THE PUBLIC are being asked to keep an eye out for "sneaky cheats" who are dumping foul sewage sludge into drainage systems in the strath, potentially posing a risk of E.coli O157 to local residents.

KINGUSSIE played a Premier League fixture against Lochaber at the Dell on Saturday and established inside the first 30 seconds there was only ever going to be one team in it.

A YEAR AGO we brought readers the poignant story of a memorial being erected to the crew of the The Avro Lancaster PD259 from 463 Squadron based at Waddington in Lincolnshire and their comrades in the Royal Australian Air Force.

Sir, - Re your front page article in last week’s “Strathy” “Home care on the brink”. I dispute Rev Helen Cook’s comments regarding the quality of the home carers unless she is only referring to Kingussie.

A WHEELCHAIR athlete from Aviemore who has been taking his sport by storm in Scotland and has yet to be beaten, could do with a helping hand to push for more sporting honours south of the border.

THERE are hopes that a new family ride costing £570,000 could open at Landmark Forest Adventure Park in Carrbridge, ready for next Easter.

DUE TO the impoverished state of your two heroes up here in the window on the world, or at least that portion of the world that infests Grantown, we have been back once more on highland freecycle groups.yahoo.com/group/inverness_freecycle the recycling web site where freebies can be had for the cost of going to collect them.

I'D never really thought of it before but it suddenly struck me that the Isle of Skye can boast two tracts of landscape, separated by only a few miles, that could be described as amongst the most scenic, if not the most scenic, in the entire country.

HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don't mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.