A new manufacturing plant that will create more than 150 new “green” jobs in the Highlands has been approved.
The proposal from Japanese firm Sumitomo Electric Industries is one of the first to emerge following the Cromarty Firth’s designation as a gr…
Travellers making cross-Channel journeys at the port of Dover[1] have been urged to prepare for potential long waits as Christmas getaway disruption continues across the country.
P&O Ferries said there were estimated wait times of 60 minutes at border …
Christmas getaway disruption is continuing with long queues for cross-Channel journeys, motorway closures and train cancellations.
The Port of Dover in Kent said it is taking about 90 minutes to process cars.
It attributed the delay to a surge in deman…
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An artist’s impression of the planned bridge and raised approach road.
SCRAPPING of a multimillion-pound plan to replace a deadly Easter Ross railway level crossing with a bridge is not a surprise, a …
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A HIGHLAND rail line has reopened following a collision between a train and a car[2] at a section of track in Ross-shire.
The accident, involving a private vehicle, with a driver and passenger, and the …
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Delny level crossing
A collision between a car and a train has closed the Wick to Inverness north railway line.
The accident involving a private vehicle, with a driver and passenger, and the 2pm Inver…
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Save Our Green Space (SOGS) Invergordon. Picture: James Mackenzie.
HISTORY will not be kind if Invergordon’s infrastructure is left behind in a scramble for new housing as part of the town’s freeport …
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Jamie’s Journal by Jamie Stone
MP Jamie Stone says the Far North Line should be better used for freight and people.
In my work as an MP, one of the things that gives me the most pleasure is my role as…
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UK temperatures forecast for this weekThis two-part graphic in the Daily Mail shows the weather forecast for three-hour intervals …
Storm Babet is set to hit the UK on Thursday[1], with a forecast of heavy rain and strong winds resulting in a rare red weather warning from the Met Office[2].
Extensive road closures could be expected in parts of the UK due to risks of fast-flowing or…
ScotRail cancels services
MASS train cancellations were imposed by ScotRail, expected to last from tomorrow until Saturday.
North and north-east Scotland will have trains suspended while the south and west will be hit by delays.
Services will be suspen…
Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.
Aberdeen man admits inviting underage girls to his flat for sex
An Aberdeen man has been placed on the sex offenders register …
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Are train services unreliable? Picture: Gary Anthony
One year after the Scottish Government took control of ScotRail, official figures show fewer than one in three Highland trains typically arrive on …
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Waitress service at the Crown Bar after prohibition in Wick was repealed on May 28, 1947.
Breakfast on the train
From the Groat of June 8, 1923
Passengers travelling north from Inverness on the first …