IN response to your article about my dog poo protest in Nairn (Highland News, May 1), I want to say that this was not an act of vandalism (emulsion paint was used and it did clean off).

IT was with sadness that Angus and I locked the doors of our post office for the final time at 1pm on Monday, 14th April, following its closure under the current programme of Network Change.

SO the search for descendants of those who fought at Culloden is now over with two young boys winning the day! Nice bit of fun, one would think but not part of our history, eh?

I AM making a very special appeal to any runners, who would like to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon on Monday, May 5, as The Children's Trust still has a few guaranteed places available.

I READ with great interest your story in the Highland News on migrant workers.

A COUPLE of months ago you printed a story about Tai, the nine-year-old disco dancer whose hopes were dashed after getting Perthes disease of the hip.

THE UK Government is currently drawing up a Single Equalities Bill, which is set to be made law within the next few months.

I READ with interest two related stories in the Highland News recently.

I KNOW that your journalist Colin Campbell has to fill his half page for every edition and that must be difficult week after week, but his ill-informed and petty rant about the "three virtues" public artwork opened in Church St last week demands a response.

IT is, as Colin Campbell writes in the Highland News, a sad and sordid state of affairs when Scotrail needs to introduce blue lighting in its toilets to deter heroin users.

I HAVE much sympathy with the installer of a bogus speed camera in the village of Clephanton.

BEFORE expressing views, may I point out I am not, and have never been, a member of a political party and I vote for whom I feel is the best candidate for the area/myself.

WE put tins, glass, clothes and paper into their respective bins, but not plastic. Why not plastic? Some places do it. It has to go with the ordinary rubbish, clogging up the system.

AS a local Marie Curie Cancer Care Nurse, I am calling on people from the Highlands to give up just two hours of their time during March to help raise vital funds for the charity's Great Daffodil Appeal, supported by Yellow Pages.

AS an enthusiastic fan of the great outdoors, I wanted to encourage your readers to join me and thousands of others across the UK who will be pulling on their walking shoes this May to take part in Macmillan Cancer Supports fantastic Walk Wonders, powered by npower.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Highland News on exposing the latest crazy craze from the faceless bureaucrats now running the NHS.

I WRITE to bring to your attention the decision made last Thursday by Highland Councillors to remove the posts of principal schools librarian and resource assistant, and to close the resource centre in Dingwall.

THE Scottish Government is currently deciding whether or not to ban snares and is expected to announce its intentions very soon.

OBVIOUSLY, we would all like to see more tourists coming to the Highlands but it seems that the PR people are "over-egging" the case of the latest Loch Ness film The Water Horse.

THE concerns expressed about young people misusing alcohol are of real concern ("Under age boozers on the rise", January 26).

IN response to your article on rodents in Thursday's issue of the Highland News, I would like to point out that the answer to the question that is asked about why there seem to be double the amount of mice about could be due to the fact that so many people are now using HUMANE mouse traps.

IN your last edition, you asked: "What would Robbie Burns think of fellows who wore £25 kilts from Lidl?" Probably this:

I COULDN'T believe it when I heard that Labour MSP Peter Peacock had written to all 18 post offices in the Highlands threatened with closure, offering his help in saving them.

I HAVE just read your Colin Campbell column (19.1.08) and was shocked and appalled at the backward thinking of this man! I will put this down to the closed mindedness of many people.

THE announcement that Highland Council rents are to increase - yet again - above the rate of inflation shows that the SNP control of both council and Scottish government has brought little good news to tenants.

PUBLIC consultation on Post Office Ltd's area plan for the Highlands started on January 8. This is part of Post Office Ltd's network change programme, which involves 2,500 closures throughout the UK, and the introduction of 500 replacement outreach services.

HAVING access to a broadband connection, whether at home or in the office, is something most of us take for granted. However, a small number of people across Scotland continue to experience difficulties in accessing a broadband service, usually due to the distance they live from their local telephone exchange.

MAY I take this opportunity to send sincere thanks to all of the many volunteers and supporters in the Highlands who have contributed to the work of Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland over the past year.

CONGRATULATIONS on your continued coverage of the Highland 2007 fiasco, but I really fear that you are wasting your time.

HAVING just read your article on your website regarding the lack of Nintendo Wiis in the Inverness area, I wanted to pass on the following information to your readers.

COLIN Campbell fears that volunteer street pastors might be harmed by those they try to help.

I CAN only assume that Mr Dempster, whose Christian Viewpoint article appeared in last week's Highland News purporting to address issues raised in The Destiny of Britain, has not himself seen the film. He was not present when it was premiered on December 11.

I AGREE with Colin Campbell when he writes "Expensive year of culture didn't live up to promises".

ON January 11 – the eve of the night when £250,000 of our money is burnt on the Kessock Bridge – Highland 2007 are hosting a VIP event in Eden Court Theatre to "celebrate the success of Highland 2007".

I REFER to Colin Campbell's column of November 24 headed "Forget all the grand plans", and my radical plans to sort out the traffic problems in Inverness city centre.

MUCH has been made by New Labour and others recently over the SNP's 'broken' manifesto promises.

IN reference to the article entitled "Shock as beached dolphin put down' published in the Highland News on November 24, I am keen to ensure that the full facts of this unfortunate incident are made apparent.

