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The Household Affordability Index has revealed the basket of 44 items has increased marginally to R4 051 since December 2020, writes Georgina Crouth.

Sea and tree-changes have flooded the Northern Rivers property market. See how much it’s impacted your land values.

Updated: February 8, 2021, 8:23 pm © Supplied Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up It follows the success of trials at Thurso in Caithness and Lochgilphead in Argyll. The plan has been praised by former Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie McGrigor, who is currently shielding after being hospitalised by the virus. Stations in Dunoon and Campbeltown will provide testing from Tuesday. During her briefing on Monday,...

A PILOT service that uses rural fire stations as coronavirus testing centres in the Highlands is to be expanded, Nicola Sturgeon said. NHS Highland has been trialling the pilot in Thurso and Lochgilphead to use the fire stations as bases where people can get tested for Covid-19. It is aimed at saving those living in rural areas from having to wait for a home testing kit to arrive or a mobile testing centre to be sent to the area, or from having to drive long distances to a permanent fa...

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Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...

Argyll islands Small island communities in Argyll and Bute should be vaccinated together against Covid-19 instead of waiting in different tier groups, health chiefs have said. Boyd Robertson, chairman of NHS Highland, said that he has contacted the Scottish Government regarding the possibility. Argyll and Bute Council leader Robin Currie backed the call, citing as an example the island of Colonsay, which at the last census in 2011 was recorded as having a population of 124. The discussion took ...

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Arran Banner Meredith, five, with her winning picture and prize in the age six and under category. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstat...

Shelved: Cape Towns mobile library service to end after 60 years Its the final chapter for a much-loved Cape Town institution that has been serving the community for six decades. The mobile library service provided by the City of Cape Town has been running for sixty years but will be completely phased out by the end of April 2021. The service operates in the Southern Suburbs and Cape Town Central at close to 30 stop-off points. CapeTalks Kieno Kammies spoke to the Citys Mayco member for Com...