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‘Ultraman’ athlete and childhood cancer activist Ashley Cain prepares to set world record at John O’Groats on Saturday

The 33-year-old will kayak to John O’Groats for midday on Saturday to conclude his world record attempt.

PICTURES: Inspired Helmsdale youngsters ready to take climate action

Pupils at an east Sutherland primary school have been taking positive climate action with the help of Timespan.

Number of drivers busted speeding on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting 13,322

Campaigner Laura Hansler says it is ‘absolutely inexcusable’ that the highest recorded speed was 140 mph.

Golspie lead the pack as teams prepare for north-west Sutherland league split

Teams learned their fate ahead of the mid-season league split.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband invited to consider the Highlands as potential location for Great British Energy HQ

MP Jamie Stone says ‘the Highlands is the biggest generator of clean, green energy in Scotland, and yet we suffer from a lack of job opportunities’.

Play inspired by Sutherland Spaceport set to blast off to Highland venues

A play inspired by the construction of Sutherland’s new spaceport is set to tour around the Highlands and Islands next month.

Young Highland pipers and drummers invited to join prestigious national band

Applications are now open for young pipers and drummers to join the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland.

Meet the Ross-shire garden volunteers, aged 95 and 90, hailed after a decade of service

Two senior members of a Wester Ross community garden team are about to hang up their forks and trowels and step down from their volunteering duties.

Owners put clifftop hotel on NC500 near Helmsdale up for sale with ‘heavy heart’

A recently refurbished clifftop hotel in east Sutherland is up for sale.

Highland Games’ vital role in Wester Ross community celebrated

The games play a vital fundraising role for many local organisations and also bring the community together for an annual celebration.

UPDATE: A9 reopens following earlier three-vehicle crash near Tain

Northbound and southbound lanes of the A9 at Tain have reopened.

A9 closed in both directions at Tain after three vehicle crash

Northbound and southbound lanes are closed.

Dog missing for a week rescued from cliff near Kinlochbervie

Cane corso Loki had only rainwater to survive before his rescue.

Pupils at east Sutherland award-winning ‘kindest campus’ unveil green ‘friendship’ benches

Pupils chose to purchase a pair of what they have dubbed, “friendship benches”.

Highland MP Jamie Stone to lead first adjournment debate of new parliament on rural healthcare access

He says he has heard ‘horror stories’ but ‘there is not the wit or willpower in the Scottish Government’.

King Charles praises news titles as ‘antidote to misinformation’

King Charles has said that news media titles underpin democracy and are “an antidote to misinformation” in a message to News Media Association members

Families in far north areas encouraged to complete Highland Council ELC survey

Families in Caithness and north Sutherland are urged to complete the survey.

Highland MSP insists rural depopulation is ‘not inevitable’

Scottish Green MSP Ariane Burgess marked World Population Day by focusing on the challenges of rural depopulation in the Highlands.

Highland storm response team honoured for response work

The action taken by council roads teams across the Highlands during this year’s savage storms has been recognised.

North-west Sutherland beach one of six Scottish seaside spots on UK Best Beaches list

Achmelvich beach has been recognised as one of only two Highland hotspots in the newly published list.