Environment

Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Flow Country will unlock a raft of economic, environmental and social opportunities, it has been predicted.

People of all ages are being invited to a special day out to help nature at Dunnet Head next week.

Highland Council should know by early next month whether homes and businesses face a summer of overflowing bins and stench on the streets.

A far north distillery is raising a glass to 10 years in business by releasing a limited edition Caithness gin.

A new partnership between Focus North and Net Zero Nation will support organisations in Caithness and Sutherland to achieve climate change goals.

A new peatland restoration project is to be launched to Caithness businesses in early September.

The charity behind a planned long-distance walking route along the north coast is aiming to have the Caithness section up and running by next summer.

Orbex will be the first UK rocket manufacturer to establish a base in London.

John Davidson heads for Derbyshire to enjoy a blustery run in the High Peak district – 92 years after the Kinder Mass Trespass

Life-saving skills were learnt at a BDMLR training day, which saw “stunning weather” and volunteers from across the Highlands taking part.

A planning application for an all-weather forest centre at Rumster has been successful despite an objection by a disability group over toilet access.

Homes across Caithness are set to benefit from a UK wide electric distribution fund.

A Caithness artist talked of her shock at receiving an award for a national competition she had forgotten she had entered.

A play inspired by the construction of Sutherland’s new spaceport is set to tour around the Highlands and Islands next month.

A major infrastructure project to export electricity from Caithness to Aberdeenshire and the rest of the grid has taken a major step forward.

Scottish Green MSP Ariane Burgess marked World Population Day by focusing on the challenges of rural depopulation in the Highlands.

Highland Council has launched a 12-week public consultation on its draft ecology strategy and action plan.

Sea Watch Foundation announces the return of its National Whale and Dolphin Watch, a 10-day-long event taking place from July 26 to August 4.

Wick-based SHORE has partnered with Asda to launch all four flavours of its locally harvested seaweed crisps at its Scottish stores this summer.

The mystery of mass bumblebee deaths at Golpsie deepened after a local man detailed a strange phenomenon that could be linked to the sad event.