LAST week First Minister Alex Salmond declared that Executive approval of the Clyde wind farm signalled Scotland's self-appointment as Europe's "green capital".

ONE of the latest bits of nonsense to emerge from our benighted Scottish Executive is the assertion that "Scots cause five times more damage to the planet than the average Chinese".

THIS year marks 100 years of the Territorial Army and the Territorial Force Association, which was established by the Rt Hon Richard Haldane, Secretary of State for War.

AS I write this, the council's summer recess has just begun. This is the first time since I was elected that an official recess has taken place.

IN my last column I ended with campaigning to Save our Post Offices.

CASES of drunken violence on or near licensed premises are regularly brought before the Elgin Sheriff Court where justice and pithy wisdom are meted out in equal measure.