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Tongue pupils win environmental challenge

Tongue pupils win environmental challenge

Tongue pupils win environmental challenge

23 June 2025

Tongue Primary School has won one of three challenges set by Keep Scotland Beautiful to celebrate 30 years of Eco-Schools in Scotland.


Operators of a wool mill in Sutherland win a prestigious sustainability award at the Royal Highland Show

Operators of a wool mill in Sutherland win a prestigious sustainability award at the Royal Highland Show

Operators of a wool mill in Sutherland win a prestigious sustainability award at the Royal Highland Show

23 June 2025

Highland Wool operate the fleece-to-fibre mill at ‘The Hirsel’, a farm at Ardgay.


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

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.


Fresh call for the Scottish Government to drop its block on new nuclear power

Fresh call for the Scottish Government to drop its block on new nuclear power

Fresh call for the Scottish Government to drop its block on new nuclear power

20 June 2025

Liberal Democrats want the far north in contention after the UK government pledged to invest £2.5 billion in small reactors.


Dornoch Fire Station to get new equipment to fight wildfires

Dornoch Fire Station to get new equipment to fight wildfires

Dornoch Fire Station to get new equipment to fight wildfires

20 June 2025

The station expects to take delivery of the new equipment shortly.


WATCH: First beaver kits for four centuries born in the Cairngorms go on show

WATCH: First beaver kits for four centuries born in the Cairngorms go on show

WATCH: First beaver kits for four centuries born in the Cairngorms go on show

19 June 2025

National park team’s joyful video release after breeding success


Paddleboard and kayak concerns voiced for Moray Firth’s small dolphin population

Paddleboard and kayak concerns voiced for Moray Firth’s small dolphin population

Paddleboard and kayak concerns voiced for Moray Firth’s small dolphin population

19 June 2025

Kayakers and paddleboarders may be unknowingly disturbing the Moray Firth’s small dolphin population.


Climate festival to focus on localism

Climate festival to focus on localism

Climate festival to focus on localism

19 June 2025

A celebration of localism will be at the heart of the month-long Highlands and Islands Climate Festival later this year.


Thurso academic points to ‘global lead’ Scotland is taking thanks to work in Flow Country

Thurso academic points to ‘global lead’ Scotland is taking thanks to work in Flow Country

Thurso academic points to ‘global lead’ Scotland is taking thanks to work in Flow Country

18 June 2025

A Thurso-based professor says that Scotland is becoming a global leader in monitoring blanket bog that is vital in the battle to curb climate change.


Ullapool teenager set for Cyprus sea turtle mission after winning prestigious ocean award

Ullapool teenager set for Cyprus sea turtle mission after winning prestigious ocean award

Ullapool teenager set for Cyprus sea turtle mission after winning prestigious ocean award

16 June 2025

An Ullapool teenager is among the first recipients of a prestigious ocean advocacy award, after her years of campaigning for a beloved sea creature.


‘This award is richly deserved’: East Sutherland Rescue Association’s Neil Dalton made an MBE in King’s Birthday Honours

‘This award is richly deserved’: East Sutherland Rescue Association’s Neil Dalton made an MBE in King’s Birthday Honours

‘This award is richly deserved’: East Sutherland Rescue Association’s Neil Dalton made an MBE in King’s Birthday Honours

16 June 2025

Neil Dalton has dedicated over 40 years to maritime rescue, water safety, and community volunteering.


Higher brown bin costs will NOT be passed to taxpayers

Higher brown bin costs will NOT be passed to taxpayers

Higher brown bin costs will NOT be passed to taxpayers

16 June 2025

Highland Council hopes the move with retain customers and attract more.


‘Take that to government, and crack on!’ – 53 community councils unite to demand pause on energy projects across Highlands

‘Take that to government, and crack on!’ – 53 community councils unite to demand pause on energy projects across Highlands

‘Take that to government, and crack on!’ – 53 community councils unite to demand pause on energy projects across Highlands

15 June 2025

Over 350 community councillors and members of the public attended the convention in Beauly yesterday.


Woman (23) dies after Ross-shire beauty spot incident

Woman (23) dies after Ross-shire beauty spot incident

Woman (23) dies after Ross-shire beauty spot incident

15 June 2025

The incident triggered a massive response from the emergency services.


Ullapool Sea Savers ‘massively honoured’ to scoop national award

Ullapool Sea Savers ‘massively honoured’ to scoop national award

Ullapool Sea Savers ‘massively honoured’ to scoop national award

15 June 2025

A youth-led Ullapool environmental group are “massively honoured” to have scooped a prestigious national award.


REV JAMES CURRALL: ‘Universal access to safe drinking water is a fundamental need and a human right’

REV JAMES CURRALL: ‘Universal access to safe drinking water is a fundamental need and a human right’

REV JAMES CURRALL: ‘Universal access to safe drinking water is a fundamental need and a human right’

15 June 2025

In his 'Food for Thought' column, Rev. James Currall examines the lack of access to safe water for billions of people and its biblical symbolism.


‘Significant Water Scarcity’ for Sutherland river area - with warning also over Wick and Thurso areas

‘Significant Water Scarcity’ for Sutherland river area - with warning also over Wick and Thurso areas

‘Significant Water Scarcity’ for Sutherland river area - with warning also over Wick and Thurso areas

13 June 2025

The River Helmsdale area has been assigned Significant Water Scarcity status by SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency).


Upgrade work on Strathsteven Bridge in Sutherland halted after discovery of tawny owl nest

Upgrade work on Strathsteven Bridge in Sutherland halted after discovery of tawny owl nest

Upgrade work on Strathsteven Bridge in Sutherland halted after discovery of tawny owl nest

13 June 2025

An “occupied” tawny owl’s nest was found in the vicinity of the bridge, located two miles north-east of Golspie.


Pollie Hill Wind Farm consultation public consultation events to be held in Brora, Golspie and Rogart

Pollie Hill Wind Farm consultation public consultation events to be held in Brora, Golspie and Rogart

Pollie Hill Wind Farm consultation public consultation events to be held in Brora, Golspie and Rogart

12 June 2025

The 13-turbine Pollie Hill Wind Farm would be built on Balnacoil Estate, on land about 17km north-west of Golspie.


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

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.


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