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News editor and sub editor

Philip Murray is a news editor and sub editor for Highland News and Media. He joined the company in 2014. He has worked in the industry for 20 years.

Plockton nursery makes ‘good progress’ responding to improvement recommendations

19 November 2024
Plockton nursery makes ‘good progress’ responding to improvement recommendations

Plockton nursery makes ‘good progress’ responding to improvement recommendations

19 November 2024

A nursery “has made good progress” implementing improvements since inspectors made recommendations earlier this year, the Care Inspectorate has said.


WATCH: Sutherland snow and ice warning comes into force

17 November 2024
WATCH: Sutherland snow and ice warning comes into force

WATCH: Sutherland snow and ice warning comes into force

17 November 2024

Temperatures are set to plummet overnight after a weather warning for snow and ice came into force across Sutherland.


At least £10,000 stolen from Highland resident in courier scam, police hunting thieves

16 November 2024
At least £10,000 stolen from Highland resident in courier scam, police hunting thieves

At least £10,000 stolen from Highland resident in courier scam, police hunting thieves

16 November 2024

A courier scam which conned an Inverness resident out of a five-figure sum of cash has led to a police warning to Highland residents to beware.


Top environmental award for High Life Highland in UK contest

16 November 2024
Top environmental award for High Life Highland in UK contest

Top environmental award for High Life Highland in UK contest

16 November 2024

High Life Highland’s green credentials have been honoured after it clinched a national award.


£107k Children in Need cash to provide vital lifeline support to grieving Highland children

16 November 2024
£107k Children in Need cash to provide vital lifeline support to grieving Highland children

£107k Children in Need cash to provide vital lifeline support to grieving Highland children

16 November 2024

Grieving Highland children will be given extra emotional support at a devastating time in their lives after the Archie Foundation secured vital funds.


Lifesaving volunteers sought as Coastguard launches Highland recruitment drive

16 November 2024
Lifesaving volunteers sought as Coastguard launches Highland recruitment drive

Lifesaving volunteers sought as Coastguard launches Highland recruitment drive

16 November 2024

Coastguard volunteers are being sought in communities right across the Highlands after a recruitment drive was launched.


10cm snow forecast sparks Met Office yellow weather warning

15 November 2024
10cm snow forecast sparks Met Office yellow weather warning

10cm snow forecast sparks Met Office yellow weather warning

15 November 2024

A snow and ice warning has been issued for the northern Highlands and Moray - with up to 10cm expected to fall in some places.


MFR founder ‘sad’ at end of Highland presenting at station

15 November 2024
MFR founder ‘sad’ at end of Highland presenting at station

MFR founder ‘sad’ at end of Highland presenting at station

15 November 2024

Axeing the final local presenter from MFR has swept away the “last vestige of it being any kind of community station”, its former chief believes.


Engine fault sparks CalMac ferry cancellations

14 November 2024
Engine fault sparks CalMac ferry cancellations

Engine fault sparks CalMac ferry cancellations

14 November 2024

An engine fault has sparked the cancellation of some ferry crossings in and out of Ullapool on Thursday.


MFR axes Jodie at Breakfast, will now share same programmes as Edinburgh

13 November 2024
MFR axes Jodie at Breakfast, will now share same programmes as Edinburgh

MFR axes Jodie at Breakfast, will now share same programmes as Edinburgh

13 November 2024

Jodie McCluskey's breakfast show is being axed, signalling an end to MFR's last regular locally-produced programming.


Highland initiative launches new website to help people into work

11 November 2024
Highland initiative launches new website to help people into work

Highland initiative launches new website to help people into work

11 November 2024

A new Highland scheme aimed at helping support people into work has launched its website.


£9m being spent on disruptive Highland Mainline engineering works, rail chiefs reveal

03 November 2024
£9m being spent on disruptive Highland Mainline engineering works, rail chiefs reveal

£9m being spent on disruptive Highland Mainline engineering works, rail chiefs reveal

03 November 2024

Major disruption on the Highland Mainline this month will enable £9m in track improvements to be carried out, Network Rail has revealed.


Railway ticket office hour cuts proposed for Highland stations

31 October 2024
Railway ticket office hour cuts proposed for Highland stations

Railway ticket office hour cuts proposed for Highland stations

31 October 2024

Ticket office hours at numerous Highland railway stations are to be cut under plans announced by ScotRail.


10 months of roadworks now planned for A9 Kessock Bridge

31 October 2024
10 months of roadworks now planned for A9 Kessock Bridge

10 months of roadworks now planned for A9 Kessock Bridge

31 October 2024

Work to strengthen the bridge towers, which had been due to start this month and take six months, will now begin in January and run for 10 months.


‘We deal with some pretty terrified people’: Paranormal investigators relive ghostly encounters

30 October 2024
‘We deal with some pretty terrified people’: Paranormal investigators relive ghostly encounters

‘We deal with some pretty terrified people’: Paranormal investigators relive ghostly encounters

30 October 2024

Highland Paranormal, which have just celebrated their 14th anniversary, have been sharing some of their ghostly encounters with the great beyond.


Peat & DIesel’s Black Isle Belter music festival to return in 2025

30 October 2024
Peat & DIesel’s Black Isle Belter music festival to return in 2025

Peat & DIesel’s Black Isle Belter music festival to return in 2025

30 October 2024

Around 10,000 music fans attended last year’s successful fest at the Black Isle Showground, and the band promise ‘bigger and better’ for its return.


No weekend trains for FOUR weeks running on Highland Mainline when engineering work begins

30 October 2024
No weekend trains for FOUR weeks running on Highland Mainline when engineering work begins

No weekend trains for FOUR weeks running on Highland Mainline when engineering work begins

30 October 2024

Buses will replace all ScotRail and LNER trains between Inverness and Perth for four weekends from mid-November.


Billionaire’s business buys Dores Inn - plans 2-year ‘restoration’ of site with trade restarting 2026/27

30 October 2024
Billionaire’s business buys Dores Inn - plans 2-year ‘restoration’ of site with trade restarting 2026/27

Billionaire’s business buys Dores Inn - plans 2-year ‘restoration’ of site with trade restarting 2026/27

30 October 2024

Anders Holch Povlsen, the billionaire owner of Aldourie Castle, has bought the popular Dores Inn on the shores of Loch Ness.


Strikes to bring Highland buses to a halt “within weeks” after 200 drivers vote for action

25 October 2024
Strikes to bring Highland buses to a halt “within weeks” after 200 drivers vote for action

Strikes to bring Highland buses to a halt “within weeks” after 200 drivers vote for action

25 October 2024

The strike would cause Stagecoach services to grind to a halt in the Inverness area, as well as north and west of the city, and on Skye and in Orkney.


Overdose death investigation orders Highland surgery to apologise for ‘failings’

24 October 2024
Overdose death investigation orders Highland surgery to apologise for ‘failings’

Overdose death investigation orders Highland surgery to apologise for ‘failings’

24 October 2024

The practice issued larger, monthly prescriptions and granted additional prescriptions on request despite their patient’s “history of overdoses”.


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