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  Article Coronavirus pandemic drives surge in property sales and inquiries in the Highlands as people rethink their lives in lockdown By Val Sweeney Published: 07:45, 03 March 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Tulloch Homes new development at The Maples, Ness-side. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a boom in property inquiries and sales in the Highlands as people rethink their lives. Inverness-based Tulloch Homes, the north's biggest housebuilder, sold more homes in the first two months of this yea...

Down Memory Lane: Ruins underline how idyllic Highland spot was not always peaceful By Contributor Published: 19:30, 18 February 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Bill McAllister recounts the history of Redcastle on the Black Isle. The charming shoreside hamlet of Redcastle, overlooking the Beauly Firth, lies six-and-a-half miles from Inverness. A wander inland, over the burn, through the trees and up a wee brae brings you to the sudden sight of the spectacular ruined castle from which it takes its name. ...

Down Memory Lane with Bill McAllister: Centuries of highs and lows for a Nairnshire-based clan By Contributor Published: 15:30, 06 February 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Kilravock Castle. April will see the 275th anniversary of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his enemy – and cousin – the Duke of Cumberland, arriving at Kilravock Castle on successive days to be hosted by the Provost of Nairn. The prince spent a couple of hours there, but Cumberland spent the next night, and his boots are still pres...

Down Memory Lane: Dam-builder extraordinaire helped defend Suez Canal by Bill McAllister By Contributor Published: 07:30, 24 January 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Pictured from the International Space Station, the Aswan Dam in Egypt separates Lake Nasser from the Nile River. Picture: NASA/Wikimedia Commons This year marks the centenary of Inverness’s civil engineering icon Sir Murdoch MacDonald ending his 23-year connection with the Egyptian government as an expert on major dams and irrigation pr...

Tinky Winky fun for Inverness tots after developer steps into help By Louise Glen Published: 12:00, 01 January 2021 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Holm nursery pupils Eleanor Rhind-Porter (top). Scott Shepherd (left) and Isla Gilmour (right). Playtime at an Inverness nursery has become a magical experience for young children thanks to some creative landscaping from house builder Robertson Homes. The parent council at Holm Primary School on Stratherrick Road initially turned to the developer to request a don...