A local weather pundit warns that Caithness can expect temperatures to plummet further with a big freeze expected tonight ...

Transport Scotland events are to seek feedback on cutting speed limit by 10mph and increase it by 10mph for good vehicles ...

Hundreds of schools have been closed across northern Scotland amid a weather warning for snow and ice which has been extended ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals, along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus ...

A Wick woman is to fight charges of assault and causing damage at a house near Halkirk. Teri Mackay is alleged to have bitten ...

The First Minister has met the family of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after more than two ...

Thousands of firefighters were attempting to contain the original Palisades fire, which has burnt nearly 16,000 acres.

Two lynx which were illegally released in the Scottish Highlands have been successfully captured – with experts warning the ...

A John O’Groats man caught on his mobile phone by police while driving his van was fined £200 at Wick Sheriff Court.

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says she faced a “deluge of hate” after tech billionaire Elon Musk used his X social media platform to accuse her of being a “rape genocide apologist”.

Two lynx are on the loose in the Scottish Highlands in what is suspected to be an “illegal release”. On Wednesday evening, ...

Community councillors have expressed their dismay that a historic corner of Wick town centre has become a “disaster area” and ...