The local authority operates 74 loos and gives funding to 53 other providers to make toilets available to the public.

It comes after a major rise in visitor numbers since the North Coast 500 route was created.

Rare find near Gairloch in Wester Ross prompts calls for urgent protection from fishing boats.

A month's rainfall could fall in one day as very wet weather is forecast for north-west Scotland.

Highland councillors claim there have been times when large parts of the region have had no cover.

An 82-year-old has completed his Munro bagging challenge on Scotland's hills.

Nick Gardner climbed Scotland's Munros after his wife developed Alzheimer's and went into care.

Nick Gardner set out to climb Scotland's 282 Munros after his wife of 50 years went into full-time care.