Transport

Inverness Airport figures up to over 800k passengers

A half-kilometre stretch of the northern A9 is due to be resurfaced next month, with a full road closure in place during the works.

Police Scotland have launched an appeal for witnesses following a fatal crash near Watten last night.

Trainspotters travelled from far and wide to visit Wick railway station on Thursday (May 1) as a gleaming black steam locomotive shunted in.

Stagecoach North Scotland is providing free bus travel on May 8, to serving military, veterans, and cadets across its services.

A 49-year-old man who died following a fatal crash on Island Bank Road, Inverness has been named.

An 81-year-old will undertake a classic car fundraising drive from John O’Groats to Land’s End to thank the medical services that saved his life.

Faults and a broken down train have sparked the cancellation of five services between Aberdeen and Inverness today (April 29).

A cyclist taking part in the annual Etape Loch Ness sportive has died after their bike and a BMW collided on the route near the event’s finish.

A public spending watchdog says Highland Council faces “challenges” in delivering ambitious infrastructure improvements in the next 20 years.

CalMac sailings in and out of Ullapool have been hit by cancellations following a “technical” issue - causing Easter getaway misery for passengers.

Several trains travelling in and out of Inverness are affected by the disruption - two on the Far North Line and two on the Inverness-Aberdeen line.

Motorists have been urged to be cautious on approach after a breakdown partially blocked the A9 between Berriedale and Helmsdale.

The campaign for a vital railway project that could sharply improve train reliability on the Far North Line has won the backing of a Holyrood hopeful.

Work to dual the A9 between Tomaring and Moy will see overnight traffic signals introduced for two weeks from April 28.

Police Scotland has confirmed that the A9 has been reopened

The A9 was closed in two locations on Tuesday lunchtime after separate crashes on the busy trunk road in Easter Ross and Sutherland.

Trains are once again calling at Altnabreac Station in the Flow Country, bringing the request stop’s 18-month long closure to an end.

Letter writers give their point of view on topical issues affecting Sutherland and the wider Highlands.

Highland Council operates Dornoch Airfield but is seeking to lease it out.