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Thurso artist finds her own painting for sale in Wick charity shop for 30p

26 July 2024
Thurso artist finds her own painting for sale in Wick charity shop for 30p

Thurso artist finds her own painting for sale in Wick charity shop for 30p

26 July 2024

A Thurso artist was flabbergasted when she came across a painting she had sold for £30 around 30 years ago and priced at 30p in a Wick charity shop.


Clare helps the homeless one step at a time on year-long charity walk

26 July 2024
Clare helps the homeless one step at a time on year-long charity walk

Clare helps the homeless one step at a time on year-long charity walk

26 July 2024

A woman who is raising money for homeless charities is due to finish a mammoth round Britain walk at John O’Groats tomorrow (July 27).


PICTURE SPECIAL: Thurso art show has everything from sycamore sculptures to hammerhead sharks in potholes

25 July 2024
PICTURE SPECIAL: Thurso art show has everything from sycamore sculptures to hammerhead sharks in potholes

PICTURE SPECIAL: Thurso art show has everything from sycamore sculptures to hammerhead sharks in potholes

25 July 2024

The Society of Caithness Artists celebrated its 89th annual exhibition by putting on the ‘largest show of its kind in recent memory’.


Summer Sessions returns to Wick’s Rosebank Playing Fields with music and creativity

25 July 2024
Summer Sessions returns to Wick’s Rosebank Playing Fields with music and creativity

Summer Sessions returns to Wick’s Rosebank Playing Fields with music and creativity

25 July 2024

Lyth Arts Centre returns to the Rosebank Playing Fields in Wick for another instalment of its much anticipated Summer Sessions.


Halkirk Highland Games chieftain praises event committee and reflects on day of ‘wonderful fun’

24 July 2024
Halkirk Highland Games chieftain praises event committee and reflects on day of ‘wonderful fun’

Halkirk Highland Games chieftain praises event committee and reflects on day of ‘wonderful fun’

24 July 2024

The Halkirk Highland Games chieftain, Viscount Thurso, talked about his memories of the event which he calls ‘the highlight of the Caithness summer’.


Major expansion for Wick company SHORE – 2m bags of seaweed snacks sold to date

24 July 2024
Major expansion for Wick company SHORE – 2m bags of seaweed snacks sold to date

Major expansion for Wick company SHORE – 2m bags of seaweed snacks sold to date

24 July 2024

Wick-based firm SHORE’s seaweed chips are now available in more than 200 supermarkets across Scotland, announced the company today.


Wick roadworks will aid streetwalkers, dancers and pipers ahead of Gala Week parade, says town provost

24 July 2024
Wick roadworks will aid streetwalkers, dancers and pipers ahead of Gala Week parade, says town provost

Wick roadworks will aid streetwalkers, dancers and pipers ahead of Gala Week parade, says town provost

24 July 2024

Wick’s provost talked of her delight in seeing how road resurfacing works have progressed in Wick ahead of the Gala Week parade on Saturday.


Focus North launches initiative to help organisations achieve climate change goals

24 July 2024
Focus North launches initiative to help organisations achieve climate change goals

Focus North launches initiative to help organisations achieve climate change goals

24 July 2024

A new partnership between Focus North and Net Zero Nation will support organisations in Caithness and Sutherland to achieve climate change goals.


Huge prize pots attract best competitors for Halkirk Highland Games 2024

24 July 2024
Huge prize pots attract best competitors for Halkirk Highland Games 2024

Huge prize pots attract best competitors for Halkirk Highland Games 2024

24 July 2024

The Halkirk Highland Games 2024, a traditional and spectacular Scottish sporting event held in Caithness, will take place on Saturday, July 27.


Late Wick granny to be honoured through skydive fundraiser

23 July 2024
Late Wick granny to be honoured through skydive fundraiser

Late Wick granny to be honoured through skydive fundraiser

23 July 2024

The granddaughter of a fondly remembered Wick resident who passed away in July is organising a skydive to ‘honour her memory’.


PICTURES: Doggy delights at Caithness Show with quality canines judged

23 July 2024
PICTURES: Doggy delights at Caithness Show with quality canines judged

PICTURES: Doggy delights at Caithness Show with quality canines judged

23 July 2024

Tails were wagging and noses sniffing as a mix of all shapes and sizes of dogs came together to be judged at the Caithness Show on Saturday.


‘TAKE 5!’ with Wick Players youth workshops

22 July 2024
‘TAKE 5!’ with Wick Players youth workshops

‘TAKE 5!’ with Wick Players youth workshops

22 July 2024

Wick Players has decided to run a brand new five-session drama workshop aimed at all youngsters between the ages of 11 and 16.


PICTURE SPECIAL: Are you in the picture? Caithness Show delights all who attended spectacular Thurso event

20 July 2024
PICTURE SPECIAL: Are you in the picture? Caithness Show delights all who attended spectacular Thurso event

PICTURE SPECIAL: Are you in the picture? Caithness Show delights all who attended spectacular Thurso event

20 July 2024

After overnight rain, nobody could deny there was a sense of trepidation in the air as to how the weather would unfold for today’s County Show.


Weather centre at Rumster gets go ahead despite objection

19 July 2024
Weather centre at Rumster gets go ahead despite objection

Weather centre at Rumster gets go ahead despite objection

19 July 2024

A planning application for an all-weather forest centre at Rumster has been successful despite an objection by a disability group over toilet access.


Stone signs WASPI Parliamentary motion – ‘One WASPI woman dying every 13 minutes,’ claims campaigner

18 July 2024
Stone signs WASPI Parliamentary motion – ‘One WASPI woman dying every 13 minutes,’ claims campaigner

Stone signs WASPI Parliamentary motion – ‘One WASPI woman dying every 13 minutes,’ claims campaigner

18 July 2024

Jamie Stone MP signed a Parliamentary motion calling for the new Government to honour the recommendations of the ombudsman concerning WASPI women


Wick artist’s fantastical Caithness castle scene chosen for international competition

18 July 2024
Wick artist’s fantastical Caithness castle scene chosen for international competition

Wick artist’s fantastical Caithness castle scene chosen for international competition

18 July 2024

A Wick artist who now resides in New York City has had a painting shortlisted for a prestigious watercolour competition in Italy.


New faces at Artisans North events in Thurso

17 July 2024
New faces at Artisans North events in Thurso

New faces at Artisans North events in Thurso

17 July 2024

Regular visitors supporting Artisans North every month at its craft fairs and shows will soon be seeing some fresh faces.


Shock award for Caithness artist

17 July 2024
Shock award for Caithness artist

Shock award for Caithness artist

17 July 2024

A Caithness artist talked of her shock at receiving an award for a national competition she had forgotten she had entered.


PICTURES: Canisbay Show pulls in the punters after five-year absence

16 July 2024
PICTURES: Canisbay Show pulls in the punters after five-year absence

PICTURES: Canisbay Show pulls in the punters after five-year absence

16 July 2024

This summer saw the welcome return of the Canisbay Show following a five-year absence.


PICTURES: Industrial Caithness exhibition graced by musical talents

13 July 2024
PICTURES: Industrial Caithness exhibition graced by musical talents

PICTURES: Industrial Caithness exhibition graced by musical talents

13 July 2024

Music graced the upstairs of the Ross Institute in Halkirk as jammers played everything except Mussorgsky’s famous 'Pictures at an Exhibition'.


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