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Iain MacAskill, Crofters Commission stalwart, Gaelic champion and key figure in the Highlands and Islands Development Board, has died age 84.

A BUSINESSMAN was behind bars last night after being found guilty of a string of frauds which pulled in more than #7.5m.

Telephone exchange opened in Thurso in 1922, Former provost honoured in 1972 and Public toilets faced closure in 1997

ANYONE visiting Stornoway last week might have been surprised to see a piper-led, fully-robed procession making its way through the town to a…

Poetry enthusiast Clifford Parr from Inverness, who recovered whisky from the SS Politician wreck, has died aged 97.

For years, people most wanted to live in places where it was the hardest to build. Now, with a rise in remote work, exurban areas look more appealing.

by Jim Hunter © Community Land Scotland Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Many parts of the Highlands and islands are in the grip of a rapidly worsening housing crisis that threatens to undo much of the progress made in the region in recent decades. At a point when (as shown by successive surveys) lots of young pe...