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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The UK’s first drone delivery service has been launched by Royal Mail on the Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland. The drones, Speedbird Aero DLV-2 model, can carry payloads of up to 6 kg. Chris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, said it would assist the company’s …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Fergus Ewing MSP at the A9 Crisis Summit in Inverness. Picture: Callum Mackay. Strathspey MSP Fergus Ewing has done sterling work arguing for a more practical implementation of the bottle return deposit and Highly Protected Marine Areas schemes. But does …
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Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Dr Gray’s Hospital with (inset) councillor sandy Keith Postal delays are causing people to miss hospital appointments, says a Moray councillor . Sandy Keith (Elgin North, Labour) has received complaints from several constituents stating their letters only arrived after the …
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