Middlemarch

Major changes to a diatomite mining operation near Middlemarch mean the company behind the mining should reconsider its position, an opponent says.

Clarks Junction Hotel publicans Gill and Min Bardrick may have been snowbound for four days but have welcomed the ‘‘holiday''.

Blanketed in snow as far as the eye can see, the Strath Taieri is a picturesque winter destination - but spare a thought for those who live there.

Fears Strath Taieri could lose its health-care services have been allayed by the Southern PHO.