Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The Royal Mail centre in Inverness. Picture: James MacKenzie. Nightmare backlogs of mail arriving more than a week late are “a common problem” facing Highland constituents, an MP claims a new survey has revealed. Drew Hendry, who is MP for …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Martin & Claire Murray of Dunnet Bay Distillery celebrate with a glass of their award-winning gin. We are all trying to do what we can to help protect our environment ‒ now and for future generations. But there are individuals …
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A Co Armagh mother caught with up to £60,000 worth of cannabis narrowly avoided going to prison on Tuesday. Imposing a two-year jail sentence on Lurgan woman Nichaela Maxwell, Judge Patrick Lynch KC warned that, while the custody threshold “is clearly passed”, he was suspending the sentence for three years …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Emergency services are at the scene. Passengers are being treated at the scene of a train crash near Aviemore. At least two people have been taken to hospital in Inverness after two trains collided at around 7pm today. The incident …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Highland Business Awards finalists September 2023. Picture: James Mackenzie. The annual Highland Business Awards took place at the Kingsmills Hotel today. Hundreds of guests were in attendance to celebrate individuals and organisations from across the region, with the mechanical and …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Mrs Claire McGonigal of Grantown Grammar School will be acting head of Inverness High School A new acting headteacher will take charge at Inverness High School at the end of next month. It was announced a week ago that John …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Royal Mail deliveries in the Highlands have been the subject of controversy, with fed-up residents complaining of long delays. Mail is going undelivered for “up to two weeks at a time” according to fed-up Highland residents and urgent action is …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Drew Hendry fears the problems with the postal service will only grow worse as we approach Christmas. Postal services in the Highlands are being pushed to breaking point, a union has warned. The Communications Workers’ Union, which represents postal workers, …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Drew Hendry fears the problems with the postal service will only grow worse as we approach Christmas. Failing postal services have resulted in patients missing vital medical appointments or going weeks without new bank cards, the strath’s MP has warned …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! An Elgin postbox. Picture: Daniel Forsyth. Royal Mail has informed Moray’s MSP it’s in the process of hiring eight new posties for the Elgin area. The recruitment drive is focused on resolving recent delivery problems and returning to a six-day-a-week …
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