Scottish Highlands
What is the Highland campervan scheme and why is it voluntary?
![Highland campervans: A new scheme will invite owners to contribute £40 during holidays for overnight parking.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17027152.jpg)
![Highland campervans: A new scheme will invite owners to contribute £40 during holidays for overnight parking.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17027152.jpg)
![A driver was filmed on the wrong side of the road on a hazardous stretch of the A82 at Glencoe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18248925.jpg)
![A driver was filmed on the wrong side of the road on a hazardous stretch of the A82 at Glencoe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18248925.jpg)
![Inverness freeport](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18240604.jpg)
![Inverness freeport](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18240604.jpg)
![Deputy First Minster Kate Forbes joined SNP candidates in Inverness for the launch of the party's Highland manifesto](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658739.jpg)
![Deputy First Minster Kate Forbes joined SNP candidates in Inverness for the launch of the party's Highland manifesto](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658739.jpg)
General Election
!['A lot of ideas about our tourist industry are based on people from cities coming to a slower pace of life'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18139799.jpg)
!['A lot of ideas about our tourist industry are based on people from cities coming to a slower pace of life'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18139799.jpg)
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![Plans have been approve to tear down the former home of paedophile TV presenter Jimmy Savile](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17454197.jpg)
![Plans have been approve to tear down the former home of paedophile TV presenter Jimmy Savile](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17454197.jpg)
![Former workers of a Skye activity break firm are still fighting for compensation after winning their tribunal case.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18100176.jpg)
![Former workers of a Skye activity break firm are still fighting for compensation after winning their tribunal case.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18100176.jpg)
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![The Jacobite steam train is popular with tourists](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18161856.jpg)
![The Jacobite steam train is popular with tourists](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18161856.jpg)
![Jennifer Lawrence was among the celebrity guests attending the glitzy event at Drummond Castle in Perthshire.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18153634.jpg)
![Jennifer Lawrence was among the celebrity guests attending the glitzy event at Drummond Castle in Perthshire.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18153634.jpg)
![Not Coul branded the comparison with 18th century reformer Robert Owen as](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18113185.jpg)
![Not Coul branded the comparison with 18th century reformer Robert Owen as](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18113185.jpg)
![Schools in the West Highlands, which takes in Kinlochleven, could fall by as much as 27%.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658687.jpg)
![Schools in the West Highlands, which takes in Kinlochleven, could fall by as much as 27%.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658687.jpg)
![Down the Sound by Fiona Macintyre is on display at Gairloch Museum](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18060980.jpg)
![Down the Sound by Fiona Macintyre is on display at Gairloch Museum](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18060980.jpg)
![Fort William: Attacks on police officers in the Highlands have risen by 28% while incidents have fallen elsewhere](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17659292.jpg)
![Fort William: Attacks on police officers in the Highlands have risen by 28% while incidents have fallen elsewhere](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17659292.jpg)
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![Kinloch Castle on the isle of Rum requires at least £10million of repairs. A plan to turn it into a hotel collapsed last year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17939756.jpg)
![Kinloch Castle on the isle of Rum requires at least £10million of repairs. A plan to turn it into a hotel collapsed last year](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17939756.jpg)
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![The Jacobite steam train pulls in around £19.3million for the Scottish economy but is currently out of service](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17929294.jpg)
![The Jacobite steam train pulls in around £19.3million for the Scottish economy but is currently out of service](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17929294.jpg)
![Mallaig: Businesses say they feel let down by the operators of the Jacobite steam train](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17518869.jpg)
![Mallaig: Businesses say they feel let down by the operators of the Jacobite steam train](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17518869.jpg)
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![Cradlehall Care Home in Inverness will close on April 17](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17913116.jpg)
![Cradlehall Care Home in Inverness will close on April 17](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17913116.jpg)
![Cradlehall Care Home could lose its registration](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17884216.jpg)
![Cradlehall Care Home could lose its registration](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17884216.jpg)
![Simon Erlanger of Isle of Harris Distillers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17822717.jpg)
![Simon Erlanger of Isle of Harris Distillers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17822717.jpg)
Scotland & Alcohol
![Alexander Mackenzie and his son Sorley, the only little boy in Plockton's Harbour Street](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17806045.jpg)
![Alexander Mackenzie and his son Sorley, the only little boy in Plockton's Harbour Street](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17806045.jpg)
Exclusive
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658696.jpg)
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658696.jpg)
Exclusive
![Ullapool High School is facing a staffing crisis. The former director of education at Highland Council says creating boards could free up money to invest in schools](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17766393.jpg)
![Ullapool High School is facing a staffing crisis. The former director of education at Highland Council says creating boards could free up money to invest in schools](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17766393.jpg)
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![Fort William in Lochaber, where a target has been set to increase the population by 25% by 2040](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17668729.jpg)
![Fort William in Lochaber, where a target has been set to increase the population by 25% by 2040](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17668729.jpg)
![The new strategy to reverse depopulation was launched in Fort William, which has been waiting 20 years for a new hospital.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17668751.jpg)
![The new strategy to reverse depopulation was launched in Fort William, which has been waiting 20 years for a new hospital.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17668751.jpg)
![Kate Forbes, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch said the Highlands is facing a 'population emergency'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658653.jpg)
![Kate Forbes, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch said the Highlands is facing a 'population emergency'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658653.jpg)
![Fort William in Lochaber, where a new strategy to boost rural populations will be launched](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658702.jpg)
![Fort William in Lochaber, where a new strategy to boost rural populations will be launched](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658702.jpg)
