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‘Graffiti is spoiling our town,’ claims Mackay

29 March 2012
‘Graffiti is spoiling our town,’ claims Mackay

‘Graffiti is spoiling our town,’ claims Mackay

29 March 2012

A THURSO councillor has claimed graffiti is spoiling the look of the town. Donnie Mackay made the claim at Tuesday night’s meeting of the community council…


Hospice workers walk out over staff changes

28 March 2012
Hospice workers walk out over staff changes

Hospice workers walk out over staff changes

28 March 2012

TEN volunteers at the Highland Hospice shop in Thurso have walked out in protest over a restructuring plan which has resulted in the loss of the local…


Anger over ‘illogical’ pupil travel fees plan

28 March 2012
Anger over ‘illogical’ pupil travel fees plan

Anger over ‘illogical’ pupil travel fees plan

28 March 2012

Bower children have to pay to go to Thurso – but will go free to Wick...


Service integration should help young and old, says Coghill

24 March 2012
Service integration should help young and old, says Coghill

Service integration should help young and old, says Coghill

24 March 2012

SERVICES provided for young and elderly people in the North should improve next month following a ground-breaking agreement between the Highland Council…


Lybster hotelier blames rates bill for closure

23 March 2012
Lybster hotelier blames rates bill for closure

Lybster hotelier blames rates bill for closure

23 March 2012

A LOCAL hotelier has blamed the Highland Council for his decision to close the business at the end of the month. Andy Green, who took over the Portland…


Budget: personal tax allowance to be increased

21 March 2012
Budget: personal tax allowance to be increased

Budget: personal tax allowance to be increased

21 March 2012

INCREASES in personal tax allowances and a reduction in corporation tax are among the measures announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne,…


Plea to shut down school turbines in Caithness rejected

21 March 2012
Plea to shut down school turbines in Caithness rejected

Plea to shut down school turbines in Caithness rejected

21 March 2012

A CALL for wind turbines at three Caithness primary schools to be switched off pending a full risk assessment has been turned down by the Highland Council.


Survey reveals cluster of ancient cairns

21 March 2012
Survey reveals cluster of ancient cairns

Survey reveals cluster of ancient cairns

21 March 2012

SEVEN massive Neolithic cairns and 300 new Bronze and Iron Age sites have been found in Caithness following the first large-scale survey of its kind to…


Groats named on Olympic torch trail

19 March 2012
Groats named on Olympic torch trail

Groats named on Olympic torch trail

19 March 2012

THE Olympic torch will be making a brief appearance at John O’Groats as it makes its way round the Highlands over three days in June. It will be at Groats…


Early diagnosis the key to better prostate cancer survival rates, says MSP Mary Scanlon

18 March 2012
Early diagnosis the key to better prostate cancer survival rates, says MSP Mary Scanlon

Early diagnosis the key to better prostate cancer survival rates, says MSP Mary Scanlon

18 March 2012

EARLY diagnosis and early treatment is the key to the much-improved survival rates for prostate cancer in Scotland, according to a North MSP. Mary Scanlon,…


Petition launched to keep Thurso square's trees

16 March 2012
Petition launched to keep Thurso square's trees

Petition launched to keep Thurso square's trees

16 March 2012

AROUND 200 people have signed a petition to oppose plans to remove trees at the gardens in Sir John’s Square in Thurso.


Footballers in relay tribute to teacher

14 March 2012
Footballers in relay tribute to teacher

Footballers in relay tribute to teacher

14 March 2012

A CAITHNESS couple are “overwhelmed” that a local football team is to stage a fundraising event next month in memory of their daughter.


College grants to help young jobless

14 March 2012
College grants to help young jobless

College grants to help young jobless

14 March 2012

GRANTS worth more than £1.5 million have been awarded to North Highland College UHI in a bid to help tackle youth unemployment.


Thurso eyesore building bid under the microscope

09 March 2012
Thurso eyesore building bid under the microscope

Thurso eyesore building bid under the microscope

09 March 2012

A PUBLIC inquiry is to be held in Thurso next week into controversial plans by the Highland Council to make a compulsory purchase of a 19th-century building…


Calls grow for Thurso bypass

07 March 2012
Calls grow for Thurso bypass

Calls grow for Thurso bypass

07 March 2012

A PLEA is to be made to transport minister Keith Brown for a road bypass scheme at Thurso. That was decided by members of the town’s community council…


Four jobs lost as Wick law firm is wound up

07 March 2012
Four jobs lost as Wick law firm is wound up

Four jobs lost as Wick law firm is wound up

07 March 2012

A WICK law firm, which was at the centre of a legal probe, is being wound up with the loss of four jobs. The move, which heralds the end of the Highland…


‘Positive approach’ urged in harbour death case

07 March 2012
‘Positive approach’ urged in harbour death case

‘Positive approach’ urged in harbour death case

07 March 2012

15 years on, frustrated family makes fresh appeal for information...


Hundreds of discarded cans and bottles collected in three weeks

29 February 2012
Hundreds of discarded cans and bottles collected in three weeks

Hundreds of discarded cans and bottles collected in three weeks

29 February 2012

THE amount of rubbish being discarded around Castletown is “horrendous”, according to a community councillor.


Wick airport Gaelic sign bid branded ‘unnecessary nonsense’

29 February 2012
Wick airport Gaelic sign bid branded ‘unnecessary nonsense’

Wick airport Gaelic sign bid branded ‘unnecessary nonsense’

29 February 2012

A BID to erect a sign in English and Gaelic at Wick Airport has been slammed as "unnecessary nonsense" by a Highland councillor.


Royal Hotel set to reopen

26 February 2012
Royal Hotel set to reopen

Royal Hotel set to reopen

26 February 2012

THE Royal Hotel in Thurso is to reopen in March after a four-month winter closure. The hotel in Traill Street is scheduled to start trading again on March…


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