Environment

Youngsters learn about the importance of looking after the environment

Skye and the Small Isles have joined the River Ness catchment on amber 'moderate' alert while Loch Maree is still at red for 'significant scarcity'.

Most areas in Scotland are facing an ‘extreme’ risk.

Within minutes, life-affirming warmth becomes life-threatening fury.

Highland Council has warned that some private water supplies in the region could run low due to lack of rainfall.

Hugely ambitious early Highland Council plans have identified five potential sites for solar farms to generate power for the north.

Dounreay's regulators have flagged up safety concerns about some of the site's elderly electrical equipment.

Discussions are continuing with moves to put the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in charge of the clean-up of the Vulcan military base.

Dounreay has reported that another radioactive particle has been found as part of the former nuclear plant's environmental monitoring.

Highland Council's garden waste permits are now on sale for the next season (2023/2024) and the price is the same as last year at £47.75 per permit.

The benefits of clean air are being shared to mark Clean Air Day following air pollution monitoring at schools including Pennyland Primary in Thurso.

TWO thunderstorm warnings have now been issued for the Highlands– after the Met Office announced a second alert.

John Davidson spent a day training with Assynt Mountain Rescue Team in Lochinver and learned more about what this group of volunteers does

The Met Office warning comes into force on Sunday afternoon and covers large parts of the Highlands.

All of Caithness is now on 'alert' over water scarcity following an extended dry spell, while parts of Ross-shire are at the highest warning level.

PARTS of the Highlands will be at extreme or very high risk of wildfires this week as a new warning is issued.

A HIGHLAND climate initiative is calling for people to share their personal experience on the impact of wildfires on the region's communities.

The Scottish Government has been accused by a Caithness businessman of constantly moving the goalposts over its controversial deposit return scheme.

Lorna Slater told Holyrood ‘we are urgently establishing to what extent there is a way forward for a modified scheme.’

Developers behind the controversial Armadale wind farm plans are "content" that proposed changes to the scheme address concerns raised locally.