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Dr Karley Kehoe, of the Centre for History in Dornoch, has told how she was disturbed by the contents of letters written by slave owners from the Highlands in the 18th Century. She said one letter recounted owners sexually abusing female slaves on plantations in the West Indies. She will help stage an exhibition on the correspondence later this year. The letters were sent by Highland owners to relatives in Inverness. Dr Kehoe said researchers at the centre, which is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, found the evidence of women being used as sex slaves. She said: "That is particularly disturbing. It is difficult to read things like that. "One particular letter that was from the 18th Century talks about this relatively graphically. "It is unusual for the 18th Century to find somebody writing so clearly about what was going on, basically saying that every plantation owner, married or not, had slaves for sexual gratification." 'Forgotten past' The exhibition, which also involves the Edinburgh Beltane organisation, will be held at Highland Council's archive centre in Inverness. The Highlands connection with slavery has previously been described by one historian as the region's "forgotten past". Dr David Alston, a Highland councillor, researched the region's links with slavery for a series of lectures in Inverness in 2007. He found Inverness's old infirmary and academy, along with Fortrose Academy, received money from the trade. Dr Alston said, during the 1700s and 1800s, Highlanders sought their fortunes in the colonies. His investigations grew from researching the historic village of Cromarty on the Black Isle. Dr Alston was intrigued when he read how Hugh Miller, a geologist and fossil collector who was born and brought up in Cromarty in the 1800s, had sat next to a black pupil in school. It led him to find there were three black pupils at Inverness Royal Academy around the same time. They were the children of men who had married slaves, or women known at the time as free coloured, while working on or running sugar plantations in the West and East Indies. War of Independence A Scottish soldier's request to take his daughter's black slave called Doll with him to war in 1782 was also highlighted by a Highland Council-run Am Baile history website in 2009. Lt Soirle MacDonald, from Skye, was a loyalist fighting for the British Army in the American War of Independence. A letter granting him permission regarding the slave is among a collection of papers in Am Baile's database. The collection of correspondence sent to MacDonald forms part of the JLM Mitchell Archive of the Gaelic Society of Inverness.
The practice of keeping sex slaves by 18th Century plantation owners from the Highlands has been unearthed.

The results showed 58% of adults were still classified as overweight or obese, and 22% were obese. Health Minister Mark Drakeford warned lifestyle choices were too often damaging people's health and placing a huge burden on the NHS. The survey showed a continued decline in the proportion of people in Wales who smoke to 20%. Helen Birtwhistle, director of the Welsh NHS Confederation, said the figures showed a "significant number of us are either overweight or obese and are not taking part in enough physical activity". Other findings in the 2014 survey of 14,000 adults and 3,000 children, include: Mr Drakeford said the Welsh government had a responsibility to create the right conditions in which people could live full and healthy lives, but everyone also had a duty to look after ourselves. "The NHS is there to help us in our time of need but with that comes a responsibility to use its resources wisely," he said. Dr Ruth Hussey, Chief Medical Officer for Wales, said: "While I take encouragement in the gradual improvement seen in our nation's health, the reality is that too many of us are still drinking too much, eating too much and not being active enough."
More than half of adults in Wales are still overweight or obese, according to the latest Welsh Health Survey.

In one instance, Anglian Water staff pulled a corn snake out of its drains network but it "sadly" died before a vet could treat it. The firm said it costs them £15m a year to clear 30,000 blockages. It has urged parents to check for children blocking toilets with items and to try to "hook them out". "None of these items should be in the sewer, only the three Ps, pee, poo, paper should be flushed," they said. The firm said the snake that died was found in Haverhill. Emma Staples, from the firm, said: "Lots of toys get flushed down the loo by kids, if parents can hook them out before it's too late, it will avoid what could be an expensive blockage on their own sewage pipes." The company also shared a picture of a fatberg that staff recently cleared from a drain in Billericay. They said, "Sorry to have to share this, but this is what happens when wipes get flushed down the loo. "Please bin it, don't flush it!"

A live snake, a plastic bus, dentures and Power Rangers toys were all among items pulled out of sewers by water firm staff.

