@BBCHighlands

News and analysis from the Highlands and Islands from BBC Scotland. Updated by Steven McKenzie, BBC online reporter.

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Scottish Football Podcast bbc.in/3UJtpDZ

Scottish Football Podcast - Ross County Juggernaut and Partick Penalty controversy - it's the lower...

Ross County hit seven as Partick Thistle chase the Championship summit.

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Your pictures of Scotland bbc.in/4dSAcSh

Your pictures of Scotland: Photographs from around the country

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

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Councillors warn against devices replacing teaching in schools bbc.in/3WpZHEt

Highland councillors warn against tech replacing teaching

Most pupils in the Highlands have a laptop provided by their school.

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'GPS rambling' trial on Scottish mountain top bbc.in/4ijAPpp

'GPS rambling' trial on Scottish mountain top

'GPS rambling' trial taking place for walkers at top of Scottish Cairn Gorm mountain.

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Heavy rain warning as Storm Austen sweeps across Scotland bbc.in/4jwqton

Heavy rain forecast as first of two named storms sweeps across Scotland

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain across most of central and eastern Scotland on Friday.

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Items recovered in search for missing fishing boat and crew bbc.in/4siNMUZ

Items recovered in search for missing fishing boat and crew

Tam Murray, 40 and Murdo Morrison, 23 remain missing after their vessel disappeared off Lewis and the body of crewmate Douglas Craigie was found at sea.

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Two storms in two days as Austen and Boelo target UK bbc.in/4k7S5QP

UK weather: Two named storms in two days as Austen and Boelo target UK

The Met Office has named a new storm, Boelo, which is set to bring another round of stormy weather to the UK over the weekend.

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Tesco's first supermarket on Skye could open in 2028 bbc.in/4sgpQBs

Tesco's first supermarket on Skye could open in 2028

The proposed development in Portree would include a food store and a petrol filling station.

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Inverness fails to make shortlist for UK City of Culture 2029 bbc.in/4ytf3W5

UK City of Culture: Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham shortlisted for 2029

The winner, announced in early 2027, will receive £10m to deliver a year of cultural activities.

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Trusadh bbc.in/4hZL2bB

Trusadh - Series 16: 1. NYC MOD

Tha Joy Dunlop a’ dèanamh air New York airson a bhith na bean an taighe air a’ chiad Mhòd a bhios anns a’ bhaile. Joy Dunlop hosts the first ever New York Mòd.

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Storm warning covers much of Scotland bbc.in/4yzfCOo

UK weather: Amber warning issued by Met Office ahead of Storm Austen

The deep area of low pressure is expected to move close to the south of the UK early on Friday with south-west England set to bear the brunt.

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Coul Links golf course plan rejected again by Scottish ministers bbc.in/4yxKcaU

Coul Links golf course plan rejected again by Scottish ministers

They said revised proposals for the site on the Sutherland coast would harm important habitats and species

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Search resumes for men missing in 'worst fishing tragedy for a generation' bbc.in/4zkiO1D

Search resumes for missing fishermen as fundraiser hits £60k

Two members of the Kilda crew remain missing more than a week after the Kilda disappeared off the Western Isles.

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Palme d'Or winner among film festival highlights bbc.in/3UIydcN

Palme d'Or winner among Inverness Film Festival highlights

Cristian Murgiu's Fjord - starring Renate Reinsve - will be screened at the event in Inverness.

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Turning the tides: Could hidden sea power energise our coastal towns? bbc.in/3UErGzR

Turning the tides: Could hidden sea power energise UK coastal towns?

Engineer David Mummery has developed a tidal energy generator that he says can change lives for people living in coastal communities.

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Wildfires are UK's 'new reality', MPs warn bbc.in/4zNBh6s

Record UK wildfires spark call for firefighting aircraft

MPs say the UK needs firefighting aircraft, tougher prevention measures and a new wildfire strategy.

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Area of interest identified by police searching for missing fishermen bbc.in/4irNW92

Police identify area of interest in search for missing fishermen

One man died and two are still missing after their boat failed to return to Lewis in the Western Isles on Tuesday.

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Your pictures of Scotland bbc.in/4jIRS6L

Your pictures of Scotland: Photographs from around the country

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

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'Well-established' fire damages Ballachulish Primary School bbc.in/4Bd5BJi

'Well-established' fire damages Ballachulish Primary School

Highland Council says alternative arrangements will have to be made for pupilsafter the holidays.

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Plans for a new hospital in Fort William progress to next stage bbc.in/3VO1YZX

Plans for a new hospital in Fort William progress to next stage

NHS Highland says the Scottish government has approved the outline business case.

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