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People power brings Tesco to Kinbrace

02 August 2012
People power brings Tesco to Kinbrace

People power brings Tesco to Kinbrace

02 August 2012

A REMOTE Sutherland community has succeeded in its campaign to persuade a supermarket giant to make home deliveries to their area.


Injury scuppers Olympic dream

26 July 2012
Injury scuppers Olympic dream

Injury scuppers Olympic dream

26 July 2012

A SUTHERLAND woman has had to give up her Olympic dream as a result of a painful knee injury.


Play equipment 'too near Golspie homes'

13 July 2012
Play equipment 'too near Golspie homes'

Play equipment 'too near Golspie homes'

13 July 2012

A MAJOR row has erupted over newly installed play equipment in a Golspie play park.


Shopkeeper denies buying Dornoch Firth fishing rights

01 June 2012
Shopkeeper denies buying Dornoch Firth fishing rights

Shopkeeper denies buying Dornoch Firth fishing rights

01 June 2012

Row rumbles on over salmon catch territory...


Supermarket move for Dornoch abattoir site

10 May 2012
Supermarket move for Dornoch abattoir site

Supermarket move for Dornoch abattoir site

10 May 2012

THE redundant slaughterhouse site at Dornoch is in line to be redeveloped as a supermarket, it has emerged.


Carers hit the end of the road

26 April 2012
Carers hit the end of the road

Carers hit the end of the road

26 April 2012

THE END of the road has arrived for the North West Sutherland Care Alliance (NWSCA) which closes down on Monday.


Couple's fury at Good Neighbour award

13 April 2012
Couple's fury at Good Neighbour award

Couple's fury at Good Neighbour award

13 April 2012

A BONAR BRIDGE couple are seeing red over a "Good Neighbour" award presented to Robertson Highland, the firm which constructed the new Migdale Hospital.


Row over Tory’s split vote tactics

13 April 2012
Row over Tory’s split vote tactics

Row over Tory’s split vote tactics

13 April 2012

THE Tory party has come under heavy fire over the candidate they have fielded in the North West and Sutherland ward for the forthcoming local authority…


£100,000 handed out from Sutherland wind farm fund

05 April 2012
£100,000 handed out from Sutherland wind farm fund

£100,000 handed out from Sutherland wind farm fund

05 April 2012

THIRTY-THREE organisations in the communities of Brora, Golspie, Helmsdale and Rogart have benefited from the second round of awards from the Scottish…


Jobs boost joy for Dornoch

12 March 2012
Jobs boost joy for Dornoch

Jobs boost joy for Dornoch

12 March 2012

Dornoch is set to enjoy a jobs' boost with three new businesses about to start trading at the town's business park.


Demand for council to ‘bare all’ over care row

17 February 2012
Demand for council to ‘bare all’ over care row

Demand for council to ‘bare all’ over care row

17 February 2012

HIGHLAND Council is being asked to provide details of its failed negotiations with the North, West and Sutherland Care Alliance (NWSCA) regarding the…


Sutherland’s remote fire units under threat of closure

17 February 2012
Sutherland’s remote fire units under threat of closure

Sutherland’s remote fire units under threat of closure

17 February 2012

RETAINED fire units serving Sutherland’s most remote areas could be in line for closure, it is feared.


The literary survival of John Logan

17 February 2012
The literary survival of John Logan

The literary survival of John Logan

17 February 2012

A HIGHLAND author, whose latest novel was rejected by a number of publishing houses, decided to take matters into his own hands and publish it himself…


Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

10 February 2012
Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

10 February 2012

THE North and West Sutherland Care Alliance (NWSCA) management have taken the final decision to close down after failing to come to an agreement with…


Newly-opened play centre shut for month

10 February 2012
Newly-opened play centre shut for month

Newly-opened play centre shut for month

10 February 2012

A PUBLICLY-funded play centre, which opened in central Sutherland only three months ago, has been temporarily closed down.


Call for action over road surface repair problems

02 February 2012
Call for action over road surface repair problems

Call for action over road surface repair problems

02 February 2012

A FED-UP motorist is demanding action over the sorry state of a stretch of road in Sutherland.


Rosehall in desperate need of transport solution

26 January 2012
Rosehall in desperate need of transport solution

Rosehall in desperate need of transport solution

26 January 2012

A SMALL, central Sutherland community, which has been left without public transport following the withdrawal of its Postbus, is desperately seeking a…


Red light for GREAN’s ‘Rolls Royce’ collection service

20 January 2012
Red light for GREAN’s ‘Rolls Royce’ collection service

Red light for GREAN’s ‘Rolls Royce’ collection service

20 January 2012

THE "Rolls Royce" kerb-side recycling service provided by GREAN (Golspie Recycling Environmental Action Network) to over 4000 households in East and Central…


Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

15 September 2011
Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

15 September 2011

Isabelle Calderwood of Dornoch is unable to read her local newspaper, The Northern Times because she is blind.But that doesn’t mean the 82-year-old can’t…


Planned Golspie flats branded ‘battery cages’

04 August 2011
Planned Golspie flats branded ‘battery cages’

Planned Golspie flats branded ‘battery cages’

04 August 2011

A DUTCH couple have been ordered to rethink their controversial plan to turn the former Highland Council office buildings in Golspie’s Main Street into…


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