography

13 May 2025

Duncan Ferguson has branded Caley Thistle fans he clashed with during 13 months in the Highlands “a disgrace” in his new autobiography ‘Big Dunc’.


Dance party smashes fundraising target – by 1500 per cent!

Dance party smashes fundraising target – by 1500 per cent!

Dance party smashes fundraising target – by 1500 per cent!

09 May 2025

100 dancers smash fundraising target inspired by plight of Black Isle girl.


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