The Inverness Courier

Concern as OAP services are privatised

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

SERVICES for elderly living at home are being part privatised in a move which social work officials admit may cause "initial disruption".

Activities such as cleaning, helping old people prepare meals and making sure they take medication are among those being handed over to the company Independent Living Services by Highland Council.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Bill saves council's bacon

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

AT a stroke yesterday, an official achieved what his bosses and politicians had conspicuously failed to do and defused the public storm gathering around Highland Council's social work department.

Fallen hero looks back � and ahead � at his privileged life

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

IF there is one thing Steve "Pel�" Paterson does not want readers to take from his newly published memoir, it is a sense of pity.

Cup victory could be just the start

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THE significance of a Challenge Cup victory for Caley Thistle is one that is not lost on Russell Duncan.

'Conqueror' was a democrat � and a despot

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Sir, I have read your Leader column (Courier 30.10.09), in which you talk of an Inverness landmark connected with Oliver Cromwell, which you believe deserves the use of the Common Good Fund.

Fancy seeing your man on stage with another 'woman'?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

LOVE is most definitely going to be in the air at Eden Court this panto time when unsuspecting men in the audience will find themselves on the stage and playing a part in the show.

Share your blogs with us � and the world

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

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.

Summer chaos on way to Kessock Bridge

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

COMING our way: six months of contraflow and queues on the Kessock Bridge this coming summer. Bit of a contradiction in terms given that "summer" hereabouts lasts about three weeks in a good year.

James Mackenzie

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

MY name is James Mackenzie and I'm a singer/songwriter from Inverness.

Enjoy some online reading

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT