Gallery: Best pictures as hundreds gather for Inverness Christmas lights switch-on
Hundreds of Invernessians and visitors gathered at Falcon Square for the lighting of the Highland Hospice Christmas tree.
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Weekend court roll – Teen killer locked up and a Grindr abduction
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Our reporters have been sitting in courtrooms across the north and north-east this week and covered a wide variety of cases.
Body found in Benbecula during search for missing woman Shanahan MacInnes
The family of 28-year-old Shanahan MacInnes, who was missing from Balivanich, has been made aware.
Care round up: Once-troubled Aberdeen care home improves while ‘inclusive’ at-home carer team praised
The Press and Journal has been looking into care reports over the past week from across Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands and Islands.
Hero West Coast officer ‘almost died’ saving lives in Storm Babet landslide
PC Sally Ann Nicol thought she was going to drown while rescuing several people from “the worst landslips ever to affect Argyll and Bute.”
‘Extensive searches’ continue six days after Stornoway teenager Aleksandr Benga disappeared
Police officers are “extremely concerned” about the 16-year-old's whereabouts.
Storm Bert: Highlands, Aberdeenshire and Western Isles hit by 60mph winds
Wind gusts of up to 62mph (nearly 100km/h) are currently affecting the north and north-east.
Police, coastguard and firefighters resume search for missing Western Isles woman Shanahan MacInnes
Police are becoming “increasingly concerned” for Shanahan MacInne, last seen in the Balivanich area of Benbecula on Friday.
Oban’s £2 grocery bag: How ‘rescued’ food is making a difference in the West Highlands
'Anyone' is welcome to use the service and pick up their weekly essentials at the charity shop.
Firm fined over faulty lorry involved in serious head-on A9 crash
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Defects were discovered during an investigation into the collision, that left a woman in a critical condition.
ASK A LOCAL: Alvie hotelier Tamasina Cassidy shares her favourite things about life in the Cairngorms National Park
Tamasina only has to look outside to see a world that means everything to her.
The 11 pop-up shops, indoor market – and a panto – that will keep Inverness’s Eastgate Centre full of Christmas cheer
The north's main shopping centre will have its very own panto and some new pop-up shops for the festive season.
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‘Extensive searches’ continue six days after Stornoway teenager Aleksandr Benga disappeared
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Specialist teams from across the north of Scotland join search for Aleksandr Benga
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Gallery: Best pictures as hundreds gather for Inverness Christmas lights switch-on
Weekend court roll – Teen killer locked up and a Grindr abduction
The 11 pop-up shops, indoor market – and a panto – that will keep Inverness’s Eastgate Centre full of Christmas cheer
WATCH: Emotional moment man is reunited with dog stolen from Inverness layby
Neil MacPhail: A journalist and a gentleman who covered the biggest cases in the Highlands
Revealed: Long-awaited development of former Ironworks site is ‘on hold’
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Weekend court roll – Teen killer locked up and a Grindr abduction
Body found in Benbecula during search for missing woman Shanahan MacInnes
Care round up: Once-troubled Aberdeen care home improves while ‘inclusive’ at-home carer team praised
Hero West Coast officer ‘almost died’ saving lives in Storm Babet landslide
‘Extensive searches’ continue six days after Stornoway teenager Aleksandr Benga disappeared
Storm Bert: Highlands, Aberdeenshire and Western Isles hit by 60mph winds
Police, coastguard and firefighters resume search for missing Western Isles woman Shanahan MacInnes
Oban’s £2 grocery bag: How ‘rescued’ food is making a difference in the West Highlands
Firm fined over faulty lorry involved in serious head-on A9 crash
ASK A LOCAL: Alvie hotelier Tamasina Cassidy shares her favourite things about life in the Cairngorms National Park
Police ‘increasingly concerned’ for missing Western Isles woman
‘This was just cruelty’: Sheriff blasts carer who filmed herself threatening vulnerable OAP
ScotRail to expand Boxing Day train services but Aberdeen and Inverness passengers snubbed
Mother of missing Stornoway teenager Aleksandr Benga ‘begging’ for help to find ‘darling son’
Neil MacPhail: A journalist and a gentleman who covered the biggest cases in the Highlands
Man who choked on pastry ‘died for seven minutes’ in Highland holiday nightmare
Drunken skipper vandalised fishing vessel in Lochinver Harbour
Alness Academy pupil hospitalised with concussion after ‘bullying attack’
Fed-up owner SHUTS Loch Ness motorhome park after unruly guests leave without paying
£200k cocaine bust after police stop car on A9
List of schools closed on Friday, November 22 as snow and ice to continue across the north and north-east
Flood alert issued for Aberdeenshire as hazardous ‘sheet ice’ covers roads
Teenager charged after fatal A9 crash near Aviemore
Thieves target popular Drumnadrochit cafe for second time in a month