CHIEF Inspector Donald Henderson's response to the problem of aggressive and intimidating beggars has to be the feeblest yet.

AS a full-time taxi driver in Inverness, I would like to thank you for printing the article about the plight of Inverness taxi drivers.

LIKE many of your readers I thoroughly enjoy reading your "48 Hours In The City". It gives council taxpayers a reasonable amount of confidence that their money is well spent on the essential service of front line policing.

A BIG thank you to the Scottish Government for coming to the rescue of farmers and crofters.

I HAVE read your article "Sky High Rents Come Under Fire" in the Highland News on October 6, and therefore understand that as a journalist you have an interest in this field or perhaps "minefield" would be more appropriate in these circumstances. The situation at the moment is unacceptable and reminiscent of the Highland Clearances.

WE would like to thank your readers who participated in the world's largest fundraising event – Cancer Research UK Relay For Life – which was held at Inverness Leisure on the weekend of August 25-26.

I REFER to Highland Council's decision to provide funding for the renovation of Eden Court at great expense to the taxpayer, while discontinuing its financial support for the Salvation Army hostel for the homeless at Huntly House.

I WOULD like to bring to your attention my views of Inverness through the eyes of a visitor.

I FIND it hard to believe that Highland Council can seriously be planning major new roads and yet more urban sprawl for Inverness. Please, someone, tell me this is an out-of-season April Fool. Unfortunately, on past experience, it seems all too likely however.

REGARDING the comments by Danny Alexander MP at the LibDem Conference on the cost of public sector pensions, may I pose a question?

COLIN Campbell's attack in the Highland News over an article I wrote for the Inverness Courier, in which he advocated unmitigated violence, is morally reprehensible.

I WRITE to clarify some points about Out of Hours care in Highland.

POLITICAL Parties are now gearing themselves up in case Brown suddenly calls a snap election.

I AM disgusted with the article in this week's Highland News written by Colin Campbell. Mr Campbell is entitled to express his views about the Gàidhlig language and how HIE are going about their language plan.

I WOULD like to call on all keen adventurers from the Highlands to discover a new destination and help raise money for Marie Curie Nurses in a weekend.

BOTH public sector trade unionists and front line service users will have read press reports that Highland Council could face budget cuts of up to 10 per cent with considerable trepidation.

AS THE chairperson of Relay For Life Inverness, I would like to ask you to dig deep and help us raise funds for Cancer Research UK to support the work that they do to find cures for cancer.

WE would like to express our support for the application to build an Asda in Inverness.

COLIN Campbell misses the point in his piece (No winners in carbon contest, July 14).

LAST week’s “From the Bank” angling report revelled in the headline “Monster caught on Loch Ness”.

AS THE general manager of Vue Cinema in Inverness, I write with reference to two recent articles in the Highland News about two young ladies who were asked to prove their age.

I HOPE our Highland planning officials have been paying close attention to current events in middle England.

I AM writing to let your readers know about World Cancer Research Fund’s new healthy lifestyle website for children aged four to seven.

THE Elton John concert at the Caley Stadium in Inverness was good, but could easily have been improved upon.

NO wonder Gordon Brown’s poll ratings have shot ahead. He knows we have enough trouble tackling our drinks problem without encouraging more gambling and the miseries that can cause.

HAVING listened to my son phone every electrician and plumbing firm in the Inverness and Ross-shire area asking if they will be taking on apprentices, I am in a position to tell readers the answer: they aren’t.

I WOULD like to express nothing but complete admiration for the two ladies who confronted the yobbo boy racers at Inverness Castle recently. It is certainly a lot more than the police seem prepared to do.

I WOULD like to thank you for drawing attention to the problem of dealing with anaphylaxis in flight in your article “Nut drama on city plane” (Highland News, July 7).

I FEEL I must reply to the report in the article of June 30: "Backing the Outsider?" by Margaret Chrystall.

ON page two of your June 23 edition, it was reported that a local man was placed on probation and the Sex Offenders' Register for "flashing" on Academy Street.

WHAT an aptly fiendish evil move is the granting of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie.

AS the businessman highlighted in last week's exposé on the cost of B&B provision in the Highlands, I would like to clarify the following point which the article did not state, despite my having given this information to your reporter, namely where the £2 million cost of provision came from.

THERE has been a lot on the news about whether or not childhood obesity is a case of neglect.

JUST when Black Isle residents had begun to think the successful campaign at Munlochy had saved their clean environment from contamination by genetically modified organisms, a new threat has emerged.

THE pressing need for a bus depot in Dingwall was brought home last week following the four-vehicle accident on the Kessock Bridge.

£1.5 MILLION that was assigned for the refurbishment of council-owned care homes has been filched for other purposes, has it? Well, who would have thought it?

DURING the recent heavy rainfall of May 29, my wife and I walked into the town centre of Dingwall when we saw for ourselves the number of overflowing drains.

WHEN did you last see a supermarket trolley being "sanitised"? Or is it only fuss-pots like myself who would think an antiseptic trolley wipe each day would help keep bugs at bay?

WHY don't we have a "Temperance Tax" so that the drinks industry can start paying us back a bit of the cash we spend on excessive drinking year after year?

IT was with great sadness I read the article in the North Star about the awful vandal damage down to the Toll House in Tain.

COMMUNITY buy-ups are seeing lands and properties being transferred to public trusts.