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Hotelier slams BT service

15 August 2013
Hotelier slams BT service

Hotelier slams BT service

15 August 2013

A NORTH coast hotelier has accused British Telecom of poor service after waiting nearly a fortnight for a fault on his phone to be fixed.


Head of Planning apologises in Golspie play park row

19 July 2013
Head of Planning apologises in Golspie play park row

Head of Planning apologises in Golspie play park row

19 July 2013

A TOP Highland Council official has admitted that misleading planning advice was given to managers of a Golspie play park.


Anger at £6500 playpark shift

27 June 2013
Anger at £6500 playpark shift

Anger at £6500 playpark shift

27 June 2013

HIGHLAND Council is to spend £6500 to shift a large multi-activity play unit in a Golspie playpark which neighbours say was installed far too close…


Foodbank struggles to cope with demand

06 June 2013
Foodbank struggles to cope with demand

Foodbank struggles to cope with demand

06 June 2013

Around 100 people in the county sought emergency support during the past financial year from the Highland Foodbank, run by Blythswood Trust.


Brora pony trekking centre in planning row

23 May 2013
Brora pony trekking centre in planning row

Brora pony trekking centre in planning row

23 May 2013

THE operators of a Brora pony trekking centre have applied for retrospective planning consent – five years after setting up the business.


Shin blaze 'an economic disaster'

23 May 2013
Shin blaze 'an economic disaster'

Shin blaze 'an economic disaster'

23 May 2013

THE loss of the popular Falls of Shin Visitor Centre, near Lairg, which was destroyed by fire on Monday, has been described as an economic "disaster"…


Melvich mountaineer aims for top of world

18 May 2013
Melvich mountaineer aims for top of world

Melvich mountaineer aims for top of world

18 May 2013

A SUTHERLAND mountaineer who had a fear of heights as a child is about to climb to the top of the world.


Sutherland to be hit by ferry breakdown

02 May 2013
Sutherland to be hit by ferry breakdown

Sutherland to be hit by ferry breakdown

02 May 2013

East Sutherland and Edderton representative Graham Phillips, head of the council’s transport committee, was in talks this week with Scottish Transport…


Primary school to be mothballed

25 April 2013
Primary school to be mothballed

Primary school to be mothballed

25 April 2013

A REMOTE Sutherland primary school which has only two pupils is to be mothballed, it has emerged.


Uproar at plans to turn Stoer church into holiday home

25 April 2013
Uproar at plans to turn Stoer church into holiday home

Uproar at plans to turn Stoer church into holiday home

25 April 2013

A NORTH west Sutherland community is up in arms over an Edinburgh architect’s plans to turn a ruined, 185-year-old church into a holiday home –…


‘Uncertain time’ fear for tenants in Dornoch sheltered homes

04 April 2013
‘Uncertain time’ fear for tenants in Dornoch sheltered homes

‘Uncertain time’ fear for tenants in Dornoch sheltered homes

04 April 2013

RESIDENTS of a Dornoch sheltered housing scheme are calling for an urgent meeting with their landlord after being told "out of the blue" that their support…


Row over efficiency of new committee

07 March 2013
Row over efficiency of new committee

Row over efficiency of new committee

07 March 2013

HOSTILITIES have broken out between two Highland councillors over claims the recently-established Caithness and Sutherland area committee is costly and…


NHS bosses face public over Lawson job cut fears

21 February 2013
NHS bosses face public over Lawson job cut fears

NHS bosses face public over Lawson job cut fears

21 February 2013

NHS Highland managers have responded to concerns over staffing levels at Sutherland’s remodelled Lawson Memorial Hospital and adjacent Cambusavie…


Gardener banned after row over plots

14 February 2013
Gardener banned after row over plots

Gardener banned after row over plots

14 February 2013

Charlie Melville says he is devastated at the decision by Fiona MacDonald, manager of GREAN (Golspie Recycling Environmental Action Network).


Trust deer cull request thrown out

07 February 2013
Trust deer cull request thrown out

Trust deer cull request thrown out

07 February 2013

WILD land conservation charity the John Muir Trust (JMT) has failed in its bid for a permit to cull deer out-of-season on its west Sutherland estate in…


Anger at hospital’s name change plan

10 January 2013
Anger at hospital’s name change plan

Anger at hospital’s name change plan

10 January 2013

THE group behind the controversial decision to rename Sutherland’s 112-year-old Lawson Memorial Hospital is resisting mounting pressure to do a…


Modern materials refused for Carbisdale Castle repairs

29 November 2012
Modern materials refused for Carbisdale Castle repairs

Modern materials refused for Carbisdale Castle repairs

29 November 2012

The Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA) has run the Category B listed castle, located near Ardgay, as a youth hostel since 1945 but was forced to…


Historic school set for new life

08 November 2012
Historic school set for new life

Historic school set for new life

08 November 2012

A HISTORIC roadside building in Brora that has lain vacant and boarded-up for years, is finally in line for a new lease of life.


Deer managers to discuss Trust's stag cull plan

02 November 2012
Deer managers to discuss Trust's stag cull plan

Deer managers to discuss Trust's stag cull plan

02 November 2012

DEER managers in north west Sutherland are meeting later this month to discuss controversial plans by the John Muir Trust (JMT) to increase its stag cull…


Crofters blast out of season deer cull plan

11 October 2012
Crofters blast out of season deer cull plan

Crofters blast out of season deer cull plan

11 October 2012

WILDLAND charity the John Muir Trust (JMT) has come under fresh fire in the ongoing furore over its plan to increase the number of stags culled on its…


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