PETER de Savary has pulled the plug on his much-vaunted project to turn the run down Royal Golf Hotel in Dornoch into a top class luxury holiday complex.

BRORA were at home for their last league game of the season and still had work to do if they wanted to finish top of the bottom four. They would have to beat a Rothes side full of confidence.

WITH the Sutherland and Caithness Provincial Mod less than a month away, preparations are ongoing throughout the two counties and beyond for what promises to be a great day of competition and entertainment at Bettyhill.

CALUM Ross of the 1st Golspie Explorer Scout troop received his Platinum Chief Scout Award from local Scout leader David MacDonald.

RETIRED North Sutherland GP John Grant was last week laid to rest at Petty Cemetery, near Inverness.

I WAS out on my bike on Saturday morning, enjoying the fine weather, getting some exercise and relishing the fresh air.

HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don’t mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.

Sir – As a matter of interest I thought you may like to know that, while out driving near Gretna last Sunday, I spotted three storks in a field by the roadside.

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