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Sutherland win back trophy

Sutherland win back trophy

The annual fixture between Sutherland and Ross-shire Curling Provinces for the Bison Trophy...


Golspie hope for good weather to clear backlog

Golspie hope for good weather to clear backlog

WITH a bigger backlog of matches than any other team in the North Caledonian League, Golspie Sutherland will be desperate to get their Jock MacKay Memorial…


A bit of heckling is all part of public life

A bit of heckling is all part of public life

Of all people, particularly having come up the hard way in Glasgow clubs, you’d have thought that Billy Connolly could stand a bit of heckling. But no...


From our February 10 edition

From our February 10 edition

Much as I love this part of the world, it was lovely to spend a few days last week somewhere just a little bit warmer...


Has ‘Skerray Beast’ struck here again?

Has ‘Skerray Beast’ struck here again?

Older readers may recall that, way back in the halcyon days between 1976 and 1981, the area round Bettyhill and Skerray was haunted by a cat-like animal…


Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

THE North and West Sutherland Care Alliance (NWSCA) management have taken the final decision to close down after failing to come to an agreement with…


SNP pledges return to area committees

SNP pledges return to area committees

THE SNP has pledged to resurrect area committees across the Highlands in a bid to put “power at the heart of communities” – if it wins control of the…


A day hospital at the Lawson would benefit elderly

A day hospital at the Lawson would benefit elderly

Sir – I believe one of the proposals in regard to alterations to the Lawson Memorial Hospital is to move main hospital patients down to the Cambusavie…


Isa's recollections of Lairg school days

Isa's recollections of Lairg school days

THIS is the second instalment of Isabella (Isa) A. Sutherland’s account of life at Lairg Higher Grade School in the 1920s, an extract discovered by her…


Newly-opened play centre shut for month

Newly-opened play centre shut for month

A PUBLICLY-funded play centre, which opened in central Sutherland only three months ago, has been temporarily closed down.


Stand up and be heard

Stand up and be heard

Sir – I was very sad after reading about the proposals for the Lawson Memorial Hospital (NT February 3).


Highland Council's budget rubber stamped

Highland Council's budget rubber stamped

HIGHLAND Council’s £602 million budget for the next 12 months has been rubber stamped at a meeting in Inverness today – despite members attacking the…


Anta opens flagship Edinburgh shop

Anta opens flagship Edinburgh shop

ANTA, the Scottish textiles and ceramics company based in Tain, opened its flagship store on Edinburgh’s George Street today.


School holiday for Queen's Jubilee

School holiday for Queen's Jubilee

The Highland Council has confirmed that all Highland schools will be closed on Monday 4 June to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee following the go ahead…


Police continue search for missing Thurso man

Police continue search for missing Thurso man

POLICE are increasingly concerned for the wellbeing of missing Thurso man Stephen McGurk, aged 38. Police are continuing their enquiries today.


Icy stretches on roads

Icy stretches on roads

All routes in the Northern Constabulary force area are open however, low temperatures during the night, may have left icy patches on untreated road surfaces.…


Gibson calls for decentralisation

Gibson calls for decentralisation

Scottish parliamentarians focussed on decentralisation in the Highlands today, as the MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Rob Gibson, hosted a sell-out…


Farr Edge children make planters

Farr Edge children make planters

The children at the Farr Edge after school club in Bettyhill have been busy making flower planters, with help from The Highland Council’s North Sutherland…


Skerray photographer wins top award

Skerray photographer wins top award

Professional photographer Mike Brookes Roper of Skerray, has won the EEF Heroes of Modern UK Manufacturing Photography Competition at EEF’s National Gala…


Concerns over Naver Bridge

Concerns over Naver Bridge

The perilous condition of the Naver Bridge was one of the items discussed by the newly-formed Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra Community council.…


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