A TAXI driver was attacked by a teenager who mistakenly thought he had carried out an arson attack on his aunt's home.

RICHIE Foran revealed he wants at least 20 goals to shoot Caley Thistle back into Scottish football's top table.

THE city centre is looking good underfoot after the official completion (well almost) of the £6 million Streetscape facelift. But it now appears it is overhead hazards that shoppers and pedestrians need to beware of after claims that many of our city centre building need urgent repairs.

AN Edinburgh-based newspaper has slammed a North writer for setting his thriller featuring retired spies in Inverness.

THERE'S no doubt Bronto Skylift have got big ambitions – and a sound to match the world's largest truck-mounted hydraulic platform range.

TWO newsletters landed on my desk this week with one from the Scottish Badgers group with eight pages. The other was the Summer Newsletter 2009 from Butterfly Conservation Scotland, with 15 pages.

CALLING all local musicians: the Highland News wants you – and your music – on our website.

HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don't mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.