Inverness Courier's happier highlights of 2023: December
Some media may focus on doom and gloom but we like to share positive stories about people in our communities.
Here's a selection from December:
A whopping £10,000 has been raised for cancer care charity Maggie’s Highlands after a hugely successful ladies night in Inverness.
Simpsons Garden Centre played host to its ever-popular annual Festive Ladies Night – with 300 women flocking to the ticket-only event.
The 13th edition of an annual charity dance contest is set to make history with its first same-sex dance couples.
Three of the 16 partnerships for Strictly Inverness 2024 will be female-only duos.
Kind-hearted motorcyclists have raised hundreds of pounds for charity after they took part in their latest festive-themed bike run.
Twenty riders on 19 bikes set off round Inverness on Saturday, donned in suitably Christmassy attire, for their charity Santa Run in aid of MFR's Cash4Kids.
Megan Keith has been crowned under-23 European Cross Country Champion after claiming victory with a record breaking margin in Belgium.
The 21-year-old from Inverness proved too good for the chasing pack as she won the title in Brussels by 83 seconds.
A man from Inverness took centre stage last weekend after he proposed to his parter while she sang 'All I Want for Christmas is You' at the Highland Hospice Christmas concert.
James Martin proposed to his now fiancé, Amy Macleod, on stage while she sung her heart out to Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You'; little did she know that dream was soon to come true.
A man from Inverness who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) completed 100 press ups a day throughout November and the start of December to help raise awareness as well as funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Matthew Green (32) was diagnosed with MS in 2012 when he was just 21-years-old.
Fitness With Pride officially arrived in Inverness with a class that doubled up as a fundraiser for Highland Pride.
Ran by Ant Collesso, Fitness With Pride is a concept that has proven successful south of the border, but aside from a few outdoor classes during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic was largely untested in the Highlands.
