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Highland company Norscot announces lucrative partnership deal

15 January 2025
Highland company Norscot announces lucrative partnership deal

Highland company Norscot announces lucrative partnership deal

15 January 2025

A Highland-based business says it is delighted to announce a partnership with a leading manufacturer of bespoke aluminium doors and windows in the UK.


Can you help clean up Sutherland? Keep Scotland Beautiful aims to recruit 50,000 litter-picking heroes

11 January 2025
Can you help clean up Sutherland? Keep Scotland Beautiful aims to recruit 50,000 litter-picking heroes

Can you help clean up Sutherland? Keep Scotland Beautiful aims to recruit 50,000 litter-picking heroes

11 January 2025

A call has been issued for Sutherland litter pickers to get involved in an event to make 2025 the biggest and best Spring Clean yet.


Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

11 January 2025
Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

Sutherland drivers – check this 30p hack to quickly de-ice your car

11 January 2025

With temperatures dropping across Sutherland this week, drivers are being told of household items they can use to help defrost their cars.


‘I thought I’d won a Tesla car from Elon Musk’ – Caithness man warns of competition scam

02 January 2025
‘I thought I’d won a Tesla car from Elon Musk’ – Caithness man warns of competition scam

‘I thought I’d won a Tesla car from Elon Musk’ – Caithness man warns of competition scam

02 January 2025

An elderly Caithness man warns locals to be aware of a scam in which he believed he had won a competition organised by ‘the richest man in the world’


Dunbeath publisher proud to host works by Dunbeath author Neil M Gunn

29 December 2024
Dunbeath publisher proud to host works by Dunbeath author Neil M Gunn

Dunbeath publisher proud to host works by Dunbeath author Neil M Gunn

29 December 2024

Dunbeath-based publisher Whittles has just released reprints by the much-lauded Caithness author Neil M Gunn – The Other Landscape and The Lost Chart.


After spaceport rocket plan crashes to earth, Maree Todd MSP hopes ‘Orbex will return to Sutherland’

20 December 2024
After spaceport rocket plan crashes to earth, Maree Todd MSP hopes ‘Orbex will return to Sutherland’

After spaceport rocket plan crashes to earth, Maree Todd MSP hopes ‘Orbex will return to Sutherland’

20 December 2024

Maree Todd MSP talked with a Melness crofters group after Orbex shelved its Sutherland Spaceport plan for the area.


Warning of possible 80mph gusts this weekend across the Highlands and Moray

18 December 2024
Warning of possible 80mph gusts this weekend across the Highlands and Moray

Warning of possible 80mph gusts this weekend across the Highlands and Moray

18 December 2024

The Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for high winds over Caithness this Saturday.


Wick woman in seventh heaven as novel number seven is published

15 December 2024
Wick woman in seventh heaven as novel number seven is published

Wick woman in seventh heaven as novel number seven is published

15 December 2024

Retired Thurso High School teacher and former Wick resident, Julie Adams, has just published her seventh novel.


Dunbeath publisher’s latest book by Nessie hunter Adrian Shine sheds light on the mystery of sea serpents

07 December 2024
Dunbeath publisher’s latest book by Nessie hunter Adrian Shine sheds light on the mystery of sea serpents

Dunbeath publisher’s latest book by Nessie hunter Adrian Shine sheds light on the mystery of sea serpents

07 December 2024

A Dunbeath-based publisher has an intriguing new book by the famous Nessie hunter Adrian Shine called ‘A Natural History of Sea Serpents’.


Lyth model’s 2025 calendar supports breast cancer charity

07 December 2024
Lyth model’s 2025 calendar supports breast cancer charity

Lyth model’s 2025 calendar supports breast cancer charity

07 December 2024

A Caithness woman combines professional modelling and a love of horses for her 2025 charity calendar now on sale.


Eco breakthrough as Caithness beach cleaners help recycle old nets into sunglasses and knife handles

05 December 2024
Eco breakthrough as Caithness beach cleaners help recycle old nets into sunglasses and knife handles

Eco breakthrough as Caithness beach cleaners help recycle old nets into sunglasses and knife handles

05 December 2024

An environmental group that cleans up Caithness beaches is delighted to make positive steps towards its eco goals with a new recycling initiative.


With Sutherland’s last bank set to close next year, Stone backs banking hubs

04 December 2024
With Sutherland’s last bank set to close next year, Stone backs banking hubs

With Sutherland’s last bank set to close next year, Stone backs banking hubs

04 December 2024

Jamie Stone MP calls for the establishment of banking hubs in light of the impending closures of Bank of Scotland branches in Golspie and Wick.


Scottish Opera’s highlights tour comes to Durness in March 2025

09 November 2024
Scottish Opera’s highlights tour comes to Durness in March 2025

Scottish Opera’s highlights tour comes to Durness in March 2025

09 November 2024

Tickets are now on sale for the playful new production of Scottish Opera’s Opera Highlights, which comes to Durness Village Hall in March next year.


Sutherland farmers urged ‘not to bottle things up’ after Budget

09 November 2024
Sutherland farmers urged ‘not to bottle things up’ after Budget

Sutherland farmers urged ‘not to bottle things up’ after Budget

09 November 2024

A call for Sutherland farmers not to bottle up their worries has come from a charity which supports people in Scottish agriculture.


SNP Government announces changes to attendance allowance for elderly

21 October 2024
SNP Government announces changes to attendance allowance for elderly

SNP Government announces changes to attendance allowance for elderly

21 October 2024

A new benefit will be replacing attendance allowance for state pension age Caithness residents living with disabilities or long-term health issues.


ScotRail services back to normal – Many new drivers being recruited

07 October 2024
ScotRail services back to normal – Many new drivers being recruited

ScotRail services back to normal – Many new drivers being recruited

07 October 2024

The rail operator reminds customers that its full timetable is restored today (October 7).


‘Heartless and cruel’ – Kittens dumped in a cardboard box at field near Wick

06 October 2024
‘Heartless and cruel’ – Kittens dumped in a cardboard box at field near Wick

‘Heartless and cruel’ – Kittens dumped in a cardboard box at field near Wick

06 October 2024

Local residents were in uproar over a Facebook post highlighting the plight of kittens dumped in a box at a field just outside Wick.


Cats Protection helps felines across Caithness and Sutherland

05 October 2024
Cats Protection helps felines across Caithness and Sutherland

Cats Protection helps felines across Caithness and Sutherland

05 October 2024

Volunteers for Caithness Cats Protection were out raising money and giving advice and support to cat owners across Caithness and Sutherland.


Fears over contractor’s continuing failure to empty bottle banks in far north

03 October 2024
Fears over contractor’s continuing failure to empty bottle banks in far north

Fears over contractor’s continuing failure to empty bottle banks in far north

03 October 2024

Multiple complaints have been made about Highland Council’s contractor failing to empty bottle banks across Caithness and Sutherland.


PICTURES: Caithness tractor enthusiasts travel to Sutherland for special tour of GMG Energy

17 September 2024
PICTURES: Caithness tractor enthusiasts travel to Sutherland for special tour of GMG Energy

PICTURES: Caithness tractor enthusiasts travel to Sutherland for special tour of GMG Energy

17 September 2024

Twenty-one members of the Caithness Vintage Tractor and Machinery Club recently embarked on an insightful visit to GMG Energy in Strath Halladale.


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