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Funding boost for Lochinver lifeboat

Funding boost for Lochinver lifeboat

LOCHINVER lifeboat station was presented with a cheque for £500 by Gordon Stone on behalf of Total Oil’s Alwyn North Charities Committee. Mr Stone handed…


Stagecoast invest £1.5 million on new buses for north line

Stagecoast invest £1.5 million on new buses for north line

Bus passengers on the Far North line can no longer complain about the lack of toilets on the buses. Stagecoach has just invested £1.5 million on six new…


Angler's monster salmon lands him award from North club

Angler's monster salmon lands him award from North club

BETTYHILL Angling Club has honoured a veteran angler who landed a record-breaking fish in club waters last year. Hugh Scally of Dalmellington, has just…


Unpopular office conversion plan recommended for approval

Unpopular office conversion plan recommended for approval

AN UNPOPULAR plan to convert the former Highland Council offices on Golspie’s Main Street into seven flats which would lead to the loss of public car…


Team from HMS Sutherland board merchant vessel in waters off Libya

Team from HMS Sutherland board merchant vessel in waters off Libya

HMS Sutherland, the warship associated with the county, has already been in action, only hours after arriving in waters off the Libyan coast on Monday.…


Public asked to report any whale carcasses found on local beaches

Public asked to report any whale carcasses found on local beaches

Anyone who come across any carcasses of whales on local beaches have been asked to get in touch with Highland Council. Officials believe carcasses could…


Borgie log cabin project wins £10,000 funding

Borgie log cabin project wins £10,000 funding

A "magnificent" log cabin in a north Sutherland wood, which has never been put to any particular use, is to get a new lease of life following a £10,000…


HMS Sutherland dashes to Libyan Coast

HMS Sutherland dashes to Libyan Coast

HMS Sutherland, the warship affiliated to the county, is presently cutting its way through the Mediterranean, on its way to Libya as efforts gather pace…


Highland Council begins task of disposing of whale carcasses

Highland Council begins task of disposing of whale carcasses

Highland Council workers have begun the task of disposing of the carcasses of 16 pilot whales which died after becoming stranded in the Kyle of Durness…


Leading north agricultural figure visits county show for first time in 40 years

Leading north agricultural figure visits county show for first time in 40 years

A leading north agricultural figure attended the Sutherland County Show on Saturday for the first time in 40 years. Embo man Willie Mackay, is well…


Leading north figure visits Sutherland show for first time in 40 years

Leading north figure visits Sutherland show for first time in 40 years

A leading north agricultural figure attended the Sutherland County Show on Saturday for the first time in 40 years. Embo man Willie Mackay, is well…


Whales refloated at Kyle of Durness

Whales refloated at Kyle of Durness

Police say that all remaining pilot whales, which were stranded in the area of the Kyle of Durness yesterday, were re-floated this morning.


New displays at Falls of Shin

New displays at Falls of Shin

?The Falls of Shin Visitor Centre, near Lairg, has opened an impressive new exhibition display about the Atlantic salmon.


Police seek information on north coast fuel theft

Police seek information on north coast fuel theft

Police are seeking information on the theft of a substantial amount of fuel from tanks in the Highland Council yard at Strathy, North Sutherland. The…


Fisherman rescued from water after boat catches fire

Fisherman rescued from water after boat catches fire

A visitor on a day trip to Handa Island has praised the professionalism of ferrymen who went to the rescue of a fisherman after his boat dramatically…


Go Mountain Bike in Durness

Go Mountain Bike in Durness

?A new community venture from Durness Development Group opened its doors for the first time last week.


KLB shinty player at development camp

KLB shinty player at development camp

?Over 70 of the country’s brightest young Shinty prospects descended on Strathallan School in Forgandenny, Perth, last week for the 2011 Scottish Hydro…


School runs Le Jog for cancer charity

School runs Le Jog for cancer charity

Local people are being urged to turn out and cheer on fundraising runners from an English grammar school who are due to pass through Sutherland today…


Golspie Sutherland 1909

Golspie Sutherland 1909

?From Donald Stewart, originally from Golspie, now living at Balloch, near Inverness, comes this photo of Golspie Sutherland FC dated February 1909.


Lochinver lifeboat aids cruise liner passenger

Lochinver lifeboat aids cruise liner passenger

The Lochinver RNLI lifeboat was on its way to Stornoway slip-way yesterday morning when Stornoway Coastguard Rescue Co-ordination Centre requested her…


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