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Housing boost for Helmsdale

Housing boost for Helmsdale

Helmsdale has received a welcome boost with the news that funding has been made available to build affordable housing in the village.


Credit card scam in Dornoch

Credit card scam in Dornoch

Residents across the Highlands are being warned by Police of a telephone scam, which has surfaced in the Dornoch area today.


Female cyclist dies in Caithness accident

Female cyclist dies in Caithness accident

Police can confirm one person has died and another has been seriously injured following a collision involving a car and two cyclists on the A99 at Auckengill,…


NW will play part in largest military exercise in Europe

NW will play part in largest military exercise in Europe

Huge areas of Scotland’s skies and coastlines will be dominated in the first two weeks of October by the biggest military exercise in Europe, as the Navies,…


Strathy attracts wind farm developers

Strathy attracts wind farm developers

The village of Strathy is proving to be a magnet for large-scale wind farm developers. With two schemes already at an advanced planning stage, interest…


Locals invited to view Achany wind farm

Locals invited to view Achany wind farm

Residents of Lairg, Creich and Ardgay and district have been invited to visit Achany Wind Farm this Saturday, as part of a Community Day which is being…


Brora Transport Ltd's licence revoked

Brora Transport Ltd's licence revoked

Brora Transport Ltd has had its licence revoked by the Traffic Commissioner for Scotland, Joan Aitken, for breaching financial conditions imposed when…


Party held to celebrate one year anniversary of Assynt Centre takeover

Party held to celebrate one year anniversary of Assynt Centre takeover

A party was held on Saturday evening at the Assynt Centre, Lochinver, to celebrate the first anniversary of its takeover by community group, Community…


Jean Urquhart condemns tug-boat decision

Jean Urquhart condemns tug-boat decision

Mrs Jean Urquhart SNP MSP for Highlands and Islands region has written to Mike Penning MP about the decision by the Westminster Government to continue…


£8m six-month fee for High Life Highland

£8m six-month fee for High Life Highland

A six-month services’ fee of almost £8m has been set for the arms length organisation "High Life Highland" which will deliver community learning and leisure…


Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

Isabelle Calderwood of Dornoch is unable to read her local newspaper, The Northern Times because she is blind.But that doesn’t mean the 82-year-old can’t…


Over £5000 raised in 'lighthouse' run

Over £5000 raised in 'lighthouse' run

An Essex man has been overwhelmed by the support he has received from local people during his fundraising run this week along the north coast from Cape…


Theatre sister retires

Theatre sister retires

Ina Sinclair (Helmsdale) retired after 36 years working as theatre sister and outpatients’ sister at the Lawson Memorial Hospital in Golspie.


Former Rosehall minister dies aged 103

Former Rosehall minister dies aged 103

A former Church of Scotland minister, who served at Rosehall for more than ten years, died yesterday, aged 103.


Another rare find at Assynt dig

Another rare find at Assynt dig

An archaeological dig in Assynt has revealed a level of sophistication of neolithic stone masonry rarely seen in Scotland for that period.


Games we played and songs we sang

Games we played and songs we sang

The old games played and rhymes sung by generations of schoolchildren in the Dornoch and Embo areas have been the focus of a recent project organised…


Royal Dornoch's high hopes in Northern Counties Cup

Royal Dornoch's high hopes in Northern Counties Cup

Royal Dornoch Golf Club, with two teams, and Brora and Tain with one each, are entered into the 100th competition for the North’s oldest inter club trophy,…


Learn about the Helmsdale Experience at Ward Forum

Learn about the Helmsdale Experience at Ward Forum

“Local Development Officers – the Helmsdale Experience” and “Community Payback Orders” are the themes for the next East Sutherland and Edderton Ward Forum…


Tickets still available for County v Celtic

Tickets still available for County v Celtic

Ross County Football Club can confirm that there are still a number of tickets available for their League Cup Third Round Tie against Celtic on Wednesday,…


Coastguard relay team raises £650

Coastguard relay team raises £650

Members of local Coastguard teams from across North Sutherland and Caithness converged on Thurso by pushbike from Bettyhill and Wick at the weekend in…


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