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Community support initiative to start at Castletown – all welcome to come along and share ideas

21 April 2025
Community support initiative to start at Castletown – all welcome to come along and share ideas

Community support initiative to start at Castletown – all welcome to come along and share ideas

21 April 2025

The launch event for a community project to bring people together and support mental health will take place at the Drill Hall in Castletown on May 3.


Who is your rock? Nominate your colleague, mentor or boss for Caithness art festival show

21 April 2025
Who is your rock? Nominate your colleague, mentor or boss for Caithness art festival show

Who is your rock? Nominate your colleague, mentor or boss for Caithness art festival show

21 April 2025

A Halkirk art organisation is looking for nominations of people's ‘rock of support’ at work to be photographed and displayed at an exhibition.


Over 130 dancers take part in Easter competition at Wick

21 April 2025
Over 130 dancers take part in Easter competition at Wick

Over 130 dancers take part in Easter competition at Wick

21 April 2025

The Vikki Mackay School of Dance held its second annual Easter competition with entries from as far afield as Inveraray.


PICTURES: Tyres, fly-tipped household rubbish and a stag’s skull found during Watten litter pick

20 April 2025
PICTURES: Tyres, fly-tipped household rubbish and a stag’s skull found during Watten litter pick

PICTURES: Tyres, fly-tipped household rubbish and a stag’s skull found during Watten litter pick

20 April 2025

The Watten Helps Out community group lived up to its name and helped move lots of discarded rubbish from in and around Watten last Sunday (April 13).


Caithness residents warned ‘never take matters into your own hands’ if a stranger parks on your driveway

20 April 2025
Caithness residents warned ‘never take matters into your own hands’ if a stranger parks on your driveway

Caithness residents warned ‘never take matters into your own hands’ if a stranger parks on your driveway

20 April 2025

Caithness homeowners are warned that motorists can park in their driveways due to a legal loophole that doesn’t deem this as breaking the law.


Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes

19 April 2025
Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes

Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes

19 April 2025

Caithness wildlife enthusiasts are invited to search for Scotland's elusive oil beetles and record any sightings to help conservationists.


Graham recognised for his ‘incredible achievement’ at Wick-based company

19 April 2025
Graham recognised for his ‘incredible achievement’ at Wick-based company

Graham recognised for his ‘incredible achievement’ at Wick-based company

19 April 2025

A Wick man has retired from the specialist engineering company Imenco UK Limited after nearly 47 years of service.


Pictures and video: Meet Puffin Croft’s latest arrival, Dottie the blind lamb

18 April 2025
Pictures and video: Meet Puffin Croft’s latest arrival, Dottie the blind lamb

Pictures and video: Meet Puffin Croft’s latest arrival, Dottie the blind lamb

18 April 2025

A John O’Groats petting farm showed off one of its latest arrivals with Dottie the blind lamb and said it has many activities planned over Easter.


Dramatic pictures and video show fire crews tackling another moorland blaze in Caithness

17 April 2025
Dramatic pictures and video show fire crews tackling another moorland blaze in Caithness

Dramatic pictures and video show fire crews tackling another moorland blaze in Caithness

17 April 2025

Dramatic pictures and video shot by a local woman show fire crews dealing with another wildfire at Reaster near Bower on Wednesday afternoon.


Support cats this Easter at charity event in Wick pet shop

17 April 2025
Support cats this Easter at charity event in Wick pet shop

Support cats this Easter at charity event in Wick pet shop

17 April 2025

Cats Protection will be at Wick’s Pets at Home store to fundraise for the charity on Easter Friday and Saturday this week.


Wick weather watcher warns of further wildfire threats as dry spell set to continue

17 April 2025
Wick weather watcher warns of further wildfire threats as dry spell set to continue

Wick weather watcher warns of further wildfire threats as dry spell set to continue

17 April 2025

Wick weather watcher Keith Banks has highlighted the ongoing dry spell and corresponding wildfire threat it poses.


Stone champions British steel and its importance for the future of Caithness

17 April 2025
Stone champions British steel and its importance for the future of Caithness

Stone champions British steel and its importance for the future of Caithness

17 April 2025

With government moves to save British steel production, Far north MP Jamie Stone highlighted its importance to Caithness at a House of Commons debate.


Boozy beach picnic litter at Dunnet beach included ladies’ underwear, disposable BBQ, towels and empty wine bottle

17 April 2025
Boozy beach picnic litter at Dunnet beach included ladies’ underwear, disposable BBQ, towels and empty wine bottle

Boozy beach picnic litter at Dunnet beach included ladies’ underwear, disposable BBQ, towels and empty wine bottle

17 April 2025

Members of a Caithness eco group, helping keep the coast clean, were shocked to find remnants of a boozy beach picnic discarded on Dunnet beach.


Blazing inferno nightmare as disabled Thurso woman thought she would lose her home to wildfire

16 April 2025
Blazing inferno nightmare as disabled Thurso woman thought she would lose her home to wildfire

Blazing inferno nightmare as disabled Thurso woman thought she would lose her home to wildfire

16 April 2025

A disabled Thurso woman talked candidly about the fear and horror she experienced as a wildfire encroached upon her home last Thursday.


Wick firefighter ‘Titchie’ Hughes retires after 31 years

15 April 2025
Wick firefighter ‘Titchie’ Hughes retires after 31 years

Wick firefighter ‘Titchie’ Hughes retires after 31 years

15 April 2025

Wick Community Fire Station has lost one of its longest serving firefighters with the retirement of Richard (Titchie) Hughes.


PICTURES: Wick care home residents enjoy a splendid Sunday at Horsin Around stables in Lyth

15 April 2025
PICTURES: Wick care home residents enjoy a splendid Sunday at Horsin Around stables in Lyth

PICTURES: Wick care home residents enjoy a splendid Sunday at Horsin Around stables in Lyth

15 April 2025

Horsewoman extraordinaire, Natalie Oag, put on an Easter display of her Lusitano Legends for care home residents at her Lyth stables on Sunday.


New Lyth honey business starts up thanks to busy bee Bear Fableman

15 April 2025
New Lyth honey business starts up thanks to busy bee Bear Fableman

New Lyth honey business starts up thanks to busy bee Bear Fableman

15 April 2025

A branding designer and former DJ-turned-beekeeper is creating a buzz with the launch of a small-batch honey business in Caithness


International hit play about dementia comes to Lyth Arts Centre this May

14 April 2025
International hit play about dementia comes to Lyth Arts Centre this May

International hit play about dementia comes to Lyth Arts Centre this May

14 April 2025

Following award-winning, five-star performances around the world, In Other Words comes to Caithness as part of a tour of England and Scotland.


What Caithness shop owners need to know about the impending single-use vape ban

12 April 2025
What Caithness shop owners need to know about the impending single-use vape ban

What Caithness shop owners need to know about the impending single-use vape ban

12 April 2025

Caithness shop owners are reminded that from June 1, the sale and supply of single-use vapes will be banned across the UK.


PICTURES: Thurso wildfire reignites a day later

11 April 2025
PICTURES: Thurso wildfire reignites a day later

PICTURES: Thurso wildfire reignites a day later

11 April 2025

After firefighters successfully extinguished a moorland blaze at Thurso yesterday, another has erupted in the same area.


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