Inverness, Highlands and Islands

The fire at Cannich, which broke out several days ago, has been brought under control but firefighters remain on the scene. Picture: FLS

Highland wildfire under control but fire crews will stay until ‘safe to leave’

Scotgold Resources is behind the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum, which lies in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

Scotgold Resources updates investors on mining as chief executive resigns

Smoke from the wildfire at Cannich, near Loch Ness, can now be seen from space. Picture: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Smoke from massive wildfire visible from space

Campers and walkers have been warned to avoid any naked flames to cut the risk of igniting 'tinder-dry' vegetation after a spring with very low rainfall

Wildfire warning as firefighters hurt in giant week-long blaze in the Highlands

Smoke billows behind buildings in southern Khartoum. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scot who led rescue of Britons fleeing Sudan war reveals ‘harrowing stories’

Former finance secretary Kate Forbes

Forbes seeks 'urgent' Kinloch Castle poll as millionaire condemns failed sale

Members of the Knoydart Foundation outside the community pub (Knoydart Foundation)

Knoydart community reject government 4G mast plan as 'disproportionate'

Ma tha amharas idir ann, bu chòir comhairle meidigeach a shireadh.

Bu chòir a bhith nas tuigsiche mu Tinneis Lyme

Hebridean Isles should have returned from annual maintenance in February. Picture: Mn28/Wikimedia Commons

CalMac ferry disruption to continue under at least end of June

Lighthouse keepers Thomas Marshall, Donald MacArthur and James Ducat who disappeared from the Flannan Isles in December 1900. PIC: Contributed/colour restoration by Gary Kemp /restoringyourpast.co.uk.

http://www.restoringyourpast.co.uk/,https://www.facebook.com/restoringyourpast,Grant Kemp

Home of the vanished Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers to open its doors

Peek-a-boo: One of five new arrivals at the pioneering Saving Wildcats project, led by the RZSS and based at its Highland Wildlife Park

Adorable wildcat kittens make debut at Highland Wildlife Park

Jo Malone Highlands Collection

Jo Malone launches fragrance collection inspired by the Scottish Highlands

Chaidh innse dha comhairlichean iad fhèin ullachadh airson am moladh a tha seo a thighinn am follais a-rithist

Bheir sùil a-rithist air buidheann ùr dha na h-eileanan, le Murray MacLeòid

The Manse on Ulva has come up for rent at £520 a month (Picture: Richard Kellett)

Ulva is gradually rebuilding a community shattered by Highland Clearances

The isle of Ulva, as viewed from Mull, is looking for new residents. Picture: Richard Kellett

Family wanted for tiny Scottish island with population of 10

Lews Castle in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis where the festival was due to take place (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Midnight Sun festival starring Creedence singer John Fogerty cancelled

Hull 802 at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Glasgow last month (Picture: John Devlin)

Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco is emblematic of SNP's incompetence

The Glen Sannox at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow last week (Picture: John Devlin)

Will Glen Sannox ferry saga prove to be just an aberration? – Alastair Dalton

Kylesku Bridge in Sutherland, which sits on the North Coast 500. A police operation caught a driver travelling at 117mph on the tourist route at the weekend, although the exact location of the patrol has not been revealed. Picture: Richard Wiseman/Flickr/CC

NC500: Driver caught at 117mph on tourist route through Highlands

Scotgold Resources is behind the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum, which lies in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

Scotgold raises £2m but warns future depends on quantity of ore being mined

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on April 29 (Picture: RNLI/Longhope RNLI)

Curious case of Pentland Ferries, CalMac, Alfred and Pentalina – Alastair Dalton

Isle of Mull leaving Oban. Picture: CalMac

CalMac’s Mull ferry services in ‘utter chaos’ from cuts ‘strangling’ island

Gael Energy has a skilled team of engineers and a fleet of specialist vehicles able to reach remote locations.

