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The region is quite fortunate with the consistency of wind throughout the year, and plus there is no other industry able to keep our young families with a respectable living and away from unemployment agencies.

Had it not been for wind farms, our young would all be chasing after the same jobs.

The knock-on effect from windfarms is tremendous and creating employment in all sectors and wealth to our county.

My opinion only – but who would put young families’ jobs at risk in such a rural region? D.R. Shearer, Castletown,

Caithness. of ill health from across the world is reaching epidemic proportions.

The dismissal of concerns by trade association Scottish Renewables is what we have come to expect from an industry that routinely ignores the views of communities they target in their quest to industrialise Scotland against the will of the local people.

The Scottish Government is failing to protect the well-being of its citizens.

The appalling noise problems at the Balblair substation, now vastly expanded to accommodate the volatility of onshore wind, is still not resolved some three years on and residents continue to suffer.

Without compulsory noise monitoring at approved wind factories those adversely affected are forced to have years of suffering and complaining with a very slim chance something may be done to make their lives bearable and safeguard their health.

I hope wind developers and those who approve industrial turbines near where people live keep their liability policies up to date because I can see a time, in the not too distant future, when there will be lawsuits against them.

The Scottish Government continues to refuse our communities the veto enjoyed by those in England, preferring to cosy up to those who do the damage instead of protecting those who suffer from it.

Lyndsey Ward, Beauly.