Heron House Group’s new Inverness restaurant and cocktail bar, Babette, will create 25 jobs when it opens next week. …

“You don’t fight fascism because you’re going to win, you fight fascism because it is fascism.” – Jean Paul Sartre The slide towards authoritarian rule in Britain and the US, and the prospects of a Trump third-term and a Farage government in the UK, has to be resisted. At the heart of this is the […] Source

MV Hebridean Isles departed Scotland on her final voyage as the vessel made her way to a recycling yard in Denmark … Source

A RESTAURANT in Inverness is closing after a bereavement made the owners reflect on “how short life is” Source

SHOP price inflation slowed in October despite fresh food now costing 4.3 per cent more than it did a year ago, latest industry figures show … Source

THE Functional Mushroom Market is mushrooming across the globe as millions of people turn to the plant, seeking a closer connection to nature and sustainability in their pursuit of clean-living Source

A PLAN has been launched to maximise the £100 billion that Scotland’s Highlands and Islands has been predicted to receive in the next 15 years … Source

Yesterday, the Herald ran with a new poll on their front page. Political Editor Andrew Learmonth wrote: “Reform UK is on course to return 22 MSPs at next year’s Holyrood election — making Nigel Farage’s party the second largest in the Scottish Parliament, a new Survation poll suggests. It is the first time a poll […] Source

Catherine Connolly will be the next President of Ireland. The result was formally declared on Saturday evening in Dublin Castle. She will be inaugurated as the 10th President on 11 November 2025, beginning a seven-year term. As the world moves rightwards and Europe rearms, Ireland has again chosen as its ceremonial head of state a […] Source

SNP ministers have blown “£1 million flying staff to Turkey to keep tabs on the ferries being built there” – Sue Webber, Tory MSP and transport spokesperson, October 24. Source

Police received a report of a break-in at a town centre restaurant. …

An energy supplier could reportedly go bust ‘within days’ after building up ‘huge debts’. Source