“This is almost like the Highland clearances again.”
Councillor Roddy Balfour claims there has been a lack of consultation over plans to build a town for 10,000 people on the outskirts of Nairn.
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“It’s time for big ideas, not Labour’s low ambition. It’s time for a government and first minister that stands up for Scotland.”
The Scottish National party’s deputy leader, Nicola Sturgeon, gears up for an eight-month election campaign.
“Dusting is bad for your health and affects your lungs.”
Isabelle Eckersley of the Scottish Women’s Rural Institute on the perils of being a housewife.
“Sadly, these are only the most recent of three pearl mussel kills recorded in Scotland during 2006.”
Iain Sime, a Scottish Natural Heritage manager, on the discovery of dead mussels on a Highland riverbank after the pearls had been stolen.
“It would be a massive shame if I had to give up the game because I couldn’t find the right boots.”
The teenager Sean Corrigall, whose footballing dreams hang in the balance because of a shortage of size 18 boots.
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“They’re all penthouses when you live up here.”
Margaret Murphy learns that the Glasgow skyscraper where she lives has been saved from demolition.