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NHS Highland patient hub launched to deal with waiting time delays

18 March 2022
NHS Highland patient hub launched to deal with waiting time delays

NHS Highland patient hub launched to deal with waiting time delays

18 March 2022

NHS Highland has started using an online portal to check on patient care after waiting times spiralled during the pandemic.


Scottish Drugs Forum recruiting in the Highlands for people with history of alcohol and substance misuse

11 March 2022
Scottish Drugs Forum recruiting in the Highlands for people with history of alcohol and substance misuse

Scottish Drugs Forum recruiting in the Highlands for people with history of alcohol and substance misuse

11 March 2022

An award-winning training and employment project for people who have a history of drug or alcohol problems is now recruiting people in the Highlands.


Public urged to give up smoking on day of action

09 March 2022
Public urged to give up smoking on day of action

Public urged to give up smoking on day of action

09 March 2022

On national No Smoking Day Highland residents are being urged to "quit your way".


Lybster community company's IT boost

28 December 2012
Lybster community company's IT boost

Lybster community company's IT boost

28 December 2012

CAITHNESS communities have been boosted by an innovative project to recycle old computers from Highland Council’s latest IT upgrade.


Tributes paid to Caithness countryside ranger

28 December 2012
Tributes paid to Caithness countryside ranger

Tributes paid to Caithness countryside ranger

28 December 2012

Belgian national Dieter Tuerlinckx was a well-known face as one of two countryside rangers in the east of Caithness.


Show goes on despite chickenpox

21 December 2012
Show goes on despite chickenpox

Show goes on despite chickenpox

21 December 2012

YOUNGSTERS at Thrumster Primary overcame illness to tell the story of Christmas last Tuesday.


Scorries ready for fight to defend fortress Harmsworth

14 December 2012
Scorries ready for fight to defend fortress Harmsworth

Scorries ready for fight to defend fortress Harmsworth

14 December 2012

WHEN the going gets tough, the tough get going.


Knockback for hopes of festive booze extension

14 December 2012
Knockback for hopes of festive booze extension

Knockback for hopes of festive booze extension

14 December 2012

A HIGHLAND Council blunder has dashed initial hopes of festive revellers partying until 4am over Christmas.


Bankers' fat cat culture is over, says MP

12 December 2012
Bankers' fat cat culture is over, says MP

Bankers' fat cat culture is over, says MP

12 December 2012

The Lib Dem backbencher made the claim after presiding over the first parliamentary commission outside of London when top banking chiefs were grilled…


Thurso backs Lord Leveson on press regulation

07 December 2012
Thurso backs Lord Leveson on press regulation

Thurso backs Lord Leveson on press regulation

07 December 2012

FAR NORTH MP John Thurso is at loggerheads with Prime Minister David Cameron over the future of press regulation in the wake of the Leveson report into…


Zero tolerance for high school speedsters

05 December 2012
Zero tolerance for high school speedsters

Zero tolerance for high school speedsters

05 December 2012

Landward councillor Willie Mackay has given his backing to a four-month police initiative to target motorists in the vicinity of all 29 secondary schools.


Loo closure creates new toxic scourge at Sandside

30 November 2012
Loo closure creates new toxic scourge at Sandside

Loo closure creates new toxic scourge at Sandside

30 November 2012

A FAR north coast beach notorious for its radioactive contamination is now blighted with a new form of toxic waste of the human kind.


Award winner can return to post if new venture fails

28 November 2012
Award winner can return to post if new venture fails

Award winner can return to post if new venture fails

28 November 2012

A PUBLIC sector tourism chief has been awarded £10,000 of taxpayer’s money to pursue her own business venture – with the option of returning…


Broadband goes mobile in north rural 'not-spots'

28 November 2012
Broadband goes mobile in north rural 'not-spots'

Broadband goes mobile in north rural 'not-spots'

28 November 2012

RURAL north Sutherland is to get a huge boost as the UK’s fastest growing mobile network aims to fill the internet void with nearly four million…


Harbour operators eye new business

28 November 2012
Harbour operators eye new business

Harbour operators eye new business

28 November 2012

SCRABSTER Harbour’s future is looking bright with the completion of the latest phase of redevelopment on the horizon – four months behind…


Top two go head to head at Harmsworth Park

16 November 2012
Top two go head to head at Harmsworth Park

Top two go head to head at Harmsworth Park

16 November 2012

The 3pm kick-off has all the makings of a classic game as a win for Academy will prove they deserve to be in pole position but at the same time United…


Three points but no style marks for Forres from Academy manager

14 November 2012
Three points but no style marks for Forres from Academy manager

Three points but no style marks for Forres from Academy manager

14 November 2012

COMING out second best in an aerial battle and two contentious decisions left top-of-the-league Wick Academy grieving three points lost over the weekend.


Hope on the horizon for Mexico street kids

09 November 2012
Hope on the horizon for Mexico street kids

Hope on the horizon for Mexico street kids

09 November 2012

IN the wake of the UK Pro Surf Tour hitting the Caithness coastline last month a newly established British branch of a charity helping street kids over…


Farmer takes to the skies after rare cancer ‘all clear’

09 November 2012
Farmer takes to the skies after rare cancer ‘all clear’

Farmer takes to the skies after rare cancer ‘all clear’

09 November 2012

A CAITHNESS farmer who was struck by cancer celebrated getting his health back by jumping out of a plane for charity.


Last orders served on ‘Cinderella’ curfew

09 November 2012
Last orders served on ‘Cinderella’ curfew

Last orders served on ‘Cinderella’ curfew

09 November 2012

AXEING a nine-year long curfew preventing drinkers going into pubs and clubs after midnight is a "boozer’s charter" according to a Thurso councillor…


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