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Published:  10 July, 2008

HIGHLAND soldiers feature heavily in a new book written by a former Inverness journalist cataloguing 2,000 years of catastrophes involving Scottish troops.

Published:  24 November, 2007

A HIGHLAND amateur historian claims that the National Trust for Scotland has spent thousands of pounds on a tapestry which depicts an English battle in Belgium instead of Culloden.

Published:  03 November, 2007

THE "monstrous anger of the guns" was recreated at Inverness Royal Academy yesterday (Wednesday) when a specialist in re-enacting the First World War visited the school – just as Armistice Day approaches.

Published:  18 August, 2007

MEMBERS of the Inverness and Highland Branch of the Parachute Regimental Association are hoping to make their first official visit to Holland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem next month.

Published:  28 July, 2007

IN the days of the British Raj a six-year-old boy, who was to become famous himself one day, rubbed shoulders with two of the most charismatic characters on the world stage.

Hamish Ross

Published:  21 July, 2007

THE remarkable story of a colourful Czech airman and his flying dog has been told for the first time by a former Ross-shire man.

Published:  14 July, 2007

RESIDENTS in North Kessock will be hosting a trip down memory lane this weekend to celebrate the role played by the ferries which operated between the village and Inverness.

Published:  07 July, 2007

THE changing face of a local village over more than a century is being highlighted in a new book.

Published:  30 June, 2007

HAPPY memories of school days at the former Inverness Royal Academy came flooding back for three Inverness exiles last week on a tour of Inverness College's School of Business Studies at Midmills.

Published:  23 June, 2007

A CENTURY ago, a horse-drawn caravan nearly came to grief on a stretch of the old A9 near Daviot known as Craggie Brae.

Published:  08 March, 2007

A BATTLE is brewing over plans to have one of Scotland’s most famous places recognised as a world heritage site.

Published:  15 February, 2007

CALLING all former pupils of Marybank Primary School – you are invited to help mark a milestone in the school’s history.

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