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David G Scott


Senior Reporter

David G Scott has been senior reporter with the John O'Groat Journal and Caithness Courier since 2017. He was a broadcast documentary maker in the past and likes covering human interest stories where he can combine his photography with hard-hitting news.

Double success for Caithness and Sutherland beekeepers at the National Honey Show

06 November 2025
Double success for Caithness and Sutherland beekeepers at the National Honey Show

Double success for Caithness and Sutherland beekeepers at the National Honey Show

06 November 2025

From over 2660 entries and exhibitors from 26 countries, two Olrig Beekeepers came home with trophies from the recent National Honey Show.


Sweet success for Sutherland beekeeper with honey vinegar win

29 October 2025
Sweet success for Sutherland beekeeper with honey vinegar win

Sweet success for Sutherland beekeeper with honey vinegar win

29 October 2025

An Talmine beekeeper’s honey vinegar won a Blue Ribbon award for most outstanding exhibit at the Scottish National Honey Show.


PICTURE SPECIAL: Hollywood celebrities, 80s pop sensations and local artists celebrate launch of ‘Langwell’ book at Berriedale

27 October 2025
PICTURE SPECIAL: Hollywood celebrities, 80s pop sensations and local artists celebrate launch of ‘Langwell’ book at Berriedale

PICTURE SPECIAL: Hollywood celebrities, 80s pop sensations and local artists celebrate launch of ‘Langwell’ book at Berriedale

27 October 2025

The village of Berriedale played host to the great and the good, along with a few celebrities, for the launch of a book on the Langwell Estate.


Council says it’s only a ‘consultee’ and urges public not to swamp it with objections over Spittal-Beauly mega power line plan

26 October 2025
Council says it’s only a ‘consultee’ and urges public not to swamp it with objections over Spittal-Beauly mega power line plan

Council says it’s only a ‘consultee’ and urges public not to swamp it with objections over Spittal-Beauly mega power line plan

26 October 2025

Highland Council released a statement to highlight its role as a ‘consultee’ in the controversial Spittal to Beauly power line proposal.


Council says it will provide ‘salt in grit bins or heaps’ and provide equipment for Highland communities to tackle wintry roads

14 October 2025
Council says it will provide ‘salt in grit bins or heaps’ and provide equipment for Highland communities to tackle wintry roads

Council says it will provide ‘salt in grit bins or heaps’ and provide equipment for Highland communities to tackle wintry roads

14 October 2025

Highland Council is urging community groups to ‘apply now’ for its Winter Resilience Programme if they want grit bins in their areas.


Lib Dems bid to tackle backlog in practical driving tests: ‘The system is broken – we need ministers to get in gear’

12 October 2025
Lib Dems bid to tackle backlog in practical driving tests: ‘The system is broken – we need ministers to get in gear’

Lib Dems bid to tackle backlog in practical driving tests: ‘The system is broken – we need ministers to get in gear’

12 October 2025

Far north MP Jamie Stone has written to the Secretary of State for Transport about his concerns over the backlog of practical driving tests.


Stone calls for review of defibrillator regulation for Sutherland and far north

07 September 2025
Stone calls for review of defibrillator regulation for Sutherland and far north

Stone calls for review of defibrillator regulation for Sutherland and far north

07 September 2025

Jamie Stone MP has called for a review of defibrillator regulations to make them more accessible and efficient in rural communities.


Author highlights dark years of childhood abuse at Thurso home in new book

07 September 2025
Author highlights dark years of childhood abuse at Thurso home in new book

Author highlights dark years of childhood abuse at Thurso home in new book

07 September 2025

A Thurso-born man has written a book confronting past demons born from the abuse he suffered at a children’s care home in the Caithness town.


PICTURE SPECIAL: 1200-year-old bead from Swartigill dig thought to be Polo mint at first

30 August 2025
PICTURE SPECIAL: 1200-year-old bead from Swartigill dig thought to be Polo mint at first

PICTURE SPECIAL: 1200-year-old bead from Swartigill dig thought to be Polo mint at first

30 August 2025

An exciting find of a Viking-era bead from the Swartigill archaeological dig near Thrumster was initially thought to have been a discarded Polo mint.


