The Latest Breaking News from Tain

The Superb Hotel Right On The Very Doorstep Of One Of Scotland's Most Revered Links

Jeremy Ellwood heads back to the famous golfing town to stay at this superb hotel right beside Dornoch’s clubhouse and pay an overdue return visit to Tain

Golf Monthly · Nov 10, 2025

LibDem victory in Highland Council by-election

THE Scottish LibDems have won the Highland Council by-election for Tain and Easter Ross.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2025

Soldier killed when rifle went off ‘without warning’ on exercise, inquiry finds

Lance Corporal Joe Spencer, 24, died on November 1, 2016 during a sniper training course in Tain in the Highlands.

Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025

Dad of missing Scots hiker Finn Creaney scales mountains to find son 14 months on

Mark Creaney says the family are 'trying to stay positive' and will keep looking until they 'bring our boy home'.

Daily Record · May 12, 2023

Police probe 'unexplained' death of woman in Highland town

Officers were called to a property in the Mansfield Estate area of Tain at around 10.05 am on Friday, January 20, following reports that a body had been found.

Daily Record · Jan 21, 2023

Missing man found after 'unattended' car discovered at Scots loch by cops

UPDATE: Police Scotland have confirmed that David Bennett has been found.

Daily Record · Oct 24, 2022

Scots Asda customer rushed to hospital after seizure as kind worker takes his pet dog home

He had popped into the Asda branch in Tain to pick up some dog treats while spending a few days in the Ross-shire town.

Daily Record · Jul 7, 2022

Woman who vanished from Inverness city centre traced after frantic search

Theresa Townsley, 41, has been traced safe and well.

Daily Record · Jun 25, 2022

Tain was the perfect holiday for my city-loving teenage self

I MUST admit, when I was 16, going on family holidays was not something that I particularly looked forward to.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 24, 2022

Scots dad in desperate plea to 'bring son home' nearly three months on from disappearance

Hillwalker Finn Creaney, from the Tain area of the Highlands, was last seen around 2.15pm on Friday, March 25, having been dropped off at Loch Naver, on the B873 public road in Sutherland.

Daily Record · Jun 20, 2022