Happier highlights of 2022: October

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Here's a selection from October:

• PICTURES: Emotional tribute at Celebrating Amy event

An event with a Las Vegas theme raised thousands of pounds for Highland charities.

• WATCH: Maggie's has recipe for success

One of Scotland's most famous chefs is cooking up a party to raise vital money for a cancer care charity.

• PICTURES: NC50 rocks Inverness

People in Inverness enjoyed the Highland capital’s newest music festival.

• Former student becomes the master

A retiring lecturer at UHI Inverness has passed the reins on to a student he once taught.

• Hospice’s ‘massive thanks’ to golfers who raised an above-par £66,970

A top Inverness hotel’s seventh annual golf day has driven a record-breaking sum into Highland Hospice coffers.

• Inverness veteran completes rowing challenge

John Baillie (80) rowed five million metres for charity.

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