Scotland’s largest landowner, and financial backer of the EarthShot prize, has been accused of greenwashing.
Blackbird Air, the private jet firm owned by Anders Povlsen, is said to have undertaken eleven hundred flights between 2020 and 2023, forty-two of them into Inverness Airport near his Highland estate.
Climate campaigners claim his efforts to restore acres of land in the Highlands and financial support of the prize doesn’t outweigh the damage his company is doing to the planet
MicroMischief, the unidentified artist adorning Inverness with humorous stickers, struck in Gairloch last week
The image - showing a man in a kilt, chasing a haggis – was attached to the sign for the Sitooterie near the harbour.
The artist claims to chronicle the lives of Scotland's smallest residents - they might be wee, but their adventures are huge.
The artwork has since been removed.
Motor sport enthusiasts, from throughout the region, saw Duns driver Garry Pearson claim victory in the Snowman Rally on Saturday.
Pearson, with co-driver Hannah McKillop, finished 37 seconds ahead of second place John Wink of Huntly. Muir of Ord driver Scott Macbeth was third.
The winning duo, who are currently in sixth place in the British championship, head to Wales for the final event next weekend.
And in the football ….
Ross County had two men sent off in its match on Saturday against St Johnstone and was soundly beaten three nil, leaving it in tenth position in the Premiership.
Inverness Caley Thistle won its game in League One against Annan Athletic one nil and moves up to seventh place in the league - although that will change if an administrator is appointed today or tomorrow and it suffers a deduction of fifteen points as a result.
