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MSP unveils bowel cancer diagnosis and urges Scots to get tested

Scottish Tory MSP Edward Mountain has announced he has been receiving treatment for bowel cancer in the past year. The Highlands and Islands representative made the announcement through a video on Twitter, sporting a stoma bag which read “shit ...

27 Apr 2022 at 18:55

Local News

Tánaiste hopes mica issues to legislated for in June or July

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar covered a wide range of topics when he spoke on Highland Radio this morning. He dealt with the departure of Deputy Joe McHugh, the mica crisis, job opportunities and the ...

06 May 2022 at 13:33

Scotland

Plans for remote control towers at smaller airports dropped

Plans to introduce remote control towers at some island airports have been dropped following strike action and opposition from local communities. Highlands and Islands Airports (Hial) said there will be a centralised surveillance operation ...

27 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Douglas Ross: Pregnant women face ‘lengthy and distressing journeys’

Nicola Sturgeon has been challenged about “unworkable and unsafe” changes to maternity services that “force pregnant women into lengthy and distressing journeys” to give birth. Scottish Conservative leader, Douglas Ross, raised concerns ...

27 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Donegal Life

Jiving for charity - Isobel's dancing fundraiser reaches almost €90,000

When Covid-19 took a grip across the country in 2020 and again in 2021, donations and charity contributions to the Donegal Hospice dropped significantly. With no indoor or outdoor activities allowed, the income generated from charity ...

13 Jul 2022 at 14:33

Ardbeg Islay donates £1m to local community after world record cask sale

A distillery has donated £1 million to the local community for their “patience” after the world record sale of a “vanishingly rare” single malt cask to a mystery collector. Generations of distillery workers at Ardbeg Islay were ...

11 Jul 2022 at 20:27

Highlands rewilding project recommended for global UN flagship status

An ambitious rewilding project which aims to create a “nature recovery area” of more than half a million acres is being recommended for global UN flagship status by the Scottish and UK governments. The Affric Highlands project ...

17 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Local News

New book by Donegal reverend raises €25,000 for Donegal Hospice

The amount raised by the Rev Jim Lamont’s new book Highland Hope has now reached the €25,000 mark. All the proceeds from the book are going to Donegal Hospice. A cheque for the latest donation of €5,000 was presented to ...

06 Jun 2022 at 17:33

Scotland

Princess Royal plants tree on visit to planned wildlife discovery centre

The Princess Royal has planted a tree at new wildlife park which aims to create a “truly special, world class experience”. Anne learnt more about the Wildlife Discovery Centre, which is being established by the Royal ...

07 May 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Rocket company granted 50-year lease for Sutherland spaceport

The company which will launch rockets from the spaceport being built in Sutherland has been granted a 50-year lease for the facility. Orbex aim to use the site on the A’Mhoine peninsula to launch satellites into low ...

01 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Driver who died following crash on A9 in Highlands named

A man who died in the crash on the A9 in the Highlands has been named, police have confirmed. George Leslie Norris, 64, from Bankfoot, Perthshire, died at the scene after his silver Ford C-Max car, travelling south,...

14 Oct 2022 at 16:10

Scotland

Crash victim’s family pay tribute to her ‘energy and enthusiasm’

The family of a grandmother who died in a crash in the Scottish Highlands have paid tribute to her “energy and enthusiasm”. Philippa Grant, of Rothiemurchus, died on Friday in a collision between the Audi she was ...

18 Sept 2022 at 18:13

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