Residents in Highland and Western Isles are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their vote.
The Electoral Registration Officer will contact every household to check that the electoral register is up to date, and to identify any residents who should be registered but are currently missing.
This is particularly important this year in the run up to the Scottish Parliament election in 2026.
If you are not registered to vote, it is essential that you provide the necessary information to the Electoral Registration Officer, when asked, and register to vote online at
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
The Highland Council has confirmed a new off-peak bus service will be launched at the beginning of August.
Service 100 will operate Monday to Friday, and run between the city centre, Crown, Kingsmills, Raigmore Hospital, Inshes Retail Park, the UHI Campus, and Inverness Retail & Business Park.
There will be three journeys each way per day.
The timetable will be made available on the Council website.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has warned that part of Fort George is at risk of collapsing into the sea
A sink hole has opened in the ground behind the North Glacis retaining sea wall, and without immediate intervention, there is a significant risk of collapse and considerable loss of historic fabric.
HES has applied for planning permission for emergency work to fill the hole with concrete and support the wall.
The damage is being monitored and public access to the fort is unaffected
NatureScot has granted a licence for the traditional guga hunt for the first time in three years.
The tradition - in which a ten-man team of hunters land on Sula Sgeir and kill young gannets by catching them using a pole and noose - dates back to the 15th century.
Once an essential part of the winter diet on Lewis, guga are now regarded as a delicacy.
Animal welfare group OneKind has described the hunt as "cruel".
