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ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Caithness coastal walk offers a lighter look at medieval castle

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Caithness coastal walk offers a lighter look at medieval castle

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Caithness coastal walk offers a lighter look at medieval castle

23 September 2024

John Davidson explores the peninsular at Noss Head and visits the lighthouse and 15th-century Castle Sinclair-Girnigoe


ROBERT THORBURN: It’s vital broadband connections mean no-one is left behind

ROBERT THORBURN: It’s vital broadband connections mean no-one is left behind

ROBERT THORBURN: It’s vital broadband connections mean no-one is left behind

23 September 2024

It was once impossible to imagine a world where you could be considered for a range of job roles, while only occasionally heading into the office.


Singer hoping to re-launch music career through Ness Factor 2024

Singer hoping to re-launch music career through Ness Factor 2024

Singer hoping to re-launch music career through Ness Factor 2024

23 September 2024

The pupil support assistant is no stranger to entering, and winning, singing competitions in the Highland capital.


YOUR VIEWS: Inverness Airport transport and castle name woes, praise for NHS Highland, fuel payment fears and outpouring of love for Merkinch community hero

YOUR VIEWS: Inverness Airport transport and castle name woes, praise for NHS Highland, fuel payment fears and outpouring of love for Merkinch community hero

YOUR VIEWS: Inverness Airport transport and castle name woes, praise for NHS Highland, fuel payment fears and outpouring of love for Merkinch community hero

22 September 2024

Readers speak out on a range of personal experiences and issues in the news this week.


CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: Flourishing software company was sold after a sense of ‘call’

CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: Flourishing software company was sold after a sense of ‘call’

CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: Flourishing software company was sold after a sense of ‘call’

22 September 2024

Ex tech worker ran a Highland retreat centre for Christian pastors and missionaries.


HEALTH MATTERS: We can all help in the battle against drink and drugs harm

HEALTH MATTERS: We can all help in the battle against drink and drugs harm

HEALTH MATTERS: We can all help in the battle against drink and drugs harm

21 September 2024

Tackling stigma and discrimination, which often acts as barriers to treatment, is something we can all do.


POLITICS MATTERS: Dealing with debt will affect us all

POLITICS MATTERS: Dealing with debt will affect us all

POLITICS MATTERS: Dealing with debt will affect us all

21 September 2024

Does it matter that the UK’s national debt could soon reach 100 per cent of its GDP?


COLIN CAMPBELL: Queens Park upgrade is needed amid the ‘get active’ splashout

COLIN CAMPBELL: Queens Park upgrade is needed amid the ‘get active’ splashout

COLIN CAMPBELL: Queens Park upgrade is needed amid the ‘get active’ splashout

19 September 2024

Money has been spent on trying to encourage people to be active but the needs of those who don't need to be encouraged, should not be neglected.


ARIANE BURGESS: If you want progressive green policies, you need to vote for the Scottish Greens

ARIANE BURGESS: If you want progressive green policies, you need to vote for the Scottish Greens

ARIANE BURGESS: If you want progressive green policies, you need to vote for the Scottish Greens

17 September 2024

She says ‘The SNP Scottish Government is reversing, diminishing, or abandoning all this progress’.


YOUR VIEWS: ‘Absolutely wrong’ - public on plans to hold crunch Academy Street meeting in private

YOUR VIEWS: ‘Absolutely wrong’ - public on plans to hold crunch Academy Street meeting in private

YOUR VIEWS: ‘Absolutely wrong’ - public on plans to hold crunch Academy Street meeting in private

17 September 2024

Readers are not impressed with plans for councillors to discuss next steps for the Academy Street project in private.


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Highland volunteer helped check 7500km of routes featured in new Scottish Hill Tracks book

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Highland volunteer helped check 7500km of routes featured in new Scottish Hill Tracks book

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Highland volunteer helped check 7500km of routes featured in new Scottish Hill Tracks book

16 September 2024

Colin Cadden committed to surveying all the Cairngorms routes in a new guide to Scotland’s rights of way. John Davidson spoke to him in Glen Feshie


YOUR VIEWS: Highland patients facing dentist struggles and Fairtrade Fortnight in Inverness

YOUR VIEWS: Highland patients facing dentist struggles and Fairtrade Fortnight in Inverness

YOUR VIEWS: Highland patients facing dentist struggles and Fairtrade Fortnight in Inverness

15 September 2024

How difficult is it to secure NHS dental treatment in the Highlands?


CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: What is the secret of real happiness?

CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: What is the secret of real happiness?

CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT: What is the secret of real happiness?

15 September 2024

What a lovely sunny Saturday we had a couple of weeks ago! There is so much to enjoy in the Highlands, so much evident happiness.


NHS HIGHLAND: We can learn from 70-year-old cookery tips for trawlermen

NHS HIGHLAND: We can learn from 70-year-old cookery tips for trawlermen

NHS HIGHLAND: We can learn from 70-year-old cookery tips for trawlermen

14 September 2024

The book was designed to help men cook good and nutritious food while away for weeks at sea.


COLIN CAMPBELL: Botched plan for Academy Street has run out of road

COLIN CAMPBELL: Botched plan for Academy Street has run out of road

COLIN CAMPBELL: Botched plan for Academy Street has run out of road

12 September 2024

Council votes were an unsatisfactory and unconvincing mandate for such drastic upheaval, says our columnist.


RHODA GRANT: ‘The SNP blame others for their budget cuts but this is well-rehearsed rhetoric’

RHODA GRANT: ‘The SNP blame others for their budget cuts but this is well-rehearsed rhetoric’

RHODA GRANT: ‘The SNP blame others for their budget cuts but this is well-rehearsed rhetoric’

10 September 2024

She says ‘The SNP need to take ownership of their mishandling of the finances and have proven they cannot be trusted with taxpayers’ money’.


YOUR VIEWS: Inverness children missing out at school and city music recital

YOUR VIEWS: Inverness children missing out at school and city music recital

YOUR VIEWS: Inverness children missing out at school and city music recital

10 September 2024

Readers share their views and news.


WILL CLARK: Paralympic heroes can inspire the next generation

WILL CLARK: Paralympic heroes can inspire the next generation

WILL CLARK: Paralympic heroes can inspire the next generation

09 September 2024

Multiple Highland athletes won medals at the Paralympic Games in Paris.


WATCH: Highland volunteers maintain paths in Cairngorms with Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland

WATCH: Highland volunteers maintain paths in Cairngorms with Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland

WATCH: Highland volunteers maintain paths in Cairngorms with Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland

09 September 2024

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: John Davidson joins volunteers in the Cairngorms National Park as they help keep mountain paths in good working order


JOHN MCLELLAN: Scottish Government advertising cuts ‘have huge implications for jobs and public health’

JOHN MCLELLAN: Scottish Government advertising cuts ‘have huge implications for jobs and public health’

JOHN MCLELLAN: Scottish Government advertising cuts ‘have huge implications for jobs and public health’

09 September 2024

With the SNP cutting £500 million from budgets I doubt many readers will worry too much about the cancellation of advertising and marketing campaigns.


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