![Kinlochleven, in Lochaber, was identified as 'at risk' in a report by Highland Council](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658687.jpg)
![Kinlochleven, in Lochaber, was identified as 'at risk' in a report by Highland Council](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658687.jpg)
![Corran in Lochaber which has experienced ferry disruption. SNP Highland councillor Karl Rosie quit the party saying it is too focussed on the Central Belt.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13141579.jpg)
![Corran in Lochaber which has experienced ferry disruption. SNP Highland councillor Karl Rosie quit the party saying it is too focussed on the Central Belt.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13141579.jpg)
![A target has been set to boost Lochaber's population by 25% by 2040](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17659292.jpg)
![A target has been set to boost Lochaber's population by 25% by 2040](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17659292.jpg)
![Kirsty Bailey and her three children were evacuated from their home in Kingussie following a house fire](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17744737.jpg)
![Kirsty Bailey and her three children were evacuated from their home in Kingussie following a house fire](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17744737.jpg)
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![Curator Georgina Porteous has spoken out about her Gaza art exhibition in the Highlands being cancelled](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17743674.jpg)
![Curator Georgina Porteous has spoken out about her Gaza art exhibition in the Highlands being cancelled](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17743674.jpg)
![Highland Coast is seeking to create a year-round hospitality business in Plockton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17716039.jpg)
![Highland Coast is seeking to create a year-round hospitality business in Plockton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17716039.jpg)
Business Voices
![The A9](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17600549.jpg)
![The A9](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17600549.jpg)
![The Herald's series - The New Highland Clearances - stimulated debate about the challenge of depopulation](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658702.jpg)
![The Herald's series - The New Highland Clearances - stimulated debate about the challenge of depopulation](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658702.jpg)
![A Citylink coach on the A82 in Glencoe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17713801.jpg)
![A Citylink coach on the A82 in Glencoe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17713801.jpg)
![Port of Cromarty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17711285.jpg)
![Port of Cromarty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17711285.jpg)
![There are lessons to be learned from Dounreay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17707307.jpg)
![There are lessons to be learned from Dounreay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17707307.jpg)
![Dr Steve Gilbert has urged Health Secretary Michael Matheson to visit Belford Hospital before a decision is made if a long-awaited rebuild will happen.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17702961.jpg)
![Dr Steve Gilbert has urged Health Secretary Michael Matheson to visit Belford Hospital before a decision is made if a long-awaited rebuild will happen.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17702961.jpg)
![The village of Fort Augustus. Donald Cameron, Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands said that aside from](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17685891.jpg)
![The village of Fort Augustus. Donald Cameron, Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands said that aside from](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17685891.jpg)
![Mackays Hotel](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17702955.jpg)
![Mackays Hotel](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17702955.jpg)
![Strontian Primary was built by the community after parents flatly refused a plan by Highland Council for modular units to replace the crumbling school](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674666.jpg)
![Strontian Primary was built by the community after parents flatly refused a plan by Highland Council for modular units to replace the crumbling school](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674666.jpg)
![Green energy will likely constitute the economic backbone of the country.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17709255.jpg)
![Green energy will likely constitute the economic backbone of the country.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17709255.jpg)
![The Belford Hospital in Fort William](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17705517.jpg)
![The Belford Hospital in Fort William](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17705517.jpg)
![Professor Sir Tom Devine says there is a commonality between migration patterns during the clearances era and the present day](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674562.jpg)
![Professor Sir Tom Devine says there is a commonality between migration patterns during the clearances era and the present day](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674562.jpg)
![Sutherland's population has not recovered from the impact of the Highland Clearances according to a leading academic](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674548.jpg)
![Sutherland's population has not recovered from the impact of the Highland Clearances according to a leading academic](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674548.jpg)
![In 2020 just 61 babies were born in Sutherland, which has a population of 13,000](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674581.jpg)
![In 2020 just 61 babies were born in Sutherland, which has a population of 13,000](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674581.jpg)
![Bruno Berardelli left Lochaber after finishing school to go to university but returned and has forged a successful career in renewables](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674615.jpg)
![Bruno Berardelli left Lochaber after finishing school to go to university but returned and has forged a successful career in renewables](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674615.jpg)
![Gaelic media is delivering jobs and serving as a catalyst for change but funding is limiting opportunities](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17698252.jpg)
![Gaelic media is delivering jobs and serving as a catalyst for change but funding is limiting opportunities](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17698252.jpg)
![Young families find it almost impossible to buy a house in many parts of the Highlands](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17703987.jpg)
![Young families find it almost impossible to buy a house in many parts of the Highlands](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17703987.jpg)
![Crofting tenure, properly regulated, should be a defence against the property market](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17704012.jpg)
![Crofting tenure, properly regulated, should be a defence against the property market](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17704012.jpg)
![View of Ben Nevis taken from Caol near Fort William. Photo Colin Mearns/The Herald.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17658702.jpg)
![View of Ben Nevis taken from Caol near Fort William. Photo Colin Mearns/The Herald.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17658702.jpg)
![Evie Morrison made it to the final of The Traitors Season 2](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17698116.jpg)
![Evie Morrison made it to the final of The Traitors Season 2](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17698116.jpg)
Exclusive
![The sheer size of the Highlands and its rural geography means patients often have to travel much further for healthcare](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17694782.jpg)
![The sheer size of the Highlands and its rural geography means patients often have to travel much further for healthcare](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17694782.jpg)
ANALYSIS
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