The best way to get around the Scottish Highlands is by car. Many of the region's top attractions and desirable destinations are spread far apart from one another and could take a long time to ...

The Scottish Highlands region is vast, measuring more than 11,000 square miles in length. There are so many cities, towns, regions and islands in between, it can be overwhelming deciding where to ...

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has stepped in over a deep concern for access to basic needs for people living in the Highlands and Islands. There is an apparent failure to meet the ...

In the 1950s, workmen digging up the south side of Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London, unearthed the bones of extinct ...

Woodlands and forestry in the Highlands were among the big winners at Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards. Despite a bumper year ...

The best food and drink in the Scottish Highlands has been crowned as part of a prestigious award ceremony. Earlier this month, the winners of the annual Highlands & Islands Food & Drink Awards ...

THE Scottish Human Rights Commission is "very concerned" about the "poor state of economic, social and cultural rights" across the country's Highlands and Islands. The Commission has uncovered severe ...

Cruise ship visitors and those travelling across the Highlands in motorhomes will also be immune from the tourist tax. The tax proposals come after the Scottish Parliament granted local ...

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EVER since the discovery of Silurian fossils in the rocks of North-West Sutherland, it has been recognised that in that region lies the key to the structure of the Scottish Highlands. Accordingly ...

Golden eagles were wiped out in Wales and England by the mid-19th Century due mainly to persecution by sheep farmers and ...