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New action plan to tackle child sex abuse

New action plan to tackle child sex abuse

POLICE will investigate families if their drunk teens are picked up off the streets under a new action plan to tackle child sex abuse.


Plans to reduce number of north councillors rejected

Plans to reduce number of north councillors rejected

PLANS to cut the number of councillors and redraw some ward boundaries have been rejected by the local authority.


Warning to parents over creative new-born pics

Warning to parents over creative new-born pics

PARENTS in Sutherland are being urged to be aware of photographers attempting to produce arty, creative, newborn baby shots without following appropriate…


Light aircraft makes forced landing

Light aircraft makes forced landing

A LIGHT aircraft, which took off form Wick airport heading to Iceland at the weekend, had to make a forced landing at Stornoway after getting into difficulties.


Deadline looms for voting for your tourism hero

Deadline looms for voting for your tourism hero

Who are your Highland tourism heroes? Which person or business goes that extra mile to promote the area? Offers a service that is second to none? Or just…


Did you see speeding driver?

Did you see speeding driver?

The offence took place about 10.10pm last night. The silver vehicle overtook another at excessive speed within the statutory 30 mph area, narrowly avoiding…


Is this woodland really so valuable?

Is this woodland really so valuable?

Sir – I have been a regular visitor to Sutherland for the past four decades and have stayed in and near Bonar Bridge.


Carbisdale plan deserves support

Carbisdale plan deserves support

Sir – Nearly every time a development is proposed some people try to stop it.


From our May 15th edition

From our May 15th edition

25 YEARS AGO


Brora march on towards Division Two

Brora march on towards Division Two

Scottish League Two play-off final, first leg


Talks continue over future of Carbisdale Castle

Talks continue over future of Carbisdale Castle

Developers hoping to purchase the Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA) owned castle and turn it into a luxury hotel are being blocked by members of…


North coast parents reject 3-18 school campus plan

North coast parents reject 3-18 school campus plan

A PROPOSAL to restructure four north coast schools has been rejected.


Warehouse extension could pose a risk

Warehouse extension could pose a risk

Sir – Re your article about the warehouse extension to the Glenmorangie warehouse in Brora (NT last week).


From our 15th May edition

From our 15th May edition

HOW many of us do things because… well… just because?


Were magnetic teeth the first sat nav system?

Were magnetic teeth the first sat nav system?

A LITTLE less than a year ago, I wrote of a long-dead character from my boyhood called Guthrie Neilson (who, incidentally, was married to Maisie Cumming…


Former north councillor spared jail after flouting court order over election expenses fraud

Former north councillor spared jail after flouting court order over election expenses fraud

A FORMER North councillor who fiddled his election expenses and then flouted a court order handed down for the offence, has been spared a jail sentence…


Classic line up heads for Sutherland

Classic line up heads for Sutherland

Twenty-one vintage car owners from the central belt and England are taking part in the 600-mile Chasing the Haggis Tour, organised by the Austin Healey…


Police concerned about missing man

Police concerned about missing man

Police in Inverness are increasingly anxious to trace Craig Moverley (46) who was last seen in the Charleston/Kinmylies area of Inverness at around…


Golspie man ordered to stay away from two teenage girls

Golspie man ordered to stay away from two teenage girls

A FORMER Sutherland school bus driver has been ordered to stay away from two local schoolgirls.


Golspie driver banned and fined £900

Golspie driver banned and fined £900

DRINK driver Kyle Mackay, Fraser Street, Golspie, has been banned from the road for a year and fined £900.


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