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What must happen to help combat climate change?

18 November 2022
What must happen to help combat climate change?

What must happen to help combat climate change?

18 November 2022

Now that 35,000 COP27 delegates, including 600 representing fossil fuel interests, are preparing to jet back home, it’s reality check time.


Charles Bannerman: Is The Crown a puree of messy, insulting and sensational untruths?

11 November 2022
Charles Bannerman: Is The Crown a puree of messy, insulting and sensational untruths?

Charles Bannerman: Is The Crown a puree of messy, insulting and sensational untruths?

11 November 2022

Not being a fan of antiques, cookery, house renovation or dancing Z-listers, not much on channels 1-5 appeals to me.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Fireworks should no longer be sold to the general public

04 November 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Fireworks should no longer be sold to the general public

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Fireworks should no longer be sold to the general public

04 November 2022

Risks and inconvenience of the free deployment of admittedly spectacular fireworks are just too great, according to Charles.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Times have moved on much across the past 30 years

01 November 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Times have moved on much across the past 30 years

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Times have moved on much across the past 30 years

01 November 2022

As a child, a Saturday ritual was to walk home from Caley Park, wolf down tea and head to Jocky Lawson’s to await the arrival of The Football Times.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Stark reality is people are dying due to lack of action

24 October 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Stark reality is people are dying due to lack of action

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Stark reality is people are dying due to lack of action

24 October 2022

As I write, the latest fatal accident means 12 lives have been lost on the A9 between Inverness and Perth in three months.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Energy solutions have potential but might not be as simple as they seem

18 October 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Energy solutions have potential but might not be as simple as they seem

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Energy solutions have potential but might not be as simple as they seem

18 October 2022

Any significant increase in electricity demand will hence, for the foreseeable, still rely on traditional fossil fuels.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Why spend money restoring this ‘useless’ building?

02 October 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Why spend money restoring this ‘useless’ building?

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Why spend money restoring this ‘useless’ building?

02 October 2022

When you voted for your Highland councillors, you thought you were choosing someone who would see community interests as their top priority?


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Could Old High be used to celebrate city’s heritage?

23 September 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Could Old High be used to celebrate city’s heritage?

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Could Old High be used to celebrate city’s heritage?

23 September 2022

When it emerged, after final confirmation the Ironworks would close, that the Old High Church was up for sale, the solution seemed straightforward.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Young people's vaping habits are worrying

12 September 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Young people's vaping habits are worrying

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Young people's vaping habits are worrying

12 September 2022

In hindsight, I must admit to some naivety about vaping when it first emerged perhaps 15 years ago.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: There’s never been a stronger empathy between monarch and people

10 September 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: There’s never been a stronger empathy between monarch and people

CHARLES BANNERMAN: There’s never been a stronger empathy between monarch and people

10 September 2022

Is Queen Elizabeth II the best of all time?


CHARLES BANNERMAN: ‘Howyadooeen’ or is too much lost in translation?

02 September 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: ‘Howyadooeen’ or is too much lost in translation?

CHARLES BANNERMAN: ‘Howyadooeen’ or is too much lost in translation?

02 September 2022

Last week Nicola Sturgeon announced a consultation on extending support for the Gaelic language and also for “Scots”.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Individual belief systems seem to be a threat to the Kirk

21 August 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Individual belief systems seem to be a threat to the Kirk

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Individual belief systems seem to be a threat to the Kirk

21 August 2022

My childhood memories of Inverness on an early ‘60s Sunday morning are of traffic jams and church bells summoning hordes of worshippers.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: What can be done to hit brakes on city boy racers?

05 August 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: What can be done to hit brakes on city boy racers?

CHARLES BANNERMAN: What can be done to hit brakes on city boy racers?

05 August 2022

The Scottish Government seems to believe that, by 16, the human brain has developed sufficiently to vote.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: A view on sport and the Commonwealth

23 July 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: A view on sport and the Commonwealth

CHARLES BANNERMAN: A view on sport and the Commonwealth

23 July 2022

The Commonwealth Games opening soon make this a good time to ask what the Commonwealth and international sport are about says Charles Bannerman.


Welcome back Inverness Highland Games

11 July 2022
Welcome back Inverness Highland Games

Welcome back Inverness Highland Games

11 July 2022

Charles Bannerman welcomes Inverness Highland Games back from lockdown on its 75th anniversary next Saturday.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: City Town House should be more than just a trophy building

20 June 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: City Town House should be more than just a trophy building

CHARLES BANNERMAN: City Town House should be more than just a trophy building

20 June 2022

The historic chamber in our expensively upgraded Town House has a lot more to offer taxpayers.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Tell us what will happen if all these houses are built

06 June 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Tell us what will happen if all these houses are built

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Tell us what will happen if all these houses are built

06 June 2022

The unseemly scramble to build in Inverness, especially round its southern periphery, is downright breathtaking.


CHARLES BANNERMAN: Freedom of choice matters when it comes to our food

23 May 2022
CHARLES BANNERMAN: Freedom of choice matters when it comes to our food

CHARLES BANNERMAN: Freedom of choice matters when it comes to our food

23 May 2022

Food prices are now rising so fast that Bank of England governor found himself obliged to apologise for having to call the situation “apocalyptic”.


Inverness Harriers trio in field for Loughborough International

20 May 2022
Inverness Harriers trio in field for Loughborough International

Inverness Harriers trio in field for Loughborough International

20 May 2022

Competition take place this weekend.


Champions returning to half marathon

07 March 2019
Champions returning to half marathon

Champions returning to half marathon

07 March 2019

Deeside athlete Robbie Simpson returns on Sunday to defend his Inverness Half Marathon title after a year which included a Commonwealth marathon bronze…


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