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Chris MacLennan
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🎥🎙️BBC journalist // Highlands and Islands // Skye boy // got a story? chris.maclennan@bbc.co.uk
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£1.5m football and athletics hub to be complete by end of year
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£1.5m Inverness community hub to be complete by end of year
Inverness Caledonian Thistle's community trust is behind the plans near Inverness Royal Academy.
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June 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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📻Missed us this morning? Catch up on the latest BBC News for the Highlands and islands below:

🗳️Holyrood 2026: Ewing to stand as an independent
🚓A82 reopens
🛣️Disappointment over A96 dualling plans
🏃41st Highland Cross
🏑Shinty: Oban meet Kyles in Celtic Society final

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BBC News Highlands and Islands - BBC News Highlands and Islands 07:00 BST - BBC Sounds
The latest news for the Highlands and Islands from the BBC.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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SNP's Fergus Ewing to run as independent in next election
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SNP's Fergus Ewing to run as an independent in Scottish elections
Ewing has represented Inverness and Nairn since 1999, and previously served as rural affairs secretary in government.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Call for 'common sense' approach over A82 roadwork
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'Common sense' call over Highland A82 work to avoid disruption
The route has already been hit by disruption this month, with further work scheduled this weekend.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Warning water sports disturbing whales and dolphins
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Kayakers and paddleboarders 'unknowingly' disturbing sea life
A new study suggests disturbances were recorded in the Clyde, Forth and Tay, and Moray Firth.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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More than 150 professionals have gathered in Inverness for Highland Child Protection Committee's annual conference.
Inverness child protection event focuses on online safety
More than 150 professionals have gathered in Inverness for the annual conference.
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June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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A group of feral pigs have been discovered in the Cairngorm National Park. It’s believed they have been abandoned illegally.

Catch my #BBC Radio 4 report here, at 28.26 in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Six O'Clock News - 11/02/2025 The Israeli prime minister says the Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not free hostages by Saturday - BBC Sounds
Benjamin Netanyahu says the ceasefire will end unless hostages are released on Saturday
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February 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Friday morning's BBC Highlands and Islands update:

🛣️A96 dualling: Claims locals let down
💷Councillors question £600k overpayments to staff
🧓New winter benefit will not combat pensioner poverty
⚽️Staggies head to Celtic, with Scottish Cup action for north sides

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November 29, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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The latest from the BBC Highlands and Islands newsroom:

🚨Detective: Doorstep murder of Nairn banker can be solved, 20 years on
🛣️A96 dualling statement expected at Holyrood
🚜Farmers and crofters rally for support
💰Concern over impact of proposed 'tourist tax'

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November 28, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Nobody ever tells you before you get a dog all the weird and wonderful things you end up doing…

Just had to jog back around our walk route as a poo bag had fallen off the hook on the lead.

I’m counting it as part of my marathon training 🤣

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November 26, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Your #BBCHighlandsandIslands update this Tuesday morn:

🛣️Campaigners: Court details outline case for A9 dualling
🗣️Inheritance tax plans on farms an 'absolute disgrace'
🐗Feral pigs to be monitored for swine fever

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November 26, 2024 at 7:25 AM