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WATCH: 'Ambitious' bid to improve station platforms across Caithness and Sutherland

27 January 2023
WATCH: 'Ambitious' bid to improve station platforms across Caithness and Sutherland

WATCH: 'Ambitious' bid to improve station platforms across Caithness and Sutherland

27 January 2023

Railway stations in Caithness and Sutherland are on track to have tactile paving installed this year.


Armadale wind farm developers remove three turbines from proposed scheme – but objectors are still not happy

27 January 2023
Armadale wind farm developers remove three turbines from proposed scheme – but objectors are still not happy

Armadale wind farm developers remove three turbines from proposed scheme – but objectors are still not happy

27 January 2023

The company behind plans for a controversial wind farm at Armadale in north Sutherland has axed three turbines from the layout.


UHI STEM initiative given £900K boost as First Minister announces ScotWind funding

25 January 2023
UHI STEM initiative given £900K boost as First Minister announces ScotWind funding

UHI STEM initiative given £900K boost as First Minister announces ScotWind funding

25 January 2023

A UHI initiative which promotes careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) has received a £900,000 funding boost.


Can the far north really benefit from economic spin-offs of Cromarty Firth freeport status?

25 January 2023
Can the far north really benefit from economic spin-offs of Cromarty Firth freeport status?

Can the far north really benefit from economic spin-offs of Cromarty Firth freeport status?

25 January 2023

Caithness and Sutherland won't be left out of the expected jobs and investment boon from the Cromarty Firth green freeport deal, it has been claimed.


Sign up to the new Active Outdoors newsletter

23 January 2023
Sign up to the new Active Outdoors newsletter

Sign up to the new Active Outdoors newsletter

23 January 2023

Active Outdoors is launching a new monthly newsletter to keep you up to date with all of our adventures as well as more in-depth outdoors coverage


Guidebook to John O'Groats Trail is a new milestone on long-distance walk

22 January 2023
Guidebook to John O'Groats Trail is a new milestone on long-distance walk

Guidebook to John O'Groats Trail is a new milestone on long-distance walk

22 January 2023

With the first guidebook due to be published next month, John Davidson spoke to co-author and John O'Groats Trail founder Jay Wilson about the journey


Caithness pair perform upbeat tunes in live show from Canada

22 January 2023
Caithness pair perform upbeat tunes in live show from Canada

Caithness pair perform upbeat tunes in live show from Canada

22 January 2023

A live trad music gig from across the Pond saw two Caithness musicians connect to people far and wide through a shared history and love of folk tunes.


Who is stepping up to support walking? Nominations open for Scottish Walking Awards

22 January 2023
Who is stepping up to support walking? Nominations open for Scottish Walking Awards

Who is stepping up to support walking? Nominations open for Scottish Walking Awards

22 January 2023

People, communities and organisations in the Highlands are being encouraged to enter the 2023 Scottish Walking Awards.


Recipe of the week: Haggis, neeps and tattie cakes

21 January 2023
Recipe of the week: Haggis, neeps and tattie cakes

Recipe of the week: Haggis, neeps and tattie cakes

21 January 2023

These haggis, neeps and tattie cakes make a delicious Burns Supper dish or an indulgent brunch.


Highland levelling-up bid to improve NC500 'snubbed'

19 January 2023
Highland levelling-up bid to improve NC500 'snubbed'

Highland levelling-up bid to improve NC500 'snubbed'

19 January 2023

Far north MP Jamie Stone has hit out at the "illogical" decision not to invest in the Highlands as part of the UK government's levelling-up agenda.


Charity ASH Scotland in plea to share quit smoking stories

17 January 2023
Charity ASH Scotland in plea to share quit smoking stories

Charity ASH Scotland in plea to share quit smoking stories

17 January 2023

A health charity wants to hear about people's experiences of quitting smoking in the Highlands.


Shorter option introduced for Cape Wrath Ultra running event

15 January 2023
Shorter option introduced for Cape Wrath Ultra running event

Shorter option introduced for Cape Wrath Ultra running event

15 January 2023

A multi-day 400km run culminating in a finish in the far north-west is offering people a – relatively – gentler experience.


Thoughts wanted on reusable cups scheme for North Coast 500

14 January 2023
Thoughts wanted on reusable cups scheme for North Coast 500

Thoughts wanted on reusable cups scheme for North Coast 500

14 January 2023

A new scheme due to be launched this spring to reduce the number of disposable cups used in the Highlands wants to hear from coffee drinkers.


Bikes on buses scheme to expand across Highlands

14 January 2023
Bikes on buses scheme to expand across Highlands

Bikes on buses scheme to expand across Highlands

14 January 2023

A pilot service operating into Caithness which let people carry bikes on buses is to be extended to other routes across the Highlands and Islands.


Recipe of the week: Gluten-free banana bread

14 January 2023
Recipe of the week: Gluten-free banana bread

Recipe of the week: Gluten-free banana bread

14 January 2023

Use up over-ripe bananas in this easy gluten-free bake.


Police investigate death of man (20) in Wick

12 January 2023
Police investigate death of man (20) in Wick

Police investigate death of man (20) in Wick

12 January 2023

Police are looking into the circumstances after a 20-year-old man died in Wick on Wednesday.


Orbex chief says 'space isn't easy' after failed Virgin Orbit launch

10 January 2023
Orbex chief says 'space isn't easy' after failed Virgin Orbit launch

Orbex chief says 'space isn't easy' after failed Virgin Orbit launch

10 January 2023

A rocket company due to launch satellites from a new spaceport on the north coast has expressed sympathy after Virgin Orbit's failed launch attempt.


Blythswood shoe box appeal sends 89,000 gifts to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries

10 January 2023
Blythswood shoe box appeal sends 89,000 gifts to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries

Blythswood shoe box appeal sends 89,000 gifts to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries

10 January 2023

Lorry loads of gifts were sent to Ukraine and elsewhere in Eastern Europe thanks to generous donations, including from people across Caithness.


Wick is My Kind of Town, as BBC TV show features Caithness location

08 January 2023
Wick is My Kind of Town, as BBC TV show features Caithness location

Wick is My Kind of Town, as BBC TV show features Caithness location

08 January 2023

Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major spent time in Wick as part of a new series of the BBC TV show My Kind of Town.


Recipe of the week: Braised winter chicken

07 January 2023
Recipe of the week: Braised winter chicken

Recipe of the week: Braised winter chicken

07 January 2023

The mulled wine flavours in which the chicken is cooked smacks of winter. It is delicious served with creamy leek mashed potato or baked potato.


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