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Praise for 'Wombles' women cleaning up A9

Praise for 'Wombles' women cleaning up A9

Sutherland’s very own “Wombles” have been praised for their tireless voluntary efforts to remove roadside litter along the A9.


Caley's Foran to go on trial

Caley's Foran to go on trial

Inverness Caley football star Richard Foran will go on trial in February facing allegations of breaking the peace by fighting in the city centre and trying…


Brora man scoops Uni award

Brora man scoops Uni award

A FORMER Golspie High School pupil has scooped a top university award.


UPDATE: Dale Finney

UPDATE: Dale Finney

Police confirm that they have received positive information as to the whereabouts and safety of Dale Finney who was reported missing yesterday.


Missing man may be in Lochinver area

Missing man may be in Lochinver area

Police are concerned for the welfare of a man who was reported missing after he failed to make contact with his family whilst on a walking and climbing…


John Muir Trust ask for Glenmorie inquiry to be put on hold

John Muir Trust ask for Glenmorie inquiry to be put on hold

The John Muir Trust has called for a Public Local Inquiry into the proposed 34-turbine wind farm on wild land at Glenmorie, straddling the Sutherland/Easter…


Hamish Mackay reports on Dornoch Academy's recent centenary celebrations

Hamish Mackay reports on Dornoch Academy's recent centenary celebrations

HAMISH MACKAY, who was a pupil at Dornoch Academy from 1959 to 1964, and now lives in Aberdeen, reports from an historic double anniversary celebration…


Athletes beat personal bests

Athletes beat personal bests

RUNNERS from East Sutherland Athletics Club who travelled to Thurso on Saturday for the opening round of the North Cross Country League recorded a host…


Heading back to Dornoch and the ‘Swinging Sixties’

Heading back to Dornoch and the ‘Swinging Sixties’

HAMISH MACKAY, who was a pupil at Dornoch Academy from 1959 to 1964, and now lives in Aberdeen, aged 66, reports from an historic double anniversary celebration…


SSE plan 20 more turbines at Gordonbush

SSE plan 20 more turbines at Gordonbush

Scottish and Southern Energy is planning a massive extension to its Gordonbush Wind Farm in Strath Brora.


John Muir Trust attacked in Assynt deer cull row

John Muir Trust attacked in Assynt deer cull row

SUPPORTERS of wild land charity the John Muir Trust are being targeted in an escalating row over the group’s deer management policy in north-west…


From our edition of 11th October

From our edition of 11th October

What do you say to your offspring when they tell you they want to do some travelling?


Golspie Festival of Highland Dancing

Golspie Festival of Highland Dancing

To mark 25 years of the Golspie Festival of Highland Dancing, organiser Iona MacDonald presented a painting to the founding helper, Allan Barclay, deputy…


‘Mixed meat’ and giant snails, anyone?

‘Mixed meat’ and giant snails, anyone?

The most disgusting thing I have been offered to eat?


We are being swamped by turbines

We are being swamped by turbines

Sir – On 3rd October 2013 I attended the Community Council meeting at Helmsdale. At the meeting, the developer of the Balnacoil wind farm put forward…


Police keen to trace Tain man

Police keen to trace Tain man

Police in Tain are looking to trace a man following a report of concern for his welfare by a member of the public.


Costly thefts in East Sutherland

Costly thefts in East Sutherland

Crime fighters are urging householders to be vigilant in the wake of costly break-ins at two remote Sutherland premises in the space of a fortnight.


Roads update

Roads update

The A9 is currently closed northbound between the Dornoch Bridge and Tain due to a road accident.


UPDATE: Man found safe and well

UPDATE: Man found safe and well

Staffordshire Police are appealing for the public to report any sightings of a missing Stoke-on-Trent man who may be in the Highland area.


Sutherland hotel named Scottish Hotel of Year

Sutherland hotel named Scottish Hotel of Year

A north west Sutherland hotel has received a prestigious César award – the Oscars of the hotel industry – from the Good Hotel Guide,…


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