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Playback is planning more live music at the venue. Image: SANDY McCOOK/DC Thomson.

Playback: Inverness axe-throwing activity bar can now open until 3am

Visitors to the bar will have extra time for more games of foosball and table tennis.

By Will Angus, Local Democracy Reporter

Highland Council offices in Inverness.

Highland Council worker failed to deposit £6k from sheltered housing tenants

Kevin Jamieson worked for the authority as an assistant tenant services officer.

By Ross Hempseed

A9 Moy Rail Bridge near Tomatin

Drivers to face delays and 30mph limit on A9 during three weeks of roadworks

Motorists have been told they could be stuck in traffic for up to 12 minutes on the route.

By Alberto Lejarraga

25 volunteers took part in two tense and difficult Cairngorms rescue operations. Image: Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team

WATCH: Four people saved from blizzard in dramatic 9-hour Cairngorms double rescue

Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team leader Iain Cornfoot told The P&J that it would have been unlikely the climbers would have survived the night.

By Alberto Lejarraga 4

Our list of Oban and Hebrides bargain buys includes this home at Gravir on the Isle of Lewis. Potential buyers will need to be ready for a restoration. Image: Western Isles Properties

Oban and Hebrides bargain buys: Homes you can buy for £90,000 and under

There is a bonus home from Oban at £100,000, because it was the cheapest we could find.

By Louise Glen

Inerarnie Lodge exterior surrounded by trees.

Highland mum brings derelict mansion to life to launch new nursery

Christina Logue has unveiled plans to open Little Lodge Nursery at her home this Spring.

By Michelle Henderson

The case called at Inverness Sheriff Court. Image DC Thomson.

Woman who touched Inverness shop workers on buttocks placed on sex offenders register

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Gail Stewart admitted two counts of sexual assault in relation to the incidents at a Highland retail store.

By Jenni Gee

The weather has caused 'chaos' across the north and north-east. Image: David Mackay/DC Thomson.

All buses cancelled in snow-covered Elgin as pupils sent home early from school

The Met Office has issued yet another snow and ice weather warning lasting 24 hours for the north.

By Ena Saracevic & Ross Hempseed

The skull washed up on an Inner Hebrides beach. Image: Samuel Watkiss

Mammoth whale skull washes up on Inner Hebrides beach

The large bone was found on Traigh Thodhrasdail beach in Tiree by tourists.

By Graham Fleming

A Highland medic has been killed after serving on the frontline in Ukraine. Image: Shutterstock.

Highland medic killed while serving on frontline in Ukraine

Jordan Maclachlan from Ardnamurchan volunteered in war-torn Ukraine.

By Ross Hempseed

Inspectors discovered parts of the home were 'dusty' and 'dirty'. Image: Google.

Inspectors slam ‘dirty’ Shetland care home for serving residents reheated pre-prepared meals due to staff shortages

Walter and Joan Gray care home in Scalloway was identified as 'weak' in several areas.

By Ena Saracevic

Some schools across the north and north-east remain closed due to snow. Image: Kath Flannery/DC Thomson

List of north and north-east schools closed on Tuesday, January 7

Children have been forced to stay at home during their first week back in 2025 due to snow and ice.

By Ross Hempseed

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Everything you need to know about the Renee MacRae case

Bill MacDowell being pushed into court in a wheelchair by wife Rosemary

The Renee and Andrew MacRae murders: Bill MacDowell fails to lodge appeal in time

By Sarah Bruce

Bill MacDowell and Renee MacRae together at a function in 1976.

Long read: Four decades on, the many twists and turns of the Renee and Andrew MacRae case

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By Stuart Findlay

Inverness was rocked by the disappearance of Renee MacRae and her son, Andrew (Photo: Sandy McCook/DC Thomson)

Sarah Bruce: How the Renee MacRae case is a part of Inverness’s DNA

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By Sarah Bruce

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