Highland County, Scotland News

TAKE the history of golf, add a dash of witchcraft, ancestry and the story of Macbeth and throw in a drop of whisky for good measure and what do you get? Playing A Round With Shakespeare, a comical play which mixes historical fact with fiction, myth and invention.

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The property enjoys panoramic views across great swaths of the loch, as well as impressive views of the Monadliath Mountains.

More polar bears are to be introduced to the Highland Wildlife Park, when the UK's only polar bear dies.

CAR SHARP: James Hamilton, group marketing manager with Macrae and Dick, who have seen an increase in car sales this year.

Tens of thousands of pounds worth of shellfish have died after vandals caused damage at a storage depot in the Highlands.

TAKE THAT'S Mark Owen yesterday spent his last day as a single man partying with his bandmates.

PROFILE trial in the Scottish Highlands will see two Colne men stand accused of raiding six post offices and several other properties in the far North.

A HOLIDAYMAKER died a week after being accidentally bitten by his partially blind pet dog during a playful game of fetch, an inquest heard yesterday.

A caring West Yorkshire dad died from a freak injury after being bitten by his pet dog during a playful game of fetch.

BRITAIN'S first 1,000 rail ticket - from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands - was last night condemned as "scandalous", writes WMN chief reporter Andy Greenwood.

Britain's first 1,000 rail fare has caused a fresh row over the rising costs of train travel.

Reintroduced to Scotland more than 30 years ago, sea eagles have been breeding in Wester Ross for ten years A war of words between crofters and conservationists has broken out in the remote countryside of Wester Ross over the future of the sea eagle, Britain's largest bird of prey.

He was an English Army draughtsman sent to Scotland after the Battle of Culloden to help to control the natives.

Your editorial was fundamentally wrong. The safe, secure and reliable delivery of electricity is vital to every aspect of life within the UK.

THE style stakes have risen for Fort William designer Judith R Clark, who has been nominated for the prestigious 'Designer of the Year' category at this year's Scottish Style Awards, being held in Glasgow on Saturday.

Electricity is invisible; unfortunately the structures that carry it across the country are not.

ONLY four weeks after winning his third successive Camanachd Cup, the first such achievement in the club's history, Drew MacNeil has been sacked as Fort William manager.

THE Scottish Government is being urged to reject plans for a new power line through the Highlands ahead of a conference on sustainability today.

A pirate flag run up a flag pole on Inverness's town house has been removed after a former merchant seaman complained it was in bad taste.