A NEW red kite feeding visitor centre is being planned for Ross-shire in a move which is expected to bring 8,000 visitors to the area each year, the North Star can reveal.

WITH news this week that plans are in the pipeline for a red kite feeding and observation centre on the Brahan Estate, which it is predicted will bring some 8,000 visitors a year to Ross-shire, the huge pulling power of the creatures we share the area with is not be under-estimated.

DANNY Griffin has felt a range of emotions sitting in the stand watching his new team-mates charge back into Irn Bru Division One as Division Two champions – now he’s thirsty to share in their success.

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.

BELLADRUM Tartan Heart has announced cult US indie band Cold War Kids will be part of the August festival.

A ROSS-SHIRE children’s author, who has battled dyslexia all her life, is celebrating the publication of her fourth book.

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