[ad_1] Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The Postie Notes by Mark Gilbert As I pride myself on providing good service and helping people where I can,I feel I should give my personal overview of recent major changes locally. Do you remember that feeling of sadness and betrayal deep in your…
[ad_1] Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! A Sutherland businessman and postmaster is marking a diamond milestone. Eight-three-year-old Alisdair Mackenzie better known as Sandy, is celebrating 60 years at the helm of Rogart Post Office. He has been presented with a Post Office Long Service Award in recognition of his work…
[ad_1] Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Postal voting pack from the 2021 UK local elections. Picture: Wikimedia Commons. “Frustrated and angry” Highland citizens have spoken out about their “inability to vote” due to extreme delays in receiving their postal ballots, meaning they won’t have a say in the upcoming UK…
[ad_1] Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Pete Malone, who served as a postman in Bettyhill for almost 13 years. Royal Mail have come under criticism after it was announced that a “lifeline” north-west Sutherland postal delivery service will be cut at the end of June. Elderly residents in outlying villages…
[ad_1] Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Postal voting packs are being issued in the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey. MORE than 20,355 postal voting packs have been issued to voters in the Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey constituency ahead of the UK parliament election. Packs are being issued from today…
[ad_1] 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 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and…
[ad_1] 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 involved the Flying Scotsman…
[ad_1] 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 renewable business, RI Cruden…
[ad_1] 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 Rutter was to step…
[ad_1] 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 needed to tackle the…