Jobs boost as Gael Energy seals deal to service wind turbines

MV Pentalina. Picture: PA

Ferry services face further fortnight of disruption after Pentalina grounding

England's Fens are extraordinarily flat (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

A 'bleak' landscape is one that's full of promise – Philip Lymbery

The Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir performed at last year's Royal National Mòd in Perth. Picture: Peter Sandground

Alarm raised over 'erosion' of traditional Scottish culture due to Covid

Alfred in Ayr harbour on Wednesday. Picture: John Devlin

New delay to CalMac deploying relief vessel Alfred from Pentland Ferries

Nochd Ceit Rowell, cathraiche Inbhe Bidhe na h-Alba, air beulaibh na comataidh

An ceist mhòr a tha mu choinneimh na sgìrean dùthchail

Local Hero star Peter Riegert as Mac inside the film's famous phone box that connected the fictional village of Ferness to the world

May has become one of the biggest months in Scotland's cultural calendar

Martin Compston and Phil MacHugh will be reunited for the new show Northern Fling.

Martin Compston reunites with Phil MacHugh for Norway travel show

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday. Picture: RNLI/Longhope RNLI

Pentalina ferry grounding ‘caused by sudden mechanical failure’

A visualisation of the Desiro Verve, Siemens Mobility's concept hydrogen or battery train for use on the British rail network, shown crossing the Forth Bridge. Picture: Siemens Mobility

The hydrogen trains which could be coming to Scotland

Aonghas MacPhàil bhon chòmhlan Skippinish

Aonghais a’ bhalaich, tha sinn a’ cur feum air an tuilleadh òran

Baby girl born aboard CalMac ferry on Wednesday morning (pic: Jeff J Mitchell)

'Our youngest passenger ever': Baby girl delivered aboard CalMac ferry

The collection box for the Assynt Mountain Rescue Team was broken into and had all donations stolen (Police Scotland handout)

'This is not the only one' - Community reacts to theft of donation box

The funds will accelerate work that has already begun to redevelop the port and focus on the deployment of offshore wind installations and the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea.

£300m boost for plans to turn Moray Firth port into European renewables hub

Three people were killed in the Carmont derailment in August 2020. Picture: RAIB

New safety gear added to ageing ScotRail fleet involved in fatal Carmont crash

Birch trees at Trees for Life's Dundreggan rewilding centre

Why rewilding is good for people as well as nature – Steve Micklewright

Around 500,000 visitors flock to the area around Glenfinnan, in the West Highlands, each year – much of the footfall is from Harry Potter fans hoping to witness a steam train crossing the iconic railway viaduct that features in the world-famous film series

Harry Potter fans cause traffic hell at iconic railway bridge

The Laurie family next to one of the Mull pods.

Glamping firm behind luxury 'sustainable pods' in £1.5m Scottish expansion

Some of 300 emigrants arrived at the pier at Lochboisdale to board the SS Marloch in 1923. Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Musicians, writers and actors to mark 100 years since mass Hebridean emigration

Pictish Trail on stage at the Hidden Door festival in Granton in 2021.

Record label founder urges bands and fans to shun rogue Scottish music festivals

Briggs of Burton already owns Scottish copper still manufacturer McMillan, based in Prestonpans. Picture: Euan Robertson Photography

Copper still maker owner opens Moray base to service 'booming' whisky sector

The Corran ferry preparing to dock at Nether Lochaber. Picture: Neil Hanna

Busy Highland ferry route to be out of operation for 'several weeks'

GP practices are closing across Scotland

GP surgery closures: How safe are Scottish medical practices?

RMT Scottish organiser Mick Hogg described the Scottish Government's public sector pay policy as a "blatant attack on free collective bargaining". Picture: Robert Perry/PA

RMT threatens ScotRail with another ‘summer of discontent’ over pay limits

Alison O'Donnell and Ashley Jensen on the set of the new series of Shetland. Picture: Mark Mainz

Shetland: First look at Ashley Jensen on set as new cast members are revealed

Cromlix hotel at night

Travel: Scotland's best luxury hotel breakfasts

Scotgold Resources is behind the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum, which lies in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

Scotgold Resources secures crucial financial boost as new mining commences

The Scottish Greens said the review could be crucial in improving rural bus services. Picture: Ninian Reid/Skye 5/Wikimedia Commons

‘More affordable’ bus fares to be condition of Scottish Government funding?

