Two men fishing from a kayak type boat had to be rescued from Loch Gairloch on Monday by a boat from a local campsite while the coastguard search and rescue helicopter was also in attendance having been diverted from a training exercise.
One of the men came into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service while the other was declared fit after the incident. Strong offshore winds were reported in the area at the time.
The funeral of Ian Shondon MacKenzie, long time resident of Gairloch and well known local fisherman, who died on 10th May aged 62, will take place tomorrow at 11.30 am in the Free Church of Scotland, Gairloch.
Everyone will be welcome to attend and to celebrate Shondon’s life.
Transport Scotland has announced plans to upgrade the Raigmore road junction in Inverness at a cost of £2 million pounds.
The interchange links the A9 with the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen road and the B865 which takes traffic into the city centre while it also provides pedestrian access from the city to Inverness Shopping Park.
Traffic lights will be installed operating on various phases to control the flow of traffic with pedestrian phases operated by push buttons to deal with demand. No timing for the work to be carried out has yet been intimated.
A motorcyclist has died following a road accident on the A862 near Beauly on Saturday.
The 67 year old biker was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after the incident which involved a black Mazda car and another motorcycle but died yesterday from his injuries.
The other parties involved were uninjured and Police Scotland is appealing to anyone who witnessed the crash or who was driving in the area at the time with dashcam footage who has not yet spoken to police to come forward.
