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YOUR VIEWS: More on Academy Street in Inverness, a call for …

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Roads seem to have been uppermost in many readers’ minds recently.

Debate around Academy Street proposals is still lively.
Starting in the wrong place to solve street woes
Many schemes have been propo…

New concerns over lorries using Loch Long road

The A814 beside Loch Long is marked as unsuitable for heavy vehicles

A councillor has asked officials to help ensure that the A814 between Garelochhead and Arrochar is not used as an alternative route by HGVs in severe weather.
A report revealed tha…

ScotRail: Upgrade Scotland’s railways as well as its roads

For most of my (now fairly lengthy) life, I’ve lived in different parts of the Highlands and islands – Argyll, Skye, the Inverness area.
But, last year, for reasons having to do with where our family are, my wife and I relocated (as current jargon has…

Weekend court roll – a killer uncle and despicable twins

Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.
Watch: Dramatic moment police pin man to ground outside Aberdeen shopping centre
A man was pinned to the ground by police outs…

A814 road to be closed overnight

A road linking Garelochhead with Arrochar will be closed on Thursday night this week.
A prohibition of traffic notice has been published for an eight-mile stretch of the A814 beside Loch Long for work by Network Rail on the West Highland Line.
The clo…

Luxury new-build flat with exceptional views of Dumbarton castle

The property, on Castlegate Road in Turnberry’s Castle Quay development, is on the market for offers over £163,000.
Upon entering the flat there is a large spacious hallway that comes with a storage cupboard and a wall-mounted radiator.
The property ha…

A86 closed due to landslides with motorists facing 100-mile …

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The A86 Laggan to Spean Bridge road has been closed due to landslides following heavy rainfall.
The Highlands have experienced thunderstorms and rain over the past 48 hours following days of hot, dry weather.
The Scottish Environmen…