The Scottish Greens said a frequent flyer tax could fund rail improvements to encourage passengers to switch to trains. Picture: PA

Future Flight: Tax on Scotland-London frequent flyers sought by Scottish Greens

Part of the Tayvallich Estate in Argyll.

Multi-million funding boost for Argyll nature restoration project

Forty years of Local Hero will be celebrated in Pennan in Aberdeenshire this year. Picture: Ewen Weatherspoon

Forty years of Local Hero to be celebrated with events in north-east locations

Scotgold Resources is behind the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum.

Scotgold Resources locked in lifeline talks as half-year losses top £5m

Scotgold Resources is behind the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum, which lies in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

Scotgold Resources locked in lifeline talks as half-year losses top £5m

Annie Reilly

Day in the Life: Annie Reilly, mezzo-soprano

RMT members protesting outside Glasgow Central Station in September. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail paid £6.5m compensation after Network Rail strikes cancel 40,000 trains

Stuart and Adelle Brown have got the green light to build a new whisky distillery in Orkney , the first for nearly 140 years. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Gold rush: Why Scotch whisky distilleries are popping up all over the country

Saltfishforty and Esther Swift playing at Letham Nights, near Cupar, in Fife, recently

Vital support for village hall music venues can go a long way – Brian Ferguson

Environmentalists and outdoors groups, including Ramblers Scotland, have raised concerns over plans to build an 18-hole golf course at Coul Links, warning that important natural features and wildlife could be lost or damaged and access to the spectacular area will be restricted to avoid interference with play

‘Fake’ locals used to promote US billionaire's Highland golf resort plan

The MV Hebrides ferry in port at Lochmaddy

Fire breaks out aboard CalMac ferry Hebrides in latest setback to fleet

Hoy in the Orkney Isles. A petition has been launched on the island against plans by RSPB Scotland to cut its ranger position from a full-time to part-time position. PIC: Peter Stenzel/Flickr/CC.

Island sorely ruffled by RSPB Scotland plans to cut warden's job

Rock star Derek Dick, also known as Fish, the former frontman of Marillion, is planning a new life on Berneray in the Outer Hebrides (pictured) PIC: geograph.org.

Scottish rock star prepares for the quiet life and buys croft in Outer Hebrides

Scotgold Resources is behind the Cononish gold and silver mine near Tyndrum, which lies in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

Scotgold Resources warns of immediate threat to firm after production blow

The popular Outlander television series, starring Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall and Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser, has brought fans flocking to landmarks in Scotland with links to the story

Culloden battle: Entry fees review as Outlander fans flock to Jacobite site

The observation car 1719E was restored for the Strathspey Railway by engineers Nemesis Rail. Picture: Nemesis Rail

Historic rail observation car returns to Highlands after 55 years

A pothole near the Fairy Pools in Skye. Picture: Liam Cousins

‘Crater-like’ Skye potholes threaten fatal crashes – tourism body SkyeConnect

The Gin Spa's Edinburgh Gin treatment room

The best spas in Scotland, from Gleneagles to Fletcher's Cottage Spa

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Hull 802 under construction at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow in April with sister ferry Glen Sannox afloat behind. Picture: John Devlin

Troubled shipyard Ferguson Marine hails apprenticeship applications deluge

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of wanting to keep the Covid inquiry in the dark.

Government launch legal action to stop Covid inquiry seeing Johnson's WhatsApps

Humza Yousaf addresses the Scottish Parliament at First Minister's Questions

FMQs: SNP 'tone deaf' on LEZ as Yousaf accused of ignoring homeless charity