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Card payment issues affect airport for second day
Airline passengers are being urged to use cash at Inverness Airport's cafes after technical issues with card payments continued into a second day.
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Family of murdered Nairn banker share ‘extreme disappointment’ at not meeting chief constable
The family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson have expressed “extreme disappointment” at Scotland’s most senior police officer refusing to meet them.
A9 Inverness to Scrabster road closed for TWO WEEKS over last three years
Figures from Transport Scotland show the extent of closures on vital route for Caithness folk to access centralised services
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‘I was 2 inches from death!’: Victim says attacker’s sentence ‘shockingly lenient’
A man left unconscious with a severe head wound after an unprovoked push to the ground was told he was two inches from being paralysed or dead.
Fake cash alert in Inverness city centre sparks warning
A flood of fake money in the Inverness area has sparked a warning to businesses and shoppers in the Highlands.
UPDATE: A9 north of Inverness clear with ‘slow-moving’ traffic after accident reports
The A9 just north of Inverness is understood to be clear with traffic moving in both directions after earlier reports of an accident.
BREAKING: Reports of crash on the A9 just north of Inverness
Emergency services are at the scene of an accident on A9 just north of the A9.
Man accused of causing woman’s death on A9 near Tore
An Easter Ross man has been accused of causing the death of a woman on the A9 while under the influence of cocaine.
JAILED: Gambling addict (69) stole £4.5k from friend (83)
“It was a sustained course of offending against a vulnerable person who was his friend,” said Sheriff Gary Aitken.
Bins pledge by Highland Council as “rubbish” weather blamed for missed collections
Highland Council is pledging to get bin and food waste collections back up to speed in Inverness by early next week.
Final routes revealed for major Highland power lines
The finalised routes for two controversial 400KV overhead power lines through the Highlands have been announced.
36-turbine wind farm plans to be unveiled
Plans for a major 238MW wind farm with up to 36 turbines on the hills west of Beauly will go out to public consultation this month.
‘What would happen if we had another pandemic tomorrow?’ - Concerns over impact of new vaccine delivery scheme on Highland patients raised at Covid Inquiry in London
A former NHS Highland board member called for the Scottish Government to ‘actually listen’ to concerns over the new vaccine delivery system.
‘SNP at Westminster are now a virtual irrelevance’
It is not a good time to be an SNP politician at Westminster, says columnist Colin Campbell, show asks: What is your purpose? What are you there for?
Holyrood debate hears SNP credibility on the line amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns
Fergus Ewing warns ‘never make the same mistake twice when you can make it five or six times and be sure’.
Alness man in court accused of killing woman in A9 crash
Jamie Little, 40, is alleged to have collided with Margaret Sutherland's car while driving dangerously with nearly six-times the legal amount of cocaine in his blood.
Nairn’s ‘vibrant artistic community’ on showcase in new exhibition
Almost 150 artworks by local artists will be on showcase at Nairn Community & Arts Centre for its fifth annual community exhibition.
‘Reprehensible’ Inverness gambling addict jailed after stealing £4,500 from 83-year-old neighbour
Former Royal Mail worker Angus Brady cleaned out the kind-hearted pensioner's bank account and used the money to gamble.
The Inverness hotel that hosts Traitors contestants for hit TV show
Cast members are taken on a 44-minute commute to the £70-per-night accommodation.
Highland visitor levy is ‘fundamentally flawed’ and should be scrapped, hospitality sector says
Business leader Colin Marr says ‘I can't think of another tax which has taxes on top of it’.