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OUR Pets Factor feature will make stars of your pets every Tuesday.

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IF you’re looking for “get away from it all”, you’ve struck gold with this former hunting lodge of the MacDonald clan, steeped in history and tucked away…

IT may be just 10 miles away from busy Perth city centre, but Ballathie House Hotel is worlds apart within its peaceful and serene surroundings. Described…

FORGET any misgivings that a private members’ club in the heart of Edinburgh’s upmarket New Town would be a staid and stuffy place to spend a couple of…

GIRLS’ and women’s football is the fastest growing sport in the world — a fact former Scotland women’s captain Finella Annand is keen to shout about. As…

AS manager of the Eastgate Shopping Centre, Jackie Cuddy has organised and supported countless charity events. However, in 10 months she will undertake…

Helen Aird discovers how an innovative course is helping women cope with setbacks MOTHER Tracey Enslie admits she is lacking in confidence when it comes…

A MOTHER who dropped three dress sizes to prevent her daughter becoming the victim of bullying has set up a new Slimming World class in Inverness. Helen…

SUPPORT group which helps women and children who have been victims of violence and domestic abuse in the Nairn area claims its clients are being discriminated…

RUGBY on roller skates is how Laurna Hislop describes roller derby, a full contact sport on skates which is taking off in the city. "It’s so much fun…

A YOUNG woman is planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in memory of her late cousin who died from lung cancer. Nicola Macdonald hopes to raise thousands…

Amy Mackay uses the natural environment of the Highlands as her inspiration and jumped at the chance to move into Beauly when the opportunity arose. Now,…

SITTING in a doctors’ surgery and being told as an 11-year-old that she has type one diabetes and would have to inject every day for the rest of her life,…

AS an intelligent, smart and well spoken teenager with a healthy interest in fashion, makeup and music, Rebecca Nicholson is like any other 16-year-old. However,…

ON an average day, Julie McNally might eat a tin of Weight Watchers soup, a Weight Watchers yoghurt and a handful of dry All-Bran. "I just don’t taste…

AS the youth voice of television channel E4, introducing hit shows such as "Hollyoaks", "Glee" and "Made in Chelsea", Kelsey Bennett says she has to pinch…

WATCHING her six-year-old daughter meet the eight-year-old HIV orphan she sponsors will be an emotional moment for Bea Clark. For the single mother…

A CANCER nurse who designed a booklet for patients with head and neck cancer has been honoured at NHS Highland’s Recognising Excellence Awards. Staff…