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Less than 50 days to go until mass energy meter switch-off, Caithness residents warned

12 May 2025
Less than 50 days to go until mass energy meter switch-off, Caithness residents warned

Less than 50 days to go until mass energy meter switch-off, Caithness residents warned

12 May 2025

Caithness households with ageing energy meters are being urged to act now to avoid disruption to their heating or hot water systems.


Caithness residents issued with key advice as new heating systems roll out

11 May 2025
Caithness residents issued with key advice as new heating systems roll out

Caithness residents issued with key advice as new heating systems roll out

11 May 2025

Advice Direct Scotland urges consumers to familiarise themselves with heat networks, which deliver warmth from a central source to multiple homes.


Wick optician seeks budding football commentators

11 May 2025
Wick optician seeks budding football commentators

Wick optician seeks budding football commentators

11 May 2025

A Wick optician is calling on aspiring football commentators to help enhance the matchday experience of visually-impaired fans.


Wickers have their eyes on the skies as Highland Broadband highlights internet connectivity

10 May 2025
Wickers have their eyes on the skies as Highland Broadband highlights internet connectivity

Wickers have their eyes on the skies as Highland Broadband highlights internet connectivity

10 May 2025

Wickers had their eyes on the skies last week as a light aircraft flew over the rooftops displaying an advertising banner from Highland Broadband.


What was Nazi professor really doing at Weydale in 1938? Racially profiling Caithness travellers or spying for the Third Reich?

10 May 2025
What was Nazi professor really doing at Weydale in 1938? Racially profiling Caithness travellers or spying for the Third Reich?

What was Nazi professor really doing at Weydale in 1938? Racially profiling Caithness travellers or spying for the Third Reich?

10 May 2025

A Nazi professor was threatened by one Caithness man with a firearm but supported by local police as he attempted to racially profile travellers.


Fruit and veg shelves 90% empty in Caithness Coops after teen group’s cyber attack

09 May 2025
Fruit and veg shelves 90% empty in Caithness Coops after teen group’s cyber attack

Fruit and veg shelves 90% empty in Caithness Coops after teen group’s cyber attack

09 May 2025

Shoppers in Wick and Thurso have been shocked to find empty shelves at their Coop supermarkets after this week’s hacking issue.


Caithness landscape will be ‘ruined by renewables’ unless SNP changes stance on nuclear, says Thurso councillor

07 May 2025
Caithness landscape will be ‘ruined by renewables’ unless SNP changes stance on nuclear, says Thurso councillor

Caithness landscape will be ‘ruined by renewables’ unless SNP changes stance on nuclear, says Thurso councillor

07 May 2025

A Thurso councillor has challenged the SNP on its anti-nuclear stance after saying Caithness is becoming overrun with renewables.


Coop apologises to Caithness shoppers after hackers steal personal details

06 May 2025
Coop apologises to Caithness shoppers after hackers steal personal details

Coop apologises to Caithness shoppers after hackers steal personal details

06 May 2025

A Coop spokesperson said they apologised to Caithness shoppers for the lack of products in local stores after this week’s cyber attack.


Stone welcomes better Caithness connections for internet inclusion

06 May 2025
Stone welcomes better Caithness connections for internet inclusion

Stone welcomes better Caithness connections for internet inclusion

06 May 2025

After Halkirk lost its title of having the ‘worst internet connection in the UK’, Jamie Stone MP applauded work to improve Caithness connections.


Caithness army veteran on NC500 fundraising trip

05 May 2025
Caithness army veteran on NC500 fundraising trip

Caithness army veteran on NC500 fundraising trip

05 May 2025

An ex-military man from Castletown is trekking around the NC500 as part of a fundraising bid to help homeless veterans.


Two days of ‘fun and action-packed activities’ for Caithness-based canoe club members

04 May 2025
Two days of ‘fun and action-packed activities’ for Caithness-based canoe club members

Two days of ‘fun and action-packed activities’ for Caithness-based canoe club members

04 May 2025

Fourteen members from the Pentland Canoe Club recently attended an “inspiring” Paddle Scotland two-day annual Club Volunteer Conference.


Caithness residents – Do you fancy having Stacey Solomon ‘Sort Your Life Out’ for her hit BBC show?

03 May 2025
Caithness residents – Do you fancy having Stacey Solomon ‘Sort Your Life Out’ for her hit BBC show?

Caithness residents – Do you fancy having Stacey Solomon ‘Sort Your Life Out’ for her hit BBC show?

03 May 2025

Hit BBC One show Sort Your Life Out is back and looking for families or shared households in the Caithness area to take part in the next series.


Equine skills draw the crowds at Caithness Riding Club Spring Show

03 May 2025
Equine skills draw the crowds at Caithness Riding Club Spring Show

Equine skills draw the crowds at Caithness Riding Club Spring Show

03 May 2025

RESULTS IN: Horses and riders were of a good standard at the Caithness Riding Club Spring Show held over the weekend (April 26-7) at Halkirk.


Historic Wick High School buildings sell for £76K

02 May 2025
Historic Wick High School buildings sell for £76K

Historic Wick High School buildings sell for £76K

02 May 2025

Auction House Scotland confirmed that the historic Wick High School buildings sold for £76,000, at £21K over the guide price.


Wick weather watcher notes warm Wednesday despite breeze ‘pegging back temperatures’

02 May 2025
Wick weather watcher notes warm Wednesday despite breeze ‘pegging back temperatures’

Wick weather watcher notes warm Wednesday despite breeze ‘pegging back temperatures’

02 May 2025

A local weather pundit highlighted Wednesday (April 30) as having the highest temperature in Wick this year.


Sudden death of Wick man ‘unexplained’, say police

01 May 2025
Sudden death of Wick man ‘unexplained’, say police

Sudden death of Wick man ‘unexplained’, say police

01 May 2025

Police reported on the ‘unexplained’ sudden death of a 53-year-old man in Wick this morning (May 1).


PICTURES and VIDEO: Trainspotting delight as historic steam locomotive visits Wick railway station

01 May 2025
PICTURES and VIDEO: Trainspotting delight as historic steam locomotive visits Wick railway station

PICTURES and VIDEO: Trainspotting delight as historic steam locomotive visits Wick railway station

01 May 2025

Trainspotters travelled from far and wide to visit Wick railway station on Thursday (May 1) as a gleaming black steam locomotive shunted in.


Look out for the blue horsebox at Wick harbour selling seafood delights and more

30 April 2025
Look out for the blue horsebox at Wick harbour selling seafood delights and more

Look out for the blue horsebox at Wick harbour selling seafood delights and more

30 April 2025

The are no seahorses on the menu at Wick’s latest food outlet despite the business running from a converted horsebox and serving seafood.


Family history group plans trip to Caithness archives

30 April 2025
Family history group plans trip to Caithness archives

Family history group plans trip to Caithness archives

30 April 2025

A Caithness historical research group welcomes new members to join it for a visit to the Nucleus archive centre in Wick.


Get out and about in Caithness for Green Health Week

30 April 2025
Get out and about in Caithness for Green Health Week

Get out and about in Caithness for Green Health Week

30 April 2025

Caithness projects for Green Health Week (May 3-11) include events at Castletown, Dunnet Forest, Wick and Lybster.


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