Obituaries

Former Inverness primary school teacher Christina ‘Tina’ MacLeod has passed away at the age of 84 following a short illness.

A minute’s applause will be held in memory of Wayne Addicoat ahead of this weekend’s match against Arbroath. Wayne played 54 times for the club.

A former Inverness headteacher renowned for ‘roaring’ poetry from the table tops and singing from the front has died aged 69.

A dedicated campaigner on cycling and public transport issues in the Highlands has died suddenly aged 54.

Five years on since the Covid lockdown, many didn’t have the chance to say goodbye to loved ones

A former Provost who played a pivotal role in guiding Inverness to city status in 2000 has died at the age of 85.

Peter Granville Fowler MBE, a visionary newspaper publisher who played a pivotal role in the evolution of regional news across the north has died.

It was a flair for football rather than burning ambition that first launched Donald ‘Donnie’ Grant up the fire service career ladder.

Tributes have been paid to a long-standing and prominent member of the local angling community after he passed away.

Fond tributes have poured in for Stuart Lindsay, the former Inverness Courier owner and renowned Highland news reporter.

Catherine MacLeod, ex BBC news, Glasgow Herald political chief remembers a master of his craft – and a fine human being.

Michael Grant, now The Times’ Scottish football correspondent, recalls the early days of working for Stuart Lindsay at the Inverness Courier

Paul Breen, ex-editor of the Highland News saw Stuart Lindsay as an outstanding journalist whose vision and drive changed local Highland papers.

He was the newspaper man who loved the industry so much he bought a piece of it.

A master mariner who became hugely influential in moves to create a first Inner Moray Firth lifeboat station will be laid to rest in Inverness.

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a world-renowned expert and author in the computing world following his death in Inverness.

A pharmacist who developed a wonderful chemistry with whole generations of Inverness townsfolk was laid to rest on Friday last week.

A funeral date has been set for the legendary Highland baker Harry Gow.

A Holocaust survivor who escaped the horrors of the Nazi death camps to “make a life” in Inverness has died at the age of 82.

A much-loved Victorian Market trader will be laid to rest in Inverness on December 23.