FOURTEEN cases of a superbug were diagnosed in the Far North in the past year, an increase of five on 2010/11. The figures – outlined at a meeting…
THREE former business premises in Wick are about to take on a new lease of life and give a boost to local retail trade in the town centre...
POWER from the Pentland Firth could be used for a research and development project to look at ways of using algae to produce biodiesel. That was said…
THE 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic will have particular significance for Wick man John Henderson. He grew up listening to tales about…
THE changes taking place at Dounreay were described as "the end of a chapter and not the end of an era," by Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore.…
TESCO should make "a definitive statement" over its plans for its proposed supermarket in Thurso. That was said by prospective Labour candidate in…
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…
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…
Bower children have to pay to go to Thurso – but will go free to Wick...
SERVICES provided for young and elderly people in the North should improve next month following a ground-breaking agreement between the Highland Council…
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…
INCREASES in personal tax allowances and a reduction in corporation tax are among the measures announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne,…
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.
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…
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 and early treatment is the key to the much-improved survival rates for prostate cancer in Scotland, according to a North MSP. Mary Scanlon,…
AROUND 200 people have signed a petition to oppose plans to remove trees at the gardens in Sir John’s Square in Thurso.
A CAITHNESS couple are “overwhelmed” that a local football team is to stage a fundraising event next month in memory of their daughter.
GRANTS worth more than £1.5 million have been awarded to North Highland College UHI in a bid to help tackle youth unemployment.
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…
