By DAVID ROSS HIGHLAND CORRESPONDENT NINE airports in the Highlands and Islands are likely to be closed to scheduled flights on Monday because of industrial action in by the trade union Unite which represents firefighters.

By Rob Edwards SCOTTISH ministers and Scottish Water are both in the dock over a new GBP15 million waste plant that spills sewage into a marina up to 1000 times a year.

By Dan Buglass rural SCOTLAND'S dairy farmers now number little more than 1,300 active producers, but those who have survived the dire economic returns of the past decade are now enjoying better times.

By Dan Buglass, rural affairs editor THERE was more good news for dairy farmers yesterday when First Milk, the farmer-owned business with 3,000 members, announced an agreement with Asda to supply a range of regional cheeses from its creameries in Scotland, England and Wales.

AN air ambulance on a mercy flight to Campbeltown mysteriously vanished in bad weather over the Atlantic as it approached the runway, a Fatal Accident Inquiry heard.