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Badenoch and Strathspey roads held in icy grip

Snow flurries have returned some side roads to white but gritters work on

Oil spill fumes behind railway chaos after signalling staff left feeling unwell

Widespread and ongoing train disruption was caused by a diesel leak that left signalling staff feeling ill from the fumes, it has emerged.

Highland Heroes 2025: Nominate your healthcare heroes

Who are the healthcare heroes in your community?

Speed limit on A9 single-carriageway sections could be cut to 50mph

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop said there was an ambition to make Scotland’s roads the safest in the world by 2030.

Another chemical spill near Inverness train station sparks cancellations to all destinations

A chemical spill near Inverness train station is causing cancellations this morning.

Drink-driving Kincraig teen crashed into van just two months after passing test

18-year-old had been drinking several hours earlier with friends and thought he was ‘alright’ before accident by Granish junction.

Police called to deal with a knife incident at Aviemore Primary School

Pupils were ordered inside the building and no-one was injured

PARK TALK: Get outdoors and explore on new foot path improvements in Cairngorms

Now might not typically be the time of year you feel the urge to head outdoors but I would say - go for it

Domestic abuse services in the Highlands at risk under council’s funding plans, warn Women’s Aid services

Domestic abuse services for women and children in the Highlands could close under funding plans by Highland Council, Women’s Aid groups are warning.

Grantown Health Centre amongst four town projects to benefit from windfall

Berry Burn turbines windfall has generated £81,493 for 13 projects

New snow ploughs on way to Badenoch and Strathspey

Today’s roads conditions report for the strath

Action plan for crucial Cairngorm freshwater pearl mussels

Ambitious plans have been announced for freshwater pearl mussels in the Cairngorms National Park

Grantown care homes chief tells Chancellor sector is in need of urgent support

‘We have lost almost 200 care beds in the Highlands alone over the past two years’

Former Highland Council staff say they were ‘intimidated’ after being paid despite leaving

One of them was told to attend a meeting for an interview with council investigators ‘under caution’.

Highlands MSP Rhoda Grant fighting to save region’s tourist centres

‘With depopulation one of our biggest challenges it makes no sense to remove jobs and services’

Navid will do the honours at Kingussie Pharmacy formal opening

Actor Sanjeev Kholi is shop owner’s cousin!

Chinese tourist jailed after killing biker in A9 head-on collision while she was on wrong side of road

The 63-year-old victim was on his way to the Highlands to travel on the North Coast 500 - a ‘bucket list’ trip he’d been dreaming of doing.

How I became an award-winning teenage journalist — and you can too

Our reporter, Iona MacDonald (18) shares how she got a head start in journalism — and how you can too.

And now the windy thaw on Badenoch and Strathspey roads

‘No winter action required’ says Highland Council team

Chemical spill impacts trains in and out of Inverness

Train services heading in and out of Inverness were facing further disruption on Monday morning after an oil spill on Sunday.