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Everywhere you looked in India there were hundreds of people

Everywhere you looked in India there were hundreds of people

?Golspie Church of Scotland minister Dr John Sterrett, jetted off in January to visit an orphanage in India run by India Village Ministries, an organisation…


Dog bites holidaymaker

Dog bites holidaymaker

POLICE are looking for the owner of a dog which bit a holidaymaker whilst she was walking in an East Sutherland village.


People power victory over public entertainment licences

People power victory over public entertainment licences

People power has notched up a victory today as The Highland Council has assured organisers of free-to-enter events that there will be no change to the…


Accident at Kylesku

Accident at Kylesku

Police and ambulance have been dealing with a one vehicle road traffic collision which happened on the A894 just south of Kylesku this morning.


Camera vans at accident blackspots

Camera vans at accident blackspots

New mobile camera vans are to be located along the A9 in Caithness in a bid to prevent road accidents in the area.


Council admit mistake over public entertainment licences

Council admit mistake over public entertainment licences

CONTROVERSIAL fees for public entertainment licences in the Highland look set to be vetoed by licensing chiefs, who admit the proposed charges would be…


Gibson asks for help to ensure Dornoch Sports Hall future

Gibson asks for help to ensure Dornoch Sports Hall future

Rob Gibson, SNP MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross has called on Sports Scotland to ensure the funding of the Dornoch sports complex.?


Portgower woman wins Churchill Fellowship

Portgower woman wins Churchill Fellowship

A Sutherland woman has won a Travelling Fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Sixty-five-year-old Ann Pascoe from Portgower is amongst…


Little enthusiasm for Jubilee drinks extension

Little enthusiasm for Jubilee drinks extension

A PLEA to extend opening hours of Highland pubs to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in the summer looks set to be rejected.


New Dornoch Co-op re-opens

New Dornoch Co-op re-opens

The new-look Dornoch Co-op was officially opened yesterday. Children from Dornoch Primary School performed the ribbon cutting ceremony, with Gillian MacNab,…


Over-culling deer puts jobs at risk

Over-culling deer puts jobs at risk

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) warned today that over-culling of deer to support forestry and conservation is putting rural jobs and livelihoods…


Any knowledge of Korean veterans?

Any knowledge of Korean veterans?

Sir – I am acting on behalf of the authorities at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea, where over 800 British servicemen are at…


Council made dash for cash but can do a u-turn

Council made dash for cash but can do a u-turn

Sir – Voluntary groups, societies, gala committees and fete organisers throughout the Highlands are waking up to new requirements, first to license events…


What kind of hen won't even eat a chip?

What kind of hen won't even eat a chip?

"FAIR is fowl and fowl is fair", to slightly alter the spelling of the witches’ words in Macbeth. Readers will recall my account of the sad demise (foul…


No stopping the Murray rink

No stopping the Murray rink

NIGEL MURRAY, Rogart’s top curler and current leader in the Province League Championship for the Sutherland Cup, went half way to completing the double…


Young Sutherland athletes hit top form at Nairn

Young Sutherland athletes hit top form at Nairn

?Thirty one young runners from East Sutherland Athletics Club travelled to Nairn on Saturday for the final of the North District Cross Country League.…


Petition calls on council to fully fund North West Care Alliance

Petition calls on council to fully fund North West Care Alliance

A PETITION containing 700 signatures is to be presented to Dr Michael Foxley, leader of Highland Council’s administration, asking the local authority…


Plea to put stop to licence fee plan for community events

Plea to put stop to licence fee plan for community events

EAST SUTHERLAND councillor Deirdre Mackay had an emergency meeting with Highland Council’s chief executive on Wednesday to try to amend the introduction…


TYKES given funding to expand service to West Sutherland

TYKES given funding to expand service to West Sutherland

GOLSPIE based charity TYKES (The Young Karers East Sutherland), which supports young carers, is celebrating the award of over £53,000 from Children in…


New funding for Nigg yard regeneration

New funding for Nigg yard regeneration

The Highland Council has awarded a £630,000 grant towards the costs of regenerating the Nigg Energy Park. The grant comes from the Vacant and Derelict…


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