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Home bargains issue ‘urgent recall’ over Easter plushies

Home bargains issue ‘urgent recall’ over Easter plushies

Home Bargains have multiple stores across the Highlands and Moray in Inverness, Tain, Dingwall, Aviemore, Nairn and Elgin.

Scottish singer Nathan Evans opens up about mental health battle

Scottish singer Nathan Evans opens up about mental health battle

Scottish singer Nathan Evans opens up about mental health battle

A Scottish singer has opened up about his own battle with mental health, as he shares words of wisdom promising “light at the end of the tunnel.”

Inclusivity and supporting young people are focus for Nairn charity’s new activities programme

Inclusivity and supporting young people are focus for Nairn charity’s new activities programme

Inclusivity and supporting young people are focus for Nairn charity’s new activities programme

A Nairn-based charity born to support people’s mental and physical health through water-based activities is launching its second year of activities.

Inclusivity and supporting young people are focus for Nairn charity’s new activities programme

Inclusivity and supporting young people are focus for Nairn charity’s new activities programme

Inclusivity and supporting young people are focus for Nairn charity’s new activities programme

A Nairn-based charity born to support people’s mental and physical health through water-based activities is launching its second year of activities.

Metal detectorists ‘dig up’ £1000 for child cancer cause at fundraiser

Metal detectorists ‘dig up’ £1000 for child cancer cause at fundraiser

Metal detectorists ‘dig up’ £1000 for child cancer cause at fundraiser

Kind-hearted metal detectorists have handed over more than £1000 to help children battling cancer.

Maggie’s Highlands Orange Ball is ‘fantastic opportunity’ to celebrate support offered to people with cancer in last 20 years

Maggie’s Highlands Orange Ball is ‘fantastic opportunity’ to celebrate support offered to people with cancer in last 20 years

Maggie’s Highlands Orange Ball is ‘fantastic opportunity’ to celebrate support offered to people with cancer in last 20 years

The Orange Ball will raise vital funds to help the charity continue to support people with cancer.

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

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

‘Donors were amazing during the pandemic’: how blood kept flowing during Covid lockdowns

‘Donors were amazing during the pandemic’: how blood kept flowing during Covid lockdowns

‘Donors were amazing during the pandemic’: how blood kept flowing during Covid lockdowns

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service is still working to get donations back to pre-Covid levels.

WATCH: ‘It was the longest, loneliest week of my life’ - Daughter remembers losing her mum to Covid

WATCH: ‘It was the longest, loneliest week of my life’ - Daughter remembers losing her mum to Covid

WATCH: ‘It was the longest, loneliest week of my life’ - Daughter remembers losing her mum to Covid

Former NHS Highland health board member Melanie Newdick talks of the tragic loss of her mother to covid during the pandemic.

On this day - Scotland faces new reality as Covid-19 lockdown begins

On this day - Scotland faces new reality as Covid-19 lockdown begins

On this day - Scotland faces new reality as Covid-19 lockdown begins

Take a look back at all the key events as Scotland entered lockdown five years ago.

WATCH: ‘People did the best they could’: NHS Highland director looks back at Covid lockdowns

WATCH: ‘People did the best they could’: NHS Highland director looks back at Covid lockdowns

WATCH: ‘People did the best they could’: NHS Highland director looks back at Covid lockdowns

Dr Tim Allison has been looking at Covid five years on from the first lockdowns were imposed.

Expert support is here for prostate cancer journey

Expert support is here for prostate cancer journey

Expert support is here for prostate cancer journey

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Figures published in 2021 by Public Health Scotland state 4265 men were diagnosed with IT that year.

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

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

‘I never had the chance to say goodbye to my granny before her death’

‘I never had the chance to say goodbye to my granny before her death’

‘I never had the chance to say goodbye to my granny before her death’

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

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

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.

Where can you get a lateral flow test for Covid today?

Where can you get a lateral flow test for Covid today?

Where can you get a lateral flow test for Covid today?

Covid tests are available on the NHS to those deemed at highest risk.

Fergus Ewing’s decision not stand for the SNP reflects party’s ‘broken relationship with rural Scotland’

Fergus Ewing’s decision not stand for the SNP reflects party’s ‘broken relationship with rural Scotland’

Fergus Ewing’s decision not stand for the SNP reflects party’s ‘broken relationship with rural Scotland’

Lib Dem Angus Macdonald says ‘for so many people across the Highlands, it feels like nothing works anymore’

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