Many will be looking forward to enjoying the festive party season, but enjoying a tipple or two too many could put drivers at risk of being over the limit if they get behind the wheel.
Parking your car may sound like a simple task, but there are some lesser known laws that apply in the UK that could see drivers caught out and landed with a hefty fine.
Suspected murderers, sex offenders and drugs traffickers are among just 11 fugitives left on the run, as the National Crime Agency and the charity Crimestoppers re-release their images today.
A number of hotels in Stornoway and a smaller guest house have been targeted online when an obscene picture was posted alongside the business details of the various establishments, which web users could see if searching for accommodation in the town.
Highlands & Islands Regional MSP and long time road safety campaigner, David Stewart is disappointed that the drink drive statistics for Quarter 3 (1 April 2018 - 31 December 2018) in the Highlands & Islands Division has shown that for the same period in 2017/18 there were 294 drink drivers and for this period in 2018/19 there have been 309.
CNES Trading standards are advising residents not to respond to a scam Euromillions Commonwealth Lottery letter currently in circulation in the islands.
Alarming new figures reveal more than a quarter of teenagers confess to behaving in a way that could endanger their life on the railway – and one in admitted to walking along the railway line.
