ONE of Scotland’s top chefs has split from the award- winning hotel where he made his name and is planning to open a rival restaurant.

Mountaineers opposed to two wind farms planned near a Highland beauty spot claim they would “blemish” part of the nation’s most important wild countryside.

An archaeological survey on the famous Scots isle of Iona – where St Columba landed 1450 years ago to spread Christianity in Scotland – has shown signs of ancient burials.

A 21-year-old cyclist died after a horror crash on a country road in the Highlands.

A SCOTTISH computer hacker has been sentenced to two years’ detention for his part in a series of sophisticated cyber attacks on major global institutions.

JIMMY Savile’s Highland home is being sold off later this month with a £100,000 price tag.

COUNCIL planners are recommending that controversial plans for a nine turbine wind farm in Perthshire should be refused - because of its impact on the Highland Fault, the distinctive geographical feature which marks the divide the Highland and Lowlands of Scotland.

WORK is underway on a project to save Scotland’s best-preserved 13th Century castle.

A hillwalker has been found safe and well after a search in Wester Ross.

A GROUP of young British computer hackers who considered themselves to be “latter-day pirates” masterminded sophisticated cyber attacks on major global institutions including the CIA, Sony, the FBI and Nintendo from their bedrooms, a court heard yesterday.

HIGHLAND councillors are considering proposals to allow guided treks between the Cairngorm funicular railway’s top station and the Cairn Gorm plateau to remain permanently.

RENEWABLE energy projects could create more than 10,000 jobs on the Scottish islands by 2030, according to a government-commissioned report.

ANTI-WINDFARM objectors have condemned plans by a renewables firm to build a windfarm next to an iconic Highland beauty spot.

LAP dancing has controversially been given the go ahead in the Highlands for the first time.

A BODY has been found during the search for a missing 61-year-old man in the Highlands.

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PLANS to develop new business facilities on Skye – supporting up to 80 new jobs – has been handed a £1.9million funding boost announced by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

AN SNP council leader has been forced out of his post after an attempt to strengthen the numbers in his ruling coalition was blocked by the party’s ruling body.

A TOTAL of four hospitals in the north of Scotland are now shut to new admissions due to cases of diarrhoea and vomiting.

A WARNING has gone out to hillwalkers and climbers needing the toilet while snow remains on Scotland’s peaks.

HIGHLAND Council is aiming to recruit more carers during Foster Care Fortnight.