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Fraudsters are using text messages to get information such as bank account details and passwords. Highland Council Trading Standards team have been alerted to a smishing – the fraudulent practice of sending text messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such …

The purple post box outside Inverness Town House. People using the post box outside Inverness Town House are no longer seeing red but a rather vivid purple. Royal Mail has been tight-lipped so far but it has prompted curiosity among the public in the city centre. Some are speculating the …

IT has been all systems go at the Covid-19 vaccination hub in Huntly’s Stewart’s Hall since it opened last week. In a change to the original plan, the Huntly hub is operating every week, seven days, delivering the vaccine from 8.15am until almost 8pm. The over 70’s have been getting …

HIAL is already conducting a number of decarbonisation projects at Kirkwall Airport. Recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and a move to decarbonisation have been revealed as the key priorities for Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) over the next five years. However, managing director Inglis Lyon has …

The Postie Notes column by Mark Gilbert I often smile to myself when my phone pings up a weather warning for “Flood Alert for Torrisdale”. I stay on Torrisdale in Skerray, and all of the 12 properties are at least 40 feet above sea level, some with a fantastic view …

Essential services – including carers and postal deliveries – have been unable to ‘access all areas’ in the borough during recent wintry weather conditions because of a failure to keep grit boxes topped up. And those with authority have been accused by one local councillor of allowing this “shambolic situation” …

Scam alert. The Royal Bank of Scotland has issued an urgent scam alert following the new lockdown. The lockdown at the beginning of March saw an increase in scams of 400 per cent according to Action Fraud and Royal Bank is hoping that by alerting customers in advance and further …

Sarah Bartholomew at the counter of the new Wick post office at 125-127 High Street. Local businessman Kevin Milkins says there has been a “tremendous” response from the public since he decided to launch a new post office venture in Wick. He opened for business yesterday at 125-127 High Street, …

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman. COVID home test kits are now available for symptomatic people in all areas of mainland Scotland to book. The kits were previously unavailable in some parts of the mainland Highland, Forth Valley and Tayside health board areas. But online booking access has now been expanded to …

Jeane Freeman said the Scottish Government would continue to work with the UK government and local partners to improve access to testing in remote and rural areas. Home test kits for Covid-19 are now available for symptomatic people in all areas of mainland Scotland to order. The expansion covers parts …