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Nicky Marr: CCTV can help make us safer on the buses

Nicky Marr: CCTV can help make us safer on the buses

Nicky Marr: CCTV can help make us safer on the buses

27 September 2023

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


Nicky Marr: Impact of school woes is felt by our next generation

Nicky Marr: Impact of school woes is felt by our next generation

Nicky Marr: Impact of school woes is felt by our next generation

20 September 2023

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


Eddie Gillanders: Pointing the finger at farming community over livestock emissions is unfair and misleading

Eddie Gillanders: Pointing the finger at farming community over livestock emissions is unfair and misleading

Eddie Gillanders: Pointing the finger at farming community over livestock emissions is unfair and misleading

17 September 2023

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


Merlin: They may be rare but this could well be our ‘quail year’

Merlin: They may be rare but this could well be our ‘quail year’

Merlin: They may be rare but this could well be our ‘quail year’

17 September 2023

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


Nicky Marr: Housing is crucial but green spaces are too

Nicky Marr: Housing is crucial but green spaces are too

Nicky Marr: Housing is crucial but green spaces are too

13 September 2023

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


Life happens and plans change – surprising start to year included discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)

Life happens and plans change – surprising start to year included discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)

Life happens and plans change – surprising start to year included discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)

13 September 2023

Campus conversation: UHI Moray principal reflects on start to academic year.


Eddie Gillanders: Farming and food get scant mention in First Minister Humza Yousaf's speech

Eddie Gillanders: Farming and food get scant mention in First Minister Humza Yousaf's speech

Eddie Gillanders: Farming and food get scant mention in First Minister Humza Yousaf's speech

10 September 2023

LITTLE mention of farming and food.


Nicky Marr: What is taking us so long with a tourist tax?

Nicky Marr: What is taking us so long with a tourist tax?

Nicky Marr: What is taking us so long with a tourist tax?

23 August 2023

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


ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Ferry failure gave us a chance to explore Caithness coastline

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Ferry failure gave us a chance to explore Caithness coastline

ACTIVE OUTDOORS: Ferry failure gave us a chance to explore Caithness coastline

17 August 2023

On his way to Orkney, Moray content editor Chris Saunderson was stranded for 36 hours – and discovered some of the wonders of the far north


Nicky Marr: Economic case needs to be made for radical Academy Street change

Nicky Marr: Economic case needs to be made for radical Academy Street change

Nicky Marr: Economic case needs to be made for radical Academy Street change

16 August 2023

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


Eddie Gillanders: Top livestock and serious discussions are features of shows this summer

Eddie Gillanders: Top livestock and serious discussions are features of shows this summer

Eddie Gillanders: Top livestock and serious discussions are features of shows this summer

06 August 2023

THE show season is in full swing.


Merlin: Avian flu sweeping through sea bird and other breeds

Merlin: Avian flu sweeping through sea bird and other breeds

Merlin: Avian flu sweeping through sea bird and other breeds

06 August 2023

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.


Reverend Jenny Adams: There is not one right path as we go on life’s journey

Reverend Jenny Adams: There is not one right path as we go on life’s journey

Reverend Jenny Adams: There is not one right path as we go on life’s journey

05 August 2023

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


Douglas Ross: Save our Surgeries campaign one of many local issues

Douglas Ross: Save our Surgeries campaign one of many local issues

Douglas Ross: Save our Surgeries campaign one of many local issues

05 August 2023

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.


Nicky Marr: Is Belladrum gridlock a case of forgive and forget?

Nicky Marr: Is Belladrum gridlock a case of forgive and forget?

Nicky Marr: Is Belladrum gridlock a case of forgive and forget?

02 August 2023

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


Eddie Gillanders: Pressures of modern farming impact on mental health

Eddie Gillanders: Pressures of modern farming impact on mental health

Eddie Gillanders: Pressures of modern farming impact on mental health

30 July 2023

HELP is there for those in farming community suffering from poor mental health.


Eddie Gillanders: Pressures of modern farming impact on mental health

Eddie Gillanders: Pressures of modern farming impact on mental health

Eddie Gillanders: Pressures of modern farming impact on mental health

30 July 2023

HELP is there for those in farming community suffering from poor mental health.


Campus Conversation: Intelligence comes in all forms, not just artificial

Campus Conversation: Intelligence comes in all forms, not just artificial

Campus Conversation: Intelligence comes in all forms, not just artificial

29 July 2023

DAVID Patterson ponders on artificial intelligence.


Nicky Marr: Remote or among people, switching off can be great

Nicky Marr: Remote or among people, switching off can be great

Nicky Marr: Remote or among people, switching off can be great

26 July 2023

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


Nicky Marr: A9 Crisis Summit - They needed to feel the emotion and hear stories

Nicky Marr: A9 Crisis Summit - They needed to feel the emotion and hear stories

Nicky Marr: A9 Crisis Summit - They needed to feel the emotion and hear stories

19 July 2023

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


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