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UPDATE - Roadside searches for missing man

UPDATE - Roadside searches for missing man

Police are advising road users to drive with care as roadside searches take place for the missing man Stefan Sutherland (25).


Tongue's Ngaire - a hero on TV

Tongue's Ngaire - a hero on TV

STV will celebrate Scotland’s most deserving community heroes in a brand new series, RBS - Finding Scotland's Real Heroes, starting Friday 27 September…


Brora at home to Cove in second round of Scottish Cup

Brora at home to Cove in second round of Scottish Cup

Brora Rangers have been drawn at home against Cove Rangers in the second round of the Scottish Cup.


Police staff answering 101 calls need geography lessons says councillor

Police staff answering 101 calls need geography lessons says councillor

POLICE staff in Inverness handling non-emergency calls should take geography lessons on the Highlands because of their lack of local knowledge, it has…


A good single malt loosened up the two Russian generals.

A good single malt loosened up the two Russian generals.

IN the autumn of 2009 I was sitting at my desk in Holyrood, when suddenly the Edinburgh Russian Consulate came on the line.


Co-op offer discounts for students

Co-op offer discounts for students

The Co-operative Food and National Union of Students today announce a ground-breaking deal that will see Scottish students with an NUS extra card, receive…


Helmsdale Primary School prizewinners

Helmsdale Primary School prizewinners


Brora CC 13 Sept 13

Brora CC 13 Sept 13

At the August meeting of Brora Community Council, chair Kathleen Cunningham intimated that the Friends of Clyne War Memorial had been successful in securing…


Community board quits in shock move

Community board quits in shock move

THE directors of a Sutherland community development group have resigned en bloc in protest at alleged "vicious and nasty" criticism of them locally.


Ladies time win well

Ladies time win well

In blustery conditions over the Golspie links course on Saturday, the team of Anne Macrae, Lesley Cranna and Sheila Robertson claimed their spot in the…


Wait was worth it for Catriona, who makes Scottish Under 16s

Wait was worth it for Catriona, who makes Scottish Under 16s

Tain schoolgirl Catriona Gordon has been selected to run for Scotland against England, Wales and Ireland in an International Hill Race at the end of September.


Asda caps unleaded petrol at 133.7p per litre

Asda caps unleaded petrol at 133.7p per litre

From tomorrow morning, drivers filling up their vehicles at any of Asda's 223 forecourts nationwide will pay no more than 133.7p per litre on unleaded…


'Deprived area' money for Sutherland? No, it's all going to Wick

'Deprived area' money for Sutherland? No, it's all going to Wick

SUTHERLAND will not be receiving any aid from Highland Council’s relaunched Deprived Area Fund, it has emerged.


Ceremony in Assynt to commemorate brave attack by midget subs

Ceremony in Assynt to commemorate brave attack by midget subs

A ceremony is to be held at Kylesku later this month to commemorate one of the most courageous acts of World War II – the attack by Royal Navy midget…


Police appeal for info on missing Alness man

Police appeal for info on missing Alness man

Police in Alness are appealing for information in relation to Brian Smith aged 66 who has been reported missing after he left his place of work at Nigg…


Rallying call to former Dornoch Academy pupils and staff

Rallying call to former Dornoch Academy pupils and staff

A large number of former pupils of Dornoch Academy are heading for the town on Friday, September 27, to celebrate the centenary of their former school.


Dornoch man to play pipes up Ben Bhraggie for ESRA

Dornoch man to play pipes up Ben Bhraggie for ESRA

A Dornoch man is to play his bagpipes from the foot of Ben Bhraggie to the summit tomorrow afternoon  – in aid of the East Sutherland Rescue…


Christopher John Mackay O'Brien

Christopher John Mackay O'Brien

FOR those of us from the north-east corner of Sutherland, who attended the funeral service in St Andrew’s Church, Golspie, of Christopher O’Brien,…


Kenneth Robin Ross Mackay, Bettyhill

Kenneth Robin Ross Mackay, Bettyhill

ONE morning in the early summer I met Kenneth Achneiskich, as many knew him, who was walking his dogs on Farr Beach and asked him how the first year of…


KLB shinty players shine at trials

KLB shinty players shine at trials

Kinlochbervie shinty players Fraser MacDonald and James Flett were selected at trials to play for Badenoch & Strathspey in the under-14 Inter-District…


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