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Five-year property price study reveals cheapest and most expensive streets in Caithness

17 February 2022
Five-year property price study reveals cheapest and most expensive streets in Caithness

Five-year property price study reveals cheapest and most expensive streets in Caithness

17 February 2022

Two Wick streets within half a mile of each other are at opposite ends of the Caithness property price spectrum, according to new research.


Castletown virtual café set for a century of singalongs

16 February 2022
Castletown virtual café set for a century of singalongs

Castletown virtual café set for a century of singalongs

16 February 2022

Organisers of a virtual café in Caithness are set to reach a milestone next week with their 100th online singalong programme.


East of Caithness SWI Bulb Show set to return

16 February 2022
East of Caithness SWI Bulb Show set to return

East of Caithness SWI Bulb Show set to return

16 February 2022

Organisers of the East of Caithness SWI Bulb Show are looking forward to the return of the event for the first time since the start of the pandemic.


Thurso TSB closure is a disgrace, say Caithness couple who have been customers for 60 years

16 February 2022
Thurso TSB closure is a disgrace, say Caithness couple who have been customers for 60 years

Thurso TSB closure is a disgrace, say Caithness couple who have been customers for 60 years

16 February 2022

A Caithness couple who have been TSB customers for 60 years have described the imminent closure of the bank's Thurso branch as "a disgrace".


Road safety campaigner condemns 'downright insanity' of some drivers after Forss site visit

16 February 2022
Road safety campaigner condemns 'downright insanity' of some drivers after Forss site visit

Road safety campaigner condemns 'downright insanity' of some drivers after Forss site visit

16 February 2022

The actions of some drivers on the A836 between Dounreay and Thurso have been condemned as "downright insanity" by a Forss Campaign Group member.


Thurso public toilets set to be reopened in April after 'mindless' vandalism

16 February 2022
Thurso public toilets set to be reopened in April after 'mindless' vandalism

Thurso public toilets set to be reopened in April after 'mindless' vandalism

16 February 2022

Public toilets in Thurso town centre are set to be repaired and reopened ahead of the tourist season after a series of "mindless" acts of vandalism.


Maree Todd says she cannot give her backing to 'high cost and high risk' nuclear power station

16 February 2022
Maree Todd says she cannot give her backing to 'high cost and high risk' nuclear power station

Maree Todd says she cannot give her backing to 'high cost and high risk' nuclear power station

16 February 2022

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross MSP Maree Todd has declared that she cannot support the idea of a mini-reactor being built in her constituency.


Workforce training fund open for applications in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

15 February 2022
Workforce training fund open for applications in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Workforce training fund open for applications in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

15 February 2022

North Highland College UHI is offering employers in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross a chance to qualify for funding to boost staff training.


Ron Gunn named as Lib Dem candidate for Thurso and Northwest Caithness

15 February 2022
Ron Gunn named as Lib Dem candidate for Thurso and Northwest Caithness

Ron Gunn named as Lib Dem candidate for Thurso and Northwest Caithness

15 February 2022

Thurso Community Council chairman Ron Gunn is to seek election to Highland Council as Liberal Democrat candidate for Thurso and Northwest Caithness.


We made things difficult for ourselves, says Gray as Academy see off new-look Fort

14 February 2022
We made things difficult for ourselves, says Gray as Academy see off new-look Fort

We made things difficult for ourselves, says Gray as Academy see off new-look Fort

14 February 2022

Assistant manager Michael Gray admitted that Academy made life hard for themselves as they withstood a fightback by a battling Fort William side.


Ashleigh and Innes through to semi-finals of national debating competition

14 February 2022
Ashleigh and Innes through to semi-finals of national debating competition

Ashleigh and Innes through to semi-finals of national debating competition

14 February 2022

Two fifth-year pupils are maintaining Thurso High's proud reputation for debating after reaching the semi-finals of a prestigious national contest.


Iftikhar admits 'journeys are taking a lot out of us' as Fort are beaten at Wick

14 February 2022
Iftikhar admits 'journeys are taking a lot out of us' as Fort are beaten at Wick

Iftikhar admits 'journeys are taking a lot out of us' as Fort are beaten at Wick

14 February 2022

Fort William manager Shadab Iftikhar admitted that travelling commitments are taking their toll on his players after they were beaten 3-2 at Wick.


Allan is hailed as 'a great role model' after scoring on 400th appearance for Wick

14 February 2022
Allan is hailed as 'a great role model' after scoring on 400th appearance for Wick

Allan is hailed as 'a great role model' after scoring on 400th appearance for Wick

14 February 2022

Davie Allan was described as “a great role model” by assistant manager Michael Gray after scoring on his 400th competitive appearance for Academy.


Author retraces Highland journey by Telford and Poet Laureate

13 February 2022
Author retraces Highland journey by Telford and Poet Laureate

Author retraces Highland journey by Telford and Poet Laureate

13 February 2022

Thomas Telford was a giant of civil engineering, but author Paul A Lynn believes the great man’s lesser-known qualities deserve to be appreciated.


New apprenticeship programme launched by NDA

12 February 2022
New apprenticeship programme launched by NDA

New apprenticeship programme launched by NDA

12 February 2022

A new finance apprenticeship programme is being launched by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority based across its group of businesses.


Trishaw volunteers get £1000 boost from Wick Laundry

11 February 2022
Trishaw volunteers get £1000 boost from Wick Laundry

Trishaw volunteers get £1000 boost from Wick Laundry

11 February 2022

Volunteers who take elderly or less able people out for leisurely rides in a three-wheeled bike have been given a £1000 boost by a Wick business.


Certificate handed over to long-serving Wick Healing Hub volunteer

11 February 2022
Certificate handed over to long-serving Wick Healing Hub volunteer

Certificate handed over to long-serving Wick Healing Hub volunteer

11 February 2022

Wick woman Chrissie Gunn has been presented with a volunteering award to mark her commitment to the oxygen therapy centre over almost four decades.


Caithness community drama clubs take centre stage again with return SCDA festival

11 February 2022
Caithness community drama clubs take centre stage again with return SCDA festival

Caithness community drama clubs take centre stage again with return SCDA festival

11 February 2022

Community drama will make a welcome return to Caithness this month when teams from Wick and Thurso compete in the district festival of one-act plays.


Lid lifted for first time since 1970s as steelwork is stripped from Dounreay test reactor

11 February 2022
Lid lifted for first time since 1970s as steelwork is stripped from Dounreay test reactor

Lid lifted for first time since 1970s as steelwork is stripped from Dounreay test reactor

11 February 2022

Original steelwork is being stripped out from the DMTR in a project that has seen its lid being lifted for the first time since the early 1970s.


Councillors approve more than 100 priority road repairs for Caithness

11 February 2022
Councillors approve more than 100 priority road repairs for Caithness

Councillors approve more than 100 priority road repairs for Caithness

11 February 2022

Caithness councillors have said they will do as much as they can with the money available to them after plans were outlined for 114 road repair jobs.


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