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"Let’s really hope this new venture doesn’t cause another business to close its doors."

What do they say – better safe than sorry? Go for the scans, get checked out.

We take teachers for granted when we should be giving them everything they need.

There’s CCTV on almost every street corner, and in most shops and bars, but not yet buses.

Strikes by teaching staff will impact their education, As will a crumbling, leaking, mouse-infested, damp school.

FARMERS are getting fed up being told of the contribution they will be expected to make to reduce carbon emissions.

“I think I have just seen a quail,” said my son over the phone on August 18.

Houses are vital, but so is community, and communities need spaces between houses.

LITTLE mention of farming and food.

Did you head abroad this summer? Chances are you’ll have paid an extra few Euros in tourist tax.

Have you seen Highland Council’s proposals for reducing through-traffic on Academy Street in Inverness?

THE show season is in full swing.

IT appears people who wanted breeding herring gulls culled in Elgin and other towns have had their wish come true – in the form of avian flu.

ON Tuesday, SQA exam results come out. For everyone I add my voice to others saying there is #NoWrongPath.

THE last week has seen my team and I working through the many cases that came up during the first part of my summer surgery tour.

Stuck in Thursday’s Belladrum queues we managed to stay cheerful for the first four-and-a-half hours.

DAVID Patterson ponders on artificial intelligence.

Work-life balance. It can be an elusive thing, especially when we’re plugged into our tech all the time.

I felt a weight of responsibility to represent the audience's concerns and not to let ministers and civil servants off the hook

We cannot properly achieve our regional potential without regular, reliable, affordable transport links.