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Good wins for Golspie and Brora lady golfers

Good wins for Golspie and Brora lady golfers

After a lean spell in women’s golf inter club competitions between Caithness and Sutherland, Brora and Golspie Golf Clubs regained the two main trophies.…


How to build successful websites

How to build successful websites

Members of the Caithness and Sutherland Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) learned from Tony Tracey of Partnership Solutions, Brora, how…


Sutherland produce in Amsterdam hamper

Sutherland produce in Amsterdam hamper

Two Sutherland-based companies, Cocoa Mountain and Sutherland Savoury Oatcakes are to represent a piece of Scotland as Inverness Airport launches its…


Screen machine in north west with Harry Potter

Screen machine in north west with Harry Potter

Audiences in Lochinver, Kinlochbervie, Durness and Bettyhill will be able to experience the final Harry Potter film in 3D when Screen Machine returns…


Sisters die within week of each other

Sisters die within week of each other

Two well-known Asssynt sisters, Ruby and Barbara Corbett, who were born in and lived most of their lives at Inchnadamph, have died within a week of each…


Dr Fortune back on our screens

Dr Fortune back on our screens

Brora GP Dr Mary Fortune is back on the box next week in "Dr Fortune’s Australian Casebook", a new three part series featuring her return to the Australian…


Cyclists urged to join ride for CLIC Sargent

Cyclists urged to join ride for CLIC Sargent

CYCLISTS from all over the north are being invited to take part in one of the most scenic events in Scotland next month in aid of a national cancer charity. The…


Gibson asks do people want decentralised council?

Gibson asks do people want decentralised council?

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross MSP, Rob Gibson, will this week launch a public consultation asking constituents whether they would prefer a more decentralised…


Convicted murderer spared further jail sentence

Convicted murderer spared further jail sentence

A SHERIFF at Tain Sheriff Court yesterday spared a convicted murderer a further lengthy jail term, despite the accused admitting brandishing a knife in…


Gordonbush Windfarm traffic - slideshow

Gordonbush Windfarm traffic - slideshow

Deliveries of massive turbine parts for the Gordonbush wind farm started this week. Residents in Golspie and Brora are being warned that the enormous,…


Stop press

Stop press

The Brora Rangers v Fort William match has been rescheduled.


Great day at Lairg Crofters Show

Great day at Lairg Crofters Show

Lairg’s eagerly awaited 100th Crofters Show took place this weekend on a day of cool windy weather which was great for the stock and kept any troublesome…


Rotary presidential hand-over

Rotary presidential hand-over

There was recently an official 'hand over' of the Presidency of the Rotary Club of Tain and District. Reverend Anthony Jones, parish minister for Creich,…


North Sutherland Marketing Plan updated

North Sutherland Marketing Plan updated

The Caithness and North Sutherland Marketing Plan has been updated, and is now available to view and download.


Disappointing prices at Dingwall lamb sale

Disappointing prices at Dingwall lamb sale

Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd sold 10,134 store lambs at their annual sale yesterday. Prices were disappointing however.


I was a blithering idiot but he got me job

I was a blithering idiot but he got me job

I found myself thinking of Colin Campbell’s brilliantly funny "Local Radio" tapes and CDs earlier this week. The reason?


by Susan Brown

by Susan Brown

The world is a very small, big place. Transport makes it easier to get from one side of the world to the other and modern communication systems mean that…


Brora P2 in 1982

Brora P2 in 1982

This is a photo of P2 class at Brora High School in 1982.


Time to stop wrapping our kids in cotton wool

Time to stop wrapping our kids in cotton wool

SIX-YEAR-OLD Jamie Riordon is half-way up a tree. He's crouching in a narrow spot where the tree trunk forks. Beside him are two wooden sticks which he's…


New teachers at Sutherland schools

New teachers at Sutherland schools

Eighty probationer teachers who will be working in Highland schools in the new session were welcomed to the Highlands at their induction in Inverness.


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