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Stone writes to Scottish Government over Dornoch Christmas tree workers row

24 April 2020
Stone writes to Scottish Government over Dornoch Christmas tree workers row

Stone writes to Scottish Government over Dornoch Christmas tree workers row

24 April 2020

MP Jamie Stone has said Dornoch Community Council about an influx of labourers to the town.


Mother and son shave their heads as part of fundraiser for a Sutherland hospital

24 April 2020
Mother and son shave their heads as part of fundraiser for a Sutherland hospital

Mother and son shave their heads as part of fundraiser for a Sutherland hospital

24 April 2020

Thankfully the Easter sunshine has appeared - otherwise mother and son Christine and Mack Mackenzie (12), might feel it a little breezy on top.


High demand for Jo's laundry bags

23 April 2020
High demand for Jo's laundry bags

High demand for Jo's laundry bags

23 April 2020

An avid crafter from Golspie is making drawstring laundry bags free of charge for front line workers from old duvets and pillowcases.


Concern over workers brought in to Sutherland to weed Christmas trees

23 April 2020
Concern over workers brought in to Sutherland to weed Christmas trees

Concern over workers brought in to Sutherland to weed Christmas trees

23 April 2020

Fears have been voiced over foreign workers drafted into a Sutherland town to weed Christmas trees despite the current pandemic lockdown.


Call for windfarm plans to be shelved

22 April 2020
Call for windfarm plans to be shelved

Call for windfarm plans to be shelved

22 April 2020

The leader of a Sutherland windfarm campaign group has called for all such proposed developments to be shelved until the pandemic is over.


Wild campers spotted at Armadale

22 April 2020
Wild campers spotted at Armadale

Wild campers spotted at Armadale

22 April 2020

Wild campers spotted this morning in north Sutherland are understood to have been moved on by police.


Community piles pressure on Dornoch Medical Practice not to cut down pine trees in its grounds

21 April 2020
Community piles pressure on Dornoch Medical Practice not to cut down pine trees in its grounds

Community piles pressure on Dornoch Medical Practice not to cut down pine trees in its grounds

21 April 2020

Dornoch Medical Practice cannot be prevented from cutting down six, century-old pine trees located next to the surgery, objectors have discovered.


Break in tradition as another Sutherland Games called off because of virus

21 April 2020
Break in tradition as another Sutherland Games called off because of virus

Break in tradition as another Sutherland Games called off because of virus

21 April 2020

Another Highland Games in Sutherland has fallen by the wayside for 2020 because of the pandemic.


Jobs boost as Sutherland transport firm wins contract and buys boat

21 April 2020
Jobs boost as Sutherland transport firm wins contract and buys boat

Jobs boost as Sutherland transport firm wins contract and buys boat

21 April 2020

A FAMILY-owned transport business based in Bonar Bridge has purchased a new vessel, creating 14 new jobs for the region.


Easter chocs for everyone!

20 April 2020
Easter chocs for everyone!

Easter chocs for everyone!

20 April 2020

A North Sutherland business couple ran a rainbow drawing competition for children in Melvich and Reay over Easter.


Race against time to save century-old trees at Dornoch

20 April 2020
Race against time to save century-old trees at Dornoch

Race against time to save century-old trees at Dornoch

20 April 2020

Members of Dornoch Community Council are in a race against time to save six century-old Scots pines from being chopped down.


Resident sets up new Facebook page dedicated to Dornoch

20 April 2020
Resident sets up new Facebook page dedicated to Dornoch

Resident sets up new Facebook page dedicated to Dornoch

20 April 2020

A new Facebook page has been created where people with a connection to Dornoch can share their memories, stories and photos of the town.


Hungarian composer releases 'magical' music video featuring Alladale Wilderness Reserve

20 April 2020
 Hungarian composer releases 'magical' music video featuring Alladale Wilderness Reserve

Hungarian composer releases 'magical' music video featuring Alladale Wilderness Reserve

20 April 2020

It is the perfect antidote to the current pandemic crisis.


Two 'end of virus' celebrations planned for East Sutherland as Rotary gets good response from local musicians

20 April 2020
Two 'end of virus' celebrations planned for East Sutherland as Rotary gets good response from local musicians

Two 'end of virus' celebrations planned for East Sutherland as Rotary gets good response from local musicians

20 April 2020

An appeal for local musicians to perform at a Rotary concert to celebrate the eventual end of the coronavirus threat has had a good response.


Cafe doing its bit to help north coast residents during pandemic

17 April 2020
Cafe doing its bit to help north coast residents during pandemic

Cafe doing its bit to help north coast residents during pandemic

17 April 2020

A north coast cafe is appealing to its customers to donate tinned and other long life food items for distribution to those in need in the area.


Stairway to Suilven challenge takes off as nonagenarian notches up an amazing £89k

17 April 2020
Stairway to Suilven challenge takes off as nonagenarian notches up an amazing £89k

Stairway to Suilven challenge takes off as nonagenarian notches up an amazing £89k

17 April 2020

A fundraiser for the NHS and Highland Hospice, launched by a 90-year-old Sutherland woman, has taken off.


Anniversary Helmsdale Games fall victim to coronavirus

17 April 2020
Anniversary Helmsdale Games fall victim to coronavirus

Anniversary Helmsdale Games fall victim to coronavirus

17 April 2020

A Highland Games committee in Sutherland has made the “most difficult” decision to cancel the event.


Second Sutherland business resorts to crowdfunder as pandemic lockdown begins to bite

17 April 2020
Second Sutherland business resorts to crowdfunder as pandemic lockdown begins to bite

Second Sutherland business resorts to crowdfunder as pandemic lockdown begins to bite

17 April 2020

Another Dornoch business has launched a crowdfunder appeal to help tide it over a financial black hole caused by the coronavirus pandemic.


Think again over Sutherland spaceport – Melness Crofters Estate chairwoman sends letter to Anders Povlsen urging him to reconsider objection and citing huge economic benefit it would bring

16 April 2020
Think again over Sutherland spaceport – Melness Crofters Estate chairwoman sends letter to Anders Povlsen urging him to reconsider objection and citing huge economic benefit it would bring

Think again over Sutherland spaceport – Melness Crofters Estate chairwoman sends letter to Anders Povlsen urging him to reconsider objection and citing huge economic benefit it would bring

16 April 2020

Business tycoon and North coast landowner Anders Holch Povlsen is being urged to withdraw his company’s objection to a spaceport in Sutherland.


Nonagenarian's Suilven climbing challenge for NHS

16 April 2020
Nonagenarian's Suilven climbing challenge for NHS

Nonagenarian's Suilven climbing challenge for NHS

16 April 2020

A 90-year-old Sutherland woman is climbing the equivalent of Suilven to raise money for the NHS and Highland Hospice.


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