Strikes at the University of the Highlands and Islands rounded off a grim year of disruption in education, in which schools were hit desperately hard.
It’s an unhappy fact that the nationwide ‘obesity crisis’ is worsening all the time, with the range of health problems it brings, says our columnist.
A letter from the Department of Work and Pensions that I’d be receiving a £500 winter fuel payment put a spring in my step on a chilly winter morning.
Chelsie Allison, Miss Scotland, is justifiably proud of bringing that title to Inverness.
We have our problems here but the pace of life is less hectic and less stressful, says our columnist.
There should also be no underestimating the vote-losing resentment directed at the sheer arrogance of the SNP, says our columnist.
Anger over millions cut from schools budgets has a familiar ring. Parental protest over closures and cutbacks has resounded down the generations.
New census figures have revealed that almost a quarter of the population of the Highlands is over the age of 65.
I have a wedding to attend outside London and the bride-to-be was visiting her parents when I made a regular call for an update on the news.
There’s been a drastic change since the era of George Osborne and Danny Alexander, says our columnist.
Fergus Ewing is more than making up for lost time, says our columnist.
There was nothing illustrious about the castle when it was home to the sheriff court, there were certainly no traces of grandeur, says our columnist.
It’s difficult to think of a more heinously antisocial offence, other than urinating on the carpet... says our columnist.
Support for the SNP is in decline. Polls have suggested they could lose more than 20 MPs at the next election, says our columnist.
Our columnist believes motorists will be furious about Academy Street changes and might become aggressive to others on the road.
Our columnist asks: Why should I and others like me be penalised yet again because some others choose to wreck their lives with drink?
New illustrations of what Academy Street will look like if closed to through traffic presumably were designed to alter the opinions of sceptics.
A woman on the housing list inquired about the chances of getting a place and apparently was told, “You’ll stand a better chance if you’re pregnant.”
During Covid the bleakest sight for me wasn’t the empty streets, closed shops or eerie city centre. It was the empty Inverness leisure centre.
We’re a long way from the time when everyone had a soft spot for the Greens, says our columnist.
