It will be crunch time for the best biscuit bakers on the planet a year from today as Inverness becomes home of the World Shortbread Championships.

A customer shared his delight after getting new windows fitted from Cairngorm Group, who proved to be efficient, respectful and tidy.

A local MSP is demanding community councils “swamped” by planning applications are given longer to consider new renewable energy developments.

A family have spoken of their gratitude for the “astonishing” outpouring of love after the death of an inspirational Inverness teaching assistant.

The winners of the Inverness City Centre Business Awards 2025 have been revealed.

Organiser Roz White says there is reason for hope for the trans community, despite more than one death per day in the qualifying period.

Eligibility criteria for new funding would see Lossie, Nairn and Forres excluded from applying after Elgin was selected for the scheme’s first phase.

Columnist Colin Campbell rejects “venemous” comment on asylum seekers heading for Inverness - but sees problems with the plan longer term.

In September 2015 no one waited longer than 12 hours but a decade later 229 did.

A senior court official says a teacher who was sentenced today ‘exploited a position of trust to systematically groom and abuse a vulnerable child.’

A man who severely injured another in a sustained attack in a Nairn property will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow in the new year.

Direct flights from Inverness to Birmingham will return early in 2026 - just two years after the route was axed by a different airline.

A secondary school teacher from the Black Isle who kissed a pupil has been sentenced.

Motorists in Inverness city centre have been advised to take care after a fuel spill on a major roundabout.

Weather warnings in the Highlands have been extended into Friday amid a continued wintry blast that has brought snow and ice to many parts.

Administration attacks opposition for ‘struggling’ to see positives in worse numeracy and literacy than last year.

A £120,000 demolition project is planned for the former RBS branch in Harbour Road, after a building warrant application for the work was lodged.

Loganair flights travelling between Inverness and Stornoway were cancelled on Thursday morning amid ongoing wintry weather in the Highlands & Islands.

Adverse weather continues to affect schools across the Highlands today, with almost 30 schools and nurseries closed across the region.

The A9 is currently partially blocked south of the Drumochter pass due to a broken down lorry.