EMERGENCY services mounted a major search today after reports that a man entered the water at the Greig Street bridge in Inverness this afternoon.
Police and coastguard services conducted riverbank searches of the River Ness, concentrating on the area around the Black Bridge at Merkinch.
A YOUNG female passenger was left paralysed from the waist down in a horrific crash near Inverness caused by a young disabled driver.
Their car burst into flames after the head-on collision and they were pulled from the burning wreckage by a passing motorist.
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RUSH-HOUR traffic in Inverness was gridlocked last night after a lorry overturned at the roundabout on the A96 by Inverness Retail Park.
The male driver of the Mackenzie Haulage cab hauling a Stobart trailer was unhurt, but queues in each direction took two hours to clear.
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SPEEDING drivers across the Highlands will be targeted by a day of police action tomorrow.
Northern Constabulary officers from across the region will clamp down on drivers who they say risk their own lives and those of others by breaking the speed limit or driving inappropriately.
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DRIVERS are being warned in advance that an Easter Ross road will be closing to allow for the transporation of a heavy load. The Highland Council has advised that the C1063 Invergordon to Tomich
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A GUINEA pig discovered abandoned in a bag in Inverness yesterday has been put to sleep after being diagnosed with an inoperable tumour.
The male was among four guinea pigs found by a member of the public hanging from their garden fence on Cranmore Drive in the Smithton area yesterday morning.
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FAMILIES can hit the net with a special deal when Caley Thistle host Rangers in the SPL this Sunday.
The Inverness club is offering a family ticket - covering one adult and two children - in the uncovered Main Stand for £30.
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A ROYAL Navy warship will arrive in Inverness on Thursday giving local folk the chance to get up close and get a glimpse of the vessel.
The HMS Grimsby which is home-ported at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde will arrive alongside Longman Quay around lunchtime - however won't be open to public tours this time around.
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A 22-year-old Fort Willliam man appeared in private at Fort William Sheriff Court today charged with a spate of thefts from commercial premises around Lochaber.
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