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The Highlands is one of Scotland's worst hot-spots for drink-driving, new data has revealed as police gear up for their annual festive crackdown.

Temperatures in the Highlands fell well below freezing overnight , with the mercury bottoming out at -18C near the A9 in the Cairngorms National Park.

Warnings for snow have been issued for large swathes of the Highlands – especially in the east – with up to 10cm possible in hilly spots

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Highland residents were waking up to what is likely to have been the coldest night of the winter so far after the mercury plummeted as low as -15C.

Key railway improvements which could dramatically boost train reliability on Highland lines may not take place as soon as hoped, campaigners fear.

A Thurso man has been convicted of an attack in a local pub which put a fellow customer off work for six weeks.

The Met Office has issued a Yellow warning for wintry showers across north Caithness today and overnight.

Over the period spanning 2020 to 2022, the value of farmland witnessed a substantial uptick.

Emergency stabilisation work is getting under way on Wick's storm-damaged harbour ahead of a wider programme of investment to improve the port.

Hundreds of residents in the far north were without power electricity on Friday morning after a power cut.

The Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice comes into force on Friday evening and covers parts of the far north.

A Thurso-based coaching club has "got off to a flyer" with an event involving Ross County and a visit by former internationalist Marvin Andrews.

SSEN announced today that reports have now been produced following the first round of consultation on its proposals.

The style of football being played by Wick Academy this season is going down well with supporters, according to Mark Macadie.

Thurso manager Scott Davidson has reiterated that his team must stop conceding avoidable goals if they are to move away from the foot of the table.

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone is calling on the UK government to take "serious action" over fuel poverty in rural areas.

Fraudster Fiona Taylor has undertaken to repay the £14,000 she stole from an 88-year-old man.

A Thurso man has been accused of two sexual offences.