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He says ‘the SNP government has spent every one of its 17 years in power trying and failing to address the issue of delayed discharge’.

She says ‘one of Labour’s very first decisions’ was to scrap winter fuel payments leaving over 800,000 pensioners with less money to heat their homes.

The way that things are set up can impact our behaviour, says our columnist.

He says ‘despite five SNP MSPs from the region taking hefty ministerial salaries, the Highlands keeps missing out’.

She says ‘The SNP Scottish Government is reversing, diminishing, or abandoning all this progress’.

The book was designed to help men cook good and nutritious food while away for weeks at sea.

She says ‘The SNP need to take ownership of their mishandling of the finances and have proven they cannot be trusted with taxpayers’ money’.

With the SNP cutting £500 million from budgets I doubt many readers will worry too much about the cancellation of advertising and marketing campaigns.

Asking about suicide, without judgement and with compassion, can give someone space and time to breath and think ‘there may be another way’.

He says the council can’t ‘carve up the city centre like this and expect everyone else to swallow it without proper consultation’.

Physical activity is important at all ages but there are times when we can pay particular attention to the need to keep active, says our columnist.

Making Space for Nature with Paul Castle, the High Life Highland countryside ranger for north Sutherland and north Caithness.

Had he been up against a less formidable, energetic and convincing challenger he might have resisted the anti-SNP tsunami, says our columnist.

Making Space for Nature by Paul Castle

I never set out to be a writer but 22 years ago I landed myself a wee side-line; a column with The Inverness Courier.

Strictly Inverness has been an incredible experience filled with emotion and self-discovery.

Moving onto new pastures

The annual charity dance contest gets under way on Wednesday, with the final being held next Saturday.

With not a single rural MSP in the Scottish cabinet since Humza Yousaf came to power, we have been forgotten, says our columnist.

Making Space for Nature by Eilidh-Ann Philips