Damning letter alleges toxic atmosphere of bullying and drug taking at Dounreay with some staff feeling ‘suicidal’

13 August 2025
Damning letter alleges toxic atmosphere of bullying and drug taking at Dounreay with some staff feeling ‘suicidal’

Damning letter alleges toxic atmosphere of bullying and drug taking at Dounreay with some staff feeling ‘suicidal’

13 August 2025

An anonymous letter was sent to the John O’Groat Journal office with allegations of ‘bullying and aggressive behaviour’ within a Dounreay department.


Lejog charity runner opens up about mental health issues after pro baseball career with LA Dodgers

23 July 2025
Lejog charity runner opens up about mental health issues after pro baseball career with LA Dodgers

Lejog charity runner opens up about mental health issues after pro baseball career with LA Dodgers

23 July 2025

A Land’s End to John O’Groats runner dropped by Watten to be interviewed on the last leg of his mammoth run for the Homeless World Cup Foundation.


Stone condemns Universal Credit waiting time and urges Government to act: ‘People are being left without an income for five weeks’

18 July 2025
Stone condemns Universal Credit waiting time and urges Government to act: ‘People are being left without an income for five weeks’

Stone condemns Universal Credit waiting time and urges Government to act: ‘People are being left without an income for five weeks’

18 July 2025

Far north MP Jamie Stone raised his concern in parliament regarding the five-week wait for Universal Credit.


New book on fake WW2 airfield at Sarclet that fooled Nazi bombers – ‘There’s over 50 unexploded bombs still there’

05 July 2025
New book on fake WW2 airfield at Sarclet that fooled Nazi bombers – ‘There’s over 50 unexploded bombs still there’

New book on fake WW2 airfield at Sarclet that fooled Nazi bombers – ‘There’s over 50 unexploded bombs still there’

05 July 2025

A Caithness man has authored a new book on a clever ruse to fool German aircrews into bombing a decoy airfield at Sarclet.


First Minister announces formal apology for injustices of Tinker Experiment that affected Caithness travellers

28 June 2025
First Minister announces formal apology for injustices of Tinker Experiment that affected Caithness travellers

First Minister announces formal apology for injustices of Tinker Experiment that affected Caithness travellers

28 June 2025

After the Scottish Government’s apology, a retired academic said it is high time a memorial should be built to address the racist Tinker Experiment.


PICTURES: Lybster man’s close shave with venomous snake that took a fancy to him on 222-mile chopper charity bike ride

20 June 2025
PICTURES: Lybster man’s close shave with venomous snake that took a fancy to him on 222-mile chopper charity bike ride

PICTURES: Lybster man’s close shave with venomous snake that took a fancy to him on 222-mile chopper charity bike ride

20 June 2025

A Lybster man raised over £3000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance with a sponsored bike ride and talked about his encounter with a poisonous adder.


Cops bust Wick cannabis farm at former government offices

12 June 2025
Cops bust Wick cannabis farm at former government offices

Cops bust Wick cannabis farm at former government offices

12 June 2025

Witnesses saw officers from around eight police vehicles conduct a drugs raid at a former social security office in Wick on Wednesday evening.


Caithness small blue butterflies to make big TV appearance on BBC show this Sunday

12 June 2025
Caithness small blue butterflies to make big TV appearance on BBC show this Sunday

Caithness small blue butterflies to make big TV appearance on BBC show this Sunday

12 June 2025

A Dunnet Community Forest project supporting the rare small blue butterfly is getting national attention this weekend on the BBC’s Countryfile show.


PICTURE SPECIAL: Monumental moment as replica ninth-century Pictish stone is unveiled at Halkirk

13 May 2025
PICTURE SPECIAL: Monumental moment as replica ninth-century Pictish stone is unveiled at Halkirk

PICTURE SPECIAL: Monumental moment as replica ninth-century Pictish stone is unveiled at Halkirk

13 May 2025

The sun shone brightly at Halkirk on Saturday for the official unveiling of an expertly carved replica of an ancient Pictish stone in Thurso’s museum.


Co-op apologises to far north shoppers for stock shortages following cyber attack

07 May 2025
Co-op apologises to far north shoppers for stock shortages following cyber attack

Co-op apologises to far north shoppers for stock shortages following cyber attack

07 May 2025

The Co-op has admitted that hackers had accessed the data of a “significant number” of past and present members.


Caithness army veteran on NC500 fundraising trip

06 May 2025
Caithness army veteran on NC500 fundraising trip

Caithness army veteran on NC500 fundraising trip

06 May 2025

An ex-military man from Castletown is trekking around the NC500 as part of a fundraising bid to help homeless veterans.


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