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Brave nurse's refusal to let disease ruin her life

Nurse Louise Branagan, who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when she was six.

WHEN Inverness woman Louise Branagan woke up in hospital with a stoma bag attached to her abdomen, she openly admits it led to her experiencing suicidal thoughts.

Inverness kids follow their food from farm to plate

Published: Fri 15 Mar 2013

Pupils from Muirtown Primary on a day out to discover where their food comes from

MUIRTOWN Primary School has spent a day out and about in the Highlands learning about where their food comes from and how it gets from the fields to the plate to mark International School Meal's Day on March 8.

Helping Huskies come in from the cold

Published: Thu 28 Feb 2013

ONCE upon a time, the heart-warming story of pack of Siberian Huskies and their bond with a man trying to trace his family past in Alaska was the plot of a classic Disney film, Snow Dogs.

Highland Wildlife

Memorable display of well-disguised woodcock

A reader's photograph of a woodcock feeding on grassland in their garden.

WOODCOCK, one of the most enigmatic of birds, have been very much in the news again. It seems to have focused many people's attention for a variety of reasons.

Tried and tested

Going veggie in wake of horse meat scandal

Jenna Conti goes cold turkey on meat for a week. Picture: Callum Mackay. Image No. 021586

The recent horse meat scandal has rocked consumer confidence across the country, leaving big questions about where meat comes from and what exactly is in the meat we buy from supermarkets.

Staycations

The cosy Woodland Lodges at Blaire Castle Caravan Park are ideal for those who enjoy rural tranquility and plenty of space.

Lodges offer ideal Blair Atholl base

Travel

Zeppelins are back ... see for yourself

Photos

North Focus - Glencoe landscape

THIS scenic landscape of the hills towering over Glencoe is one of our pictures of the week along with a fast-flowing waterfall and a Ross-shire landmark.

North Focus - Glencoe landscape

North Focus - pictures of the week

SNAPS of a sunny Highland scene, a gentle sunset, a wildlife close-up are this week's top readers' pictures NorthFocus is your chance to have one of your top shots published. Keeping sending in your pictures.

North Focus - pictures of the week

Dramatic climbing action in this week's top shots

A DRAMATIC climbing shot is featured among this week's top pictures from readers. North Focus is your chance to have one of your top shots published.

Dramatic climbing action in this week's top shots

Pictures of the Week

NORTH Focus is your chance to have one of your top shots published. Keeping sending in your pictures. They don't have to be just landscape and wildlife shots. Also send us your favourite people pictures.

Pictures of the Week