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            "Critical step towards creating the UKβs first custom-built floating offshore wind integration port" - in Easter Ross.
               
            
            
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                                            AKA White House accommodation in Washington, D.C. Picture: Hector Mackenzie
                                                        
                                            Old Ebbitt Grill in Washingron, D.C. Very good grub in the capital. Picture: Hector Mackenzie 
                                                        
                                            The Exorcist Steps have become a visitor attraction in Washington, D.C. Picture: Hector Mackenzie
                                                        
                                            Inside one of the grand old buildings on the Georgetown University campus offered respite from searing summer heat outside. Picture: Hector Mackenzie 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Washington, D.C. is in the world spotlight today for Trump-related reasons. So is USA's capital worth a holiday? Have you been? What do you think? Here's what I reckoned. π
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                20.01.2025 23:17 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
            
                            
                        
                Which of these 12 Ross-shire Journal pictures from past year is your favourite?
                How many of these pictures and stories from the past 12 months do you remember - and who do you recognise?
            
        
    
    
            
π· 12 pictures and some bonus front pages from the last year (+ a banger of an offer!) 
Please share with anyone who might be interested.
               
            
            
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            Review of 2924 through front pages of @rossshirejournal.bsky.social 
www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/ross-sh...
               
            
            
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                Die Hard finally makes my Top 10 Christmas classic movie list - whatβs on yours?
                Is Die Hard really a Christmas movie? First-time viewer Hector MacKenzie (finally) went along to find out.
            
        
    
    
            Finally caught Die Hard (35-odd years after everyone else!). Prompted me to do a straw poll on other folk's fave Christmas movies. What's yours?
               
            
            
                22.12.2024 18:21 β π 0    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
    
    
            We're chuffed and proud to cover a wonderful news patch with so many interesting people and places.
               
            
            
                20.12.2024 17:56 β π 3    π 0    π¬ 0    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
                                                
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Shucks.
               
            
            
                02.12.2024 17:36 β π 1    π 0    π¬ 1    π 0                      
            
         
            
        
            
            
            
            
            
    
    
            
                            
                        
                Dingwall panto Treasure Island hits new venue - have you got your boarding pass?
                The Hispaniola will be docking in Dingwall from December 12 β 14. Festive laughs aplenty promised by the cast!
            
        
    
    
            Have you got your 'boarding pass' for Treasure Island? Dingwall Players are ready to set sail with Christmas panto dates for new venue revealed
               
            
            
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                How I became an award-winning teenage journalist β and you can too
                Our reporter, Iona MacDonald (18) shares how she got a head start in journalism β and how you can too.
            
        
    
    
            Journalism opportunity: 
Iona has learned quickly and is now serving a huge and still under-represented area brilliantly. Find out how you could follow in her footsteps. π
               
            
            
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                Secret of success for 65th anniversary Dingwall couple
                They met at a dance in Dingwall and havenβt put a foot wrong since.
            
        
    
    
            65 years married and just look at them! One of my favourite stories of the past week.
               
            
            
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            I used two of my own photos and a sketchy yet cute video for this ode to the humble robin. 
www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/robins-...
               
            
            
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            Inge Smith mural at Platform 1864 in Tain.
               
            
            
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            Dingwall couple Hamish and Joan MacDonald celebrating 65 years marriage.
               
            
            
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                                            Front page of the Ross-shire Journal, November 22, 2024. 
                                                        
                                            Ross-shire Journal, November 22 page 3 thumbnail. Picture story about 65th wedding anniversary of Joan and Hamish MacDonald. 
                                                        
                                            Ross-shire Journal, November 22, 2024. Double page spread on Inge Smith murals at Platform 1864 in Tain. 
                                                
    
    
    
    
            Favourite pages from Ross-shire Journal, November 22, 2024.
               
            
            
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            This is on today's front page.
               
            
            
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