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Memories of a lost climber: Chance meeting brings solace to Assynt rescue leader

14 September 2020
Memories of a lost climber: Chance meeting brings solace to Assynt rescue leader

Memories of a lost climber: Chance meeting brings solace to Assynt rescue leader

14 September 2020

An extraordinary chance meeting on a Sutherland mountain a fortnight ago has brought comfort to Assynt Mountain Rescue Team leader Sue Agnew.


Former Dornoch man discovers 5500-year-old cup in loch

23 June 2020
Former Dornoch man discovers 5500-year-old cup in loch

Former Dornoch man discovers 5500-year-old cup in loch

23 June 2020

A former Royal Navy diver has discovered an almost completely intact 5500-year-old cup, hidden in the mud of a loch in the Outer Hebrides.


Former Durness bookshop operator has new book published

31 May 2020
Former Durness bookshop operator has new book published

Former Durness bookshop operator has new book published

31 May 2020

He ran the remotest bookshop on mainland Britain for 15 years.


Twin girls for Sutherland landowners who lost three children in Sri Lankan bombing

11 March 2020
Twin girls for Sutherland landowners who lost three children in Sri Lankan bombing

Twin girls for Sutherland landowners who lost three children in Sri Lankan bombing

11 March 2020

Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife Anne are celebrating the birth of twin girls a year after losing three children in the Sri Lankan bomb attacks.


Twelve year old objects to Sutherland spaceport

10 March 2020
Twelve year old objects to Sutherland spaceport

Twelve year old objects to Sutherland spaceport

10 March 2020

Scotland's leading young environmentalist has objected to Britain's first vertical launch spaceport planned for the Moine Peninsula near Tongue.


Mountain rescuers find lost dog after luring it with sausages and bacon on disposable BBQ

10 March 2020
Mountain rescuers find lost dog after luring it with sausages and bacon on disposable BBQ

Mountain rescuers find lost dog after luring it with sausages and bacon on disposable BBQ

10 March 2020

Mountain rescuers cooked sausages and bacon on a disposable barbecue to try and attract a lost, frightened dog.


Cape Wrath runners airlifted to hospital

09 March 2020
Cape Wrath runners airlifted to hospital

Cape Wrath runners airlifted to hospital

09 March 2020

Two ultra-marathon runners were airlifted to hospital early yesterday after a "challenging" overnight rescue in the north west Highlands.


Deer dies from fishing net snare on Lochinver beach

04 March 2020
Deer dies from fishing net snare on Lochinver beach

Deer dies from fishing net snare on Lochinver beach

04 March 2020

A DEER has suffered an “agonising death” after being snared by a discarded fishing net on a Sutherland beach.


Caithness and Sutherland MSP Gail Ross to stand down

27 February 2020
Caithness and Sutherland MSP Gail Ross to stand down

Caithness and Sutherland MSP Gail Ross to stand down

27 February 2020

Caithness and Sutherland SNP MSP Gail Ross is quitting Holyrood because she wants to spend more time with her son.


Local support for Melness spaceport

26 February 2020
Local support for Melness spaceport

Local support for Melness spaceport

26 February 2020

Despite growing opposition, crofters who own the land wanted for the spaceport at Melness have strongly backed the controversial scheme.


Objections to spaceport increase

17 February 2020
Objections to spaceport increase

Objections to spaceport increase

17 February 2020

The number of objections to plans for Britain's first vertical space launch spaceport at Melness reached 65 today with nine in favour.


Balnakeil beach clean tomorrow following 'severe' plastic pollution from storms

14 February 2020
Balnakeil beach clean tomorrow following 'severe' plastic pollution from storms

Balnakeil beach clean tomorrow following 'severe' plastic pollution from storms

14 February 2020

A scientist has warned of "severe" plastic pollution from recent storms that is threatening some of the north's best beaches and seas.


Fewer jobs will be created than first forecast at Sutherland Spaceport

13 February 2020
Fewer jobs will be created than first forecast at Sutherland Spaceport

Fewer jobs will be created than first forecast at Sutherland Spaceport

13 February 2020

Britain's first vertical launch spaceport near Tongue will create far fewer jobs than first announced, it has been revealed.


Generous donation to Assynt Mountain rescue leaves Adele 'gobsmacked'

08 February 2020
Generous donation to Assynt Mountain rescue leaves Adele 'gobsmacked'

Generous donation to Assynt Mountain rescue leaves Adele 'gobsmacked'

08 February 2020

North Sutherland landowner Anders Holch Povlsen has given £4000 to Assynt Mountain Rescue Team.


Daughter climbs Sutherland mountain in memory of father

06 February 2020
Daughter climbs Sutherland mountain in memory of father

Daughter climbs Sutherland mountain in memory of father

06 February 2020

The daughter of a famous climber who died on a Sutherland peak with a fellow legendary mountaineer, has scaled the same mountain that claimed them.


Daughter to climb Ben Hope in memory of climber father on the anniversary of his and friend's death on the mountain

03 February 2020
Daughter to climb Ben Hope in memory of climber father on the anniversary of his and friend's death on the mountain

Daughter to climb Ben Hope in memory of climber father on the anniversary of his and friend's death on the mountain

03 February 2020

It will be the most poignant of ascents.


Durness's Mr Plastic sparks movie interest

26 January 2020
Durness's Mr Plastic sparks movie interest

Durness's Mr Plastic sparks movie interest

26 January 2020

A scientist who is battling to remove the scourge of plastic from Sutherland's beaches is to be the subject of a film by an award-winning director.


Verging on the ridiculous – new parking charges proposed for NC500

25 January 2020
Verging on the ridiculous – new parking charges proposed for NC500

Verging on the ridiculous – new parking charges proposed for NC500

25 January 2020

Highland Council is aiming to cash-in on the North Coast 500 by installing parking meters in several key locations along the route.


Spaceport plans to be submitted next month

24 January 2020
Spaceport plans to be submitted next month

Spaceport plans to be submitted next month

24 January 2020

The controversial proposals to create Britain's first vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland are to be finally submitted next month.


Cape Wrath Challenge has run its course

13 December 2019
Cape Wrath Challenge has run its course

Cape Wrath Challenge has run its course

13 December 2019

After losing its official status as a marathon – because of the number of potholes en route – the Cape Wrath Challenge is to finish after 20 years.


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