THE mystery buyer of a very rare silver drinking vessel at a top Edinburgh auction house recently was Ross-shire's very own Tain and District Museum, it has been revealed.

A LEGENDARY figure of the Highland livestock trade is just one of many colourful characters and stories celebrated in an exhibition which has opened in Dingwall.

OLD-style English grammar lessons and traditional home economic skills of the 60s will make a return to the classrooms of Invergordon Academy later this year.

A BRAVE female doctor from Ross-shire will be honoured in a public ceremony thousands of miles away from her home.

VALUERS from a top auction house will be touring Scotland during October and are hopeful of finding long-forgotten Tain Silver in the Highlands.

A GROUP of heritage enthusiasts have been delving into the history of a croft near Strathpeffer as part of a Workers' Educational Association Exploring Your Past project.

A MEMORIAL was unveiled at a moving ceremony in Tain last week as a tribute to Czechoslovakian airmen who lost their lives on wartime operations while stationed in the Highlands.

THE remarkable story of a colourful Czech airman and his flying dog has been told for the first time by a former Ross-shire man.

RESIDENTS in North Kessock will be hosting a trip down memory lane this weekend to celebrate the role played by the ferries which operated between the village and Inverness.

THE changing face of a local village over more than a century is being highlighted in a new book.

CALLING all former pupils of Marybank Primary School – you are invited to help mark a milestone in the school’s history.