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What is really important, is to keep abreast of the issues that I can do something about.

Chelsie Allison was the guest of honour at Kincraig Castle Hotel's Burns Night.

Hector Mackenzie takes a stroll to one of Ross-shire's most intriguing landmarks which featured in the first series of the popular BBC TV show

'I doubt if he’s anything like as confident about his whereabouts 12 months from now as Sir Keir Starmer seems to be.'

In some ways, the Men’s Shed functions like a church, our columnist says. The men show ‘a real concern for one another’.

'The days of sequins, fake tan and crowds of adoring supporters screaming for you in admiration will be here in no time,' says Brian Elrick.

'Enjoy the rest of winter for the season of warming dishes, hearty suppers and fluffy socks that it should be.'

Think about the impact we, and our words and actions, each have on the lives of those around us.

Raging that Barbie didn't get more award nods or smugly satisfied that Oppenheimer got so many? Oscars' season always divides opinion.

He says the stop 'places in great jeopardy the refurbishment of Raigmore’s maternity unit and projects in Caithness and Lochaber.'

She won't stay up 'but no doubt I’ll be in my bed fretting and wondering if I’ll be able to sleep easy for the next four years'.

'This is exacerbated by social media where vast numbers of people are raging at each other or stoking up the next Twitterstorm of grievance and fury.'

Luck was on my side as I got hold of one of the last to come here, says our columnist.

The national elections in the UK and US this year will still provide shocks. They also mean so much more, says our columnist.

Like it was for most people, wintry weather disrupted this week's plans.

I can’t seem to help myself. I am addicted to my phone.

She says 'I’m reminded dozens of times a day of the cost of being in the union.'

Our commitment to learning two individual dances and a group dance is repeated weekly up until showtime in May.

New Ross-shire Journal columnist Lucy Beattie from Wester Ross discusses the importance of local crofting amid global challenges.

Ben Gibson, mountain safety adviser at Mountaineering Scotland, encourages people who are planning to head to the hills this winter to think ahead