Northern Times
3 July, 2009
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Pictured left to right are (back) David Rose, Martin Rae, David Abbott and Jackie Robertson; (front) Michael MacLean and Megan Sutherland.

Published:  02 July, 2009

PUPILS from Brora Primary School this week ended the session on a high, as their school became the first in the north Highlands to be awarded the Scottish Football Association's Level 1 Quality Mark in recognition of the high standards continuously maintained by the coaching team.

And it's all thanks to janitor David Rose, who takes on a voluntary extra-curricular role at the 93-pupil school.

Local News 
Published:  02 July, 2009

RURAL areas of Sutherland will be among the worst affected by spending cuts certain to be imposed by Highland Council in its next budget, a senior councillor warned this week.

Local Sport 
Published:  02 July, 2009

AFTER a four-year absence the Northern Counties women's golf team will return to the Scottish women's team finals in September with a 100 per cent winning record from last weekend's North area divisional finals at sunny Royal Dornoch.

Seeking The Past 
Published:  02 July, 2009

I WONDER if any of your readers can still remember Dr William Wagner Turner and his wife Anna. They are both buried at Assynt. They had lived in Inchnadamph and Dr Turner died in 1948.

In the Spotlight 
Published:  02 July, 2009

THE Ice House, Helmsdale's monumental deep freeze, was once a store for salmon and later a coal-fired fish and chip shop.

People and Places 
Published:  02 July, 2009

A VENTURE set up to provide manufacturing and business experience for senior pupils at Farr High School in Bettyhill has scooped the top award for Scotland in this year's Young Enterprise Scotland company programme finals at Glasgow.

Dear Diary 
Published:  15 June, 2009

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.

The Music Room 
Published:  03 July, 2008

CALLING all local musicians: the Northern Times wants you – and your music - on our website.

Supplements 
Published:  05 June, 2009

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