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The NHS Highland area has seen another rise in coronavirus cases, with 12 new positive tests returned in the latest 24-hour period.

A further 19 new cases of Covid-19 were registered across the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.

Seven further coronavirus cases have been detected across the NHS Highland region

RAIL campaigners say they remain "optimistic" that services will return to normal on the Far North Line once the Covid-19 pandemic is over.

COLD callers posing as Covid-19 contact tracers are trying to con people into forking over hundreds of pounds, police have warned Highlanders.

THIRTEEN further Covid-19 cases have been recorded across the NHS Highland area, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

A Wick optician says he has a solution to the common problem of steamed up glasses caused by face masks.

ELEVEN further positive Covid-19 tests have been recorded across the NHS Highland region – as Scotland's total surpassed 90,000.

TEACHERS should be among the frontline staff to get the coronavirus vaccine, according to far north MP, Jamie Stone.

SEVEN fresh positive tests for Covid-19 have been reported across the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.

Five new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded across the NHS Highland region over the past day.

An assurance has been given to a north MSP over the coronavirus vaccine.

A Wick man who wants NHS Highland to release precise Covid-19 numbers says he remains dissatisfied with the way his concerns have been dealt with.

People in the far north should not have to travel to get the coronavirus vaccine, UK health secretary, Matt Hancock has said.

Covid-19 was reported in three parts of Caithness during the latest seven-day period covered by Public Health Scotland’s interactive dashboard.

A special calendar of images produced by Wick High School pupils during lockdown is now on sale.

There have been nine additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

Owners of Messy Nessy, a Thurso soft-play centre, were delighted to reopen their doors today after an eight month closure.

The Scottish Government confirmed that the Highland area will again be placed into protection level one in the government’s five tier framework.

Highland Council today agreed to prioritise the Caithness area in allocating funding for mental health support for young people.