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Grant aid for two Sutherland groups

Grant aid for two Sutherland groups

TWO community groups in Sutherland have been awarded grant aid totalling nearly £50,000 from the Caithness and North Sutherland Fund (CNSF).


Inverness woman spared prison because moving to Brora

Inverness woman spared prison because moving to Brora

A SHERIFF spared a young Inverness woman from a prison sentence today after she heard she was hoping to make a new start by moving to Brora.


Second police officer charged with abduction

Second police officer charged with abduction

A SECOND police officer has been charged with the abduction of two 15 year-old two girls and making them stand in manure in a Ross-shire barn.


Emmerich jailed for four months

Emmerich jailed for four months

A GOLSPIE man, in an interview at a house in Golspie, told a social worker he would go to Brora and murder his former partner.


Williamson will taste millionaire lifestyle this weekend

Williamson will taste millionaire lifestyle this weekend

Golspie racing driver Lewis Williamson will get a taste of the Formula One millionaire lifestyle this weekend when he contests the latest round of the…


Thurso police need info

Thurso police need info

Anyone in the Thurso area on Friday night may be able to help Police with their enquiries into two incidents.


Static caravan tax will hit tourism industry

Static caravan tax will hit tourism industry

The Vice Chair, of the Sutherland Partnership, Durrant Macleod has written to the government and the treasury department, urging them to re-consider the…


No new Norovirus cases since yesterday

No new Norovirus cases since yesterday

Four wards remain closed across NHS Highland, but there have been no new cases of the winter vomiting bug, norovirus, since yesterday.


Size matters

Size matters

HAVE my feet shrunk? The rest of me certainly has not. My feet, though, are proving to be a problem.


WILHELM HARENBERG, Zetel

WILHELM HARENBERG, Zetel

IT was with great sadness that the people of Sutherland heard the news of the death of Wilhelm Harenberg in March this year.


Bin service is ‘rubbish’

Bin service is ‘rubbish’

HIGHLAND Council’s new bin collection system was labelled as "rubbish" by members of Golspie Community Council at their meeting this week. Waste management…


Bonar Bridge School in 1950

Bonar Bridge School in 1950

Bonar Bridge School senior pupils in 1950.


Course record set at Brora

Course record set at Brora

ANOTHER connection to the five time Open Champion James Braid, who visited Brora in 1923 and set out the design of the course, was made at Brora last…


Golspie Stafford book place in last four

Golspie Stafford book place in last four

GOLSPIE Stafford were forced to come from behind to book their place in the last four of the Stafford Cup after a hard fought 2-1 victory over Dornoch…


Melness writer dies

Melness writer dies

THE funeral of well-known Sutherland journalist and writer Mary Beith takes place today (Friday). Mrs Beith passed away peacefully at her home in Joseph…


Mini Sutherland fundraisers in 5k race

Mini Sutherland fundraisers in 5k race

A group of Golspie and Brora girls aged four and five took part in the Race for Life in Inverness recently in aid of Cancer Research. They ran 5k (about…


Missing Fergie found in Farr!

Missing Fergie found in Farr!

The old grey Fergie tractor GST 743, sought for 20 years by Edinburgh man, Malcolm McEwan (see NT May 4) has turned up in Bettyhill. It has been there…


Sutherland youngsters strike gold

Sutherland youngsters strike gold

THE North of Scotland Track and Field Championships took place at Inverness on Saturday and with the top athletes from Shetland, Orkney, Stornoway and…


Top class racing with drivers on track for glory

Top class racing with drivers on track for glory

AFTER the wet April weather, it was uplifting to find dry and sunny conditions greeting drivers for the second round of the North of Scotland Kart Club…


Awards for All grants for Sutherland groups

Awards for All grants for Sutherland groups

Three Sutherland groups have benefited from the Awards for All small grants scheme which gives out grants of between £500 to £10,000 to "make a difference…


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