Crime

POLICE searching for an Easter Ross man they have recovered a body from a river.

PEOPLE living in the Highlands are being asked to tell the police about their priorities.

A persistent offender who has made nuisance calls to the police has been given a work order.

A WOMAN who threatened to stab her boyfriend during a Ross-shire flare-up but instead slashed her father with a kitchen knife has been jailed.

HIGHLAND premises which sold cigarettes or vape fluids to young test purchasers have paid the price.

A 27-year-old man sustained a number of injuries to his face when he was assaulted in Tain.

A vehicle parts manager who carried out a hazardous overtake in Ross-shire was fined £750 and banned.

FIREFIGHTERS responded to around 359 bonfires across Scotland between 3.30pm and 11.30pm yesterday.

AN outbreak of antisocial behaviour in a Ross-shire village has prompted a sobering warning to perpetrators.

A NIGHT out ended in violence after a man punched his life-long friend so hard on the face that he broke his jaw in two places.

POLICE and trading standards officers have urged Highlanders to take care not to fall foul of rogue traders – after an incident in region.

A MAN who carried out a savage attack armed with a meat cleaver was jailed for 42 months today (tues).

POLICE have urged Highlanders to stay on their guard following a spate of attempted online and telephone frauds.

SIX police officers were needed to arrest a drunk Scottish Premier League footballer when he turned violent after being thrown out of a nightspot.

A BREAK-in at Strathpeffer Golf Club has sparked a police appeal for information.

A SPATE of distraction thefts has sparked a warning from police for people to be on their guard.

A TEEN needed hospital treatment for a head injury after he was assaulted on the Black Isle.

POLICE have appealed for information following break-ins at two businesses near Beauly.

MOTORCYCLISTS have been urged to protect themselves from thieves after "recent incidents" in the Highlands where bikes were stolen from sheds.

DOZENS of drivers were warned and 39 fined or reported to the procurator fiscal during a police crackdown at on parts of the North Coast 500.