A SHERIFF said it gave her no pleasure to jail a rail worker who torched his firm's Inverness offices while traumatised after cheating death in a level crossing crash.

IF you've been the recipient of a parking ticket in recent times you're likely to feel a bit aggrieved by the claims this week that police officers and civilian staff are regularly flouting roadside restrictions outside their city headquarters at Burnett Road.

CALEY Thistle crashed 3-0 away to SPL side Kilmarnock in the Active Nation Scottish Cup on Saturday.

SITTING together with their 20-month daughter Tilly clambering between them, Elaine and Dan Mason openly admit there was a time when having a child of their own was a distant dream.

THERE'S one person with more reason than most to be upset that number one band Scouting For Girls won't be stopping off at Inverness on their newly-announced tour.

HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don't mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.

AS regular readers of the Country Diary will recall, I have a number of favourite birds in the Highlands with some of them rare and others rather common in comparison.

CALLING all local musicians: the Highland News wants you – and your music – on our website.