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Picture Detective: Can you identify our latest mystery Highland photographs?

Picture Detective: Can you identify our latest mystery Highland photographs?

Picture Detective: Can you identify our latest mystery Highland photographs?

05 April 2025

Are you in our latest mystery photos from around the Highlands, or do you happen to know anyone who is?


‘I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 23 that took one of my vital organs’

‘I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 23 that took one of my vital organs’

‘I was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 23 that took one of my vital organs’

03 April 2025

Highland News & Media editor Megan Carr has shared how a sudden thyroid cancer diagnosis changed her life forever.


Surprise underwater find delights Loch Ness Monster hunters

Surprise underwater find delights Loch Ness Monster hunters

Surprise underwater find delights Loch Ness Monster hunters

31 March 2025

An underwater camera lost to the waves since 1970 was found 180 metres below the surface - and its film was still intact.


Highland care home residents ready to welcome daffodil tea guests

Highland care home residents ready to welcome daffodil tea guests

Highland care home residents ready to welcome daffodil tea guests

31 March 2025

Residents at a Black Isle care home are inviting the local community to a daffodil tea with a difference this weekend.


‘I didn’t realise I could even be this happy’

‘I didn’t realise I could even be this happy’

‘I didn’t realise I could even be this happy’

31 March 2025

On Trans Day of Visibility, a trans man has described the impact that having top surgery had on his life.


Co-owner of plumbing company joins BID board of directors

Co-owner of plumbing company joins BID board of directors

Co-owner of plumbing company joins BID board of directors

30 March 2025

The Business Improvement District has welcomed the co-director and co-owner of D Matheson & Son Plumbing and Heating to its team.


Primary school strives to get community reading

Primary school strives to get community reading

Primary school strives to get community reading

30 March 2025

Children and their teachers are sharing their love for reading while working to get their gold accreditation with the Reading Schools programme.


Youngsters help design play park extension

Youngsters help design play park extension

Youngsters help design play park extension

30 March 2025

A youth club is encouraging young people to spend more time outdoors.


How legendary sitcom Friends inspired a new career for Johnny Foxes manager

How legendary sitcom Friends inspired a new career for Johnny Foxes manager

How legendary sitcom Friends inspired a new career for Johnny Foxes manager

29 March 2025

The 2025 Stars In Their Eyes contestant was inspired to become the Joey Tribbiani of his friend group.


International nod for Tomatin Distillery cooper

International nod for Tomatin Distillery cooper

International nod for Tomatin Distillery cooper

27 March 2025

A member of staff at Tomatin Distillery has been named cooper of the year at the 2025 Icons of Whisky Awards.


Highland MP to drive ambulance aid into war-torn Ukraine

Highland MP to drive ambulance aid into war-torn Ukraine

Highland MP to drive ambulance aid into war-torn Ukraine

26 March 2025

Life-saving aid for Ukraine will be delivered in person by a Highland MP next month.


Energy firm lands £3m in contracts after creating 30 new jobs

Energy firm lands £3m in contracts after creating 30 new jobs

Energy firm lands £3m in contracts after creating 30 new jobs

24 March 2025

An energy firm has secured millions of pounds worth of energy contracts just four months after launching a division focused on engineering design.


REVEALED: The violent books being read by prisoners

REVEALED: The violent books being read by prisoners

REVEALED: The violent books being read by prisoners

24 March 2025

The novels being read by criminals in prison have been revealed - and some of them contain very violent themes.


Sport and leisure charity welcomes new board members

Sport and leisure charity welcomes new board members

Sport and leisure charity welcomes new board members

24 March 2025

A charity that helps develop and promote opportunities has appointed four new board members.


Ticket prices revealed for highly anticipated castle experience

Ticket prices revealed for highly anticipated castle experience

Ticket prices revealed for highly anticipated castle experience

24 March 2025

The Inverness Castle Experience has made another announcement ahead of its opening later this year.


WATCH: ‘One of the first things we did was organise a will’ - healthcare hero looks back at first lockdown

WATCH: ‘One of the first things we did was organise a will’ - healthcare hero looks back at first lockdown

WATCH: ‘One of the first things we did was organise a will’ - healthcare hero looks back at first lockdown

23 March 2025

Five years after the first lockdown, Beauly GP Dr Ross Jaffrey looks back at the community response and learning points of the Covid pandemic.


Dads to run and cycle to Perth to raise money for Inverness Gymnastics Club

Dads to run and cycle to Perth to raise money for Inverness Gymnastics Club

Dads to run and cycle to Perth to raise money for Inverness Gymnastics Club

22 March 2025

Both men have daughters who attend the club, and they want to give something back to the effort the coaches put in every week.


WATCH: ‘The pandemic sparked the rise in flexible hours, but how remote work affects business is still unknown’

WATCH: ‘The pandemic sparked the rise in flexible hours, but how remote work affects business is still unknown’

WATCH: ‘The pandemic sparked the rise in flexible hours, but how remote work affects business is still unknown’

22 March 2025

To mark the fifth anniversary since the Covid-19 pandemic we spoke to CEOs about how remote work has permanently changed the way companies function.


OPINION: Learning during furlough was a way out of a dark place

OPINION: Learning during furlough was a way out of a dark place

OPINION: Learning during furlough was a way out of a dark place

22 March 2025

Federica Stefani shares her story of being a furloughed reporter during lockdown.


WATCH: ‘I sometimes pinch myself and say I really survived Covid’ - but five years on former care worker is still battling long Covid

WATCH: ‘I sometimes pinch myself and say I really survived Covid’ - but five years on former care worker is still battling long Covid

WATCH: ‘I sometimes pinch myself and say I really survived Covid’ - but five years on former care worker is still battling long Covid

22 March 2025

Former care home worker Sarah MacDougall was one of the first patients in the Highlands to survive Covid-19 - but it has had a life-changing impact.


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