Health

Today we take it for granted that giving blood is as easy as looking online and booking an appointment - and it pretty well is.

Home Bargains have multiple stores across the Highlands and Moray in Inverness, Tain, Dingwall, Aviemore, Nairn and Elgin.

A Scottish singer has opened up about his own battle with mental health, as he shares words of wisdom promising “light at the end of the tunnel.”

Kind-hearted metal detectorists have handed over more than £1000 to help children battling cancer.

Federica Stefani shares her story of being a furloughed reporter during lockdown.

Five years on since the Covid lockdown, many didn’t have the chance to say goodbye to loved ones

Former care home worker Sarah MacDougall was one of the first patients in the Highlands to survive Covid 19 - but it has had a life-changing impact.

Covid tests are available on the NHS to those deemed at highest risk.

The exercise even includes Highland Council and looks at how to deal with a new outbreak that claims 840,000 lives.

A Highland mental health charity, with branches in Invergordon and Inverness, has been named as the Best Wellbeing Service at an awards ceremony.

Avian flu has been found in premises south of Inverness, the Scottish Government has confirmed, with restrictions now in effect within the area.

Showing the older generation how it’s done, enthusiastic school students were among donors who turned out to give blood recently.

The blood transfusion service is actively seeking to welcome local companies as part of its corporate blood donation programme.

The pioneering success of a health rehabilitation team offering “a second chance at life” earned special recognition at Highland Heroes.

In a highly successful mission, members and dependants of the Black Watch 3rd Battalion joined forces to give blood together last week.

Parklands Care Homes has unveiled plans for a £2.2 million two-storey extension at a Tain care home.

Callous thieves have left a groundbreaking Inverness charity climbing centre with a whopping £2500 bill after a break-in.

More than 3000 of you have now done your bit to boost blood supplies across Highland and Moray since we launched our Give Blood, Save Lives campaign.

The new post has come about through the efforts of local people, who worked with the charity Parkinson’s UK to campaign for more support.

“People just like you and me - save lives every day without even knowing we’re doing it. That’s because we’re blood donors,” says our columnist.