Backers of a “geopark” in the Highlands are continuing with efforts to promote its geology after the area lost its Unesco recognition.
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New work at status loss ‘geopark’
Humans have mined resources from the remote and rocky coast of Peru and Chile for more than a century and a half, gathering the guano deposits of seabirds for fertilizer and gunpowder. Those seabirds flourished on anchoveta in the coastal waters, while Peruvians in the highlands ate the same fish as dried snacks. Read full article > >
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Population growth taxing planet’s resources
A man is killed in a fall on hills in the Kintail area of the west Highlands, above the Cluanie Inn in Glen Shiel.
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Climber killed in mountain fall
Four people are taken to hospital, one by air ambulance, after a crash involving two cars and a caravan in the Highlands.
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Four injured after caravan crash
Fire crews in the Highlands use a helicopter to drop water on a heath fire that is threatening to engulf properties.
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Heath fire threat to properties
An investigation is launched into a suspicious death near the largest hospital in the Highlands.
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Police probe death near hospital
The leaders of four Highlands and Islands councils will meet with the shipping minister over proposed coastguard station cuts.
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Meeting due over coastguard plan
A workman’s death after falling from an oil rig docked in the Highlands was a tragic accident, a sheriff says.
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Rig fall death ‘tragic accident’
An education institute with sites across the Highlands and Islands is confirmed as Scotland’s newest university.
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New Scottish university confirmed
Dozens of skiers and snowboarders take to the slopes in the Highlands as early snows signal a start to the season.
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Scots ski season gets under way
The body of a man is found on a mountain in the Highlands by the Kintail Mountain Rescue Team.
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Man’s body discovered on mountain
A man who raped and abused two women in the Highlands and Glasgow is jailed for 10-and-a-half years.
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Jail sentence for ‘savage’ rapist
A man and woman are killed and several people are left injured after a crash on the A9 in the Highlands.
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Two killed in serious crash on A9
A Highlands village’s pub, described as the most remote on mainland Britain, is up for sale at offers over £79,000.
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For sale, the pub that is an 18-mile walk from civilisation
