TWO pre-school pupils have won an appeal to get places in the next primary one intake at Hillhead Primary in Wick.

LIGHTNING struck twice for Wick Groats on Wednesday night after they were again victims of a late sting on a foray to John O'Groats.

THRUSO High pupil Beth O'Connell has won a place at the 2009 Scottish Space School in Glasgow.

HOLLYWOOD star Alan Cumming was among 450 people who walked the streets of Thurso last week to follow the tale of a missing teenage girl.

WICK HarbourFest brought out the sun and the smiles in a relaxed and welcome celebration to make an important Caithness Homecoming. While the crowning of the herring queen harked back to the fishing of the past, the brand new marina development looks like it should have been there for years and indicates the ambitions of the harbour authority for the future.

SIR – At last the construction of the new bridge over the River Thurso is well under way.

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