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Highland Council urged to ‘come clean’ over Avonlea closure

26 July 2024
Highland Council urged to ‘come clean’ over Avonlea closure

Highland Council urged to ‘come clean’ over Avonlea closure

26 July 2024

Highland Council is being challenged to “come clean” on the process that has led to the closure of the Avonlea children’s centre in Wick.


Relief that Thurso primaries are including in £100m masterplan

30 June 2024
Relief that Thurso primaries are including in £100m masterplan

Relief that Thurso primaries are including in £100m masterplan

30 June 2024

Thurso provost Struan Mackie is relieved that Thurso’s three primary schools are all part of Highland Council’s £100 million masterplan for the town.


Thurso pupils’ school trip hit by rail cancellation

29 June 2024
Thurso pupils’ school trip hit by rail cancellation

Thurso pupils’ school trip hit by rail cancellation

29 June 2024

A Thurso primary’s end-of-term trip to a nature reserve was almost scuppered after the train they planned to take failed to run.


Caithness respite care: Demand for answers over Thor House and Avonlea

28 June 2024
Caithness respite care: Demand for answers over Thor House and Avonlea

Caithness respite care: Demand for answers over Thor House and Avonlea

28 June 2024

Community representatives are continuing to press for overnight respite care to be restored at Thor House in Thurso.


Could Thurso be in line for the far north’s first solar farm?

28 June 2024
Could Thurso be in line for the far north’s first solar farm?

Could Thurso be in line for the far north’s first solar farm?

28 June 2024

A multinational’s bid to develop the far north’s first commercial solar farm has elicited a mixed response from Thurso Community Council.


Short-changing of county ‘has to stop’

16 June 2024
Short-changing of county ‘has to stop’

Short-changing of county ‘has to stop’

16 June 2024

A Thurso community councillor claims her area is being given short shrift by the clutch of ongoing and planned wind farm and power line upgrades.


U-turn over Pennyland wind turbine laydown area is ‘common sense’, say campaigners

14 June 2024
U-turn over Pennyland wind turbine laydown area is ‘common sense’, say campaigners

U-turn over Pennyland wind turbine laydown area is ‘common sense’, say campaigners

14 June 2024

A U-TURN over controversial plans to create a laydown area for wind farm parts in a field on the edge of Thurso has been hailed as “common sense”..


Wind farm ‘laydown area’ plan sparks rising opposition

13 June 2024
Wind farm ‘laydown area’ plan sparks rising opposition

Wind farm ‘laydown area’ plan sparks rising opposition

13 June 2024

Opposition is mounting to a proposal to create a laydown area for wind farm components in a field on the north-west fringe of Thurso.


Thurso Co-op car park to be fixed by Highland Council

10 June 2024
Thurso Co-op car park to be fixed by Highland Council

Thurso Co-op car park to be fixed by Highland Council

10 June 2024

Repairs to the pot-holed surface of Thurso's Co-op car park, recently compared to an open-cast mine, could be in the offing.


‘Far from ideal’: Anger at ‘disgraceful’ state of grass in Thurso

09 June 2024
‘Far from ideal’: Anger at ‘disgraceful’ state of grass in Thurso

‘Far from ideal’: Anger at ‘disgraceful’ state of grass in Thurso

09 June 2024

Community representatives in Thurso are on the warpath over the unkempt state of public green areas in the town.


Relief as Thurso public toilets reopened

09 June 2024
Relief as Thurso public toilets reopened

Relief as Thurso public toilets reopened

09 June 2024

Thurso's Tanyard public toilets have fully reopened again after the installation of a self-locking system.


Average speed cameras will be a first for Caithness

08 June 2024
Average speed cameras will be a first for Caithness

Average speed cameras will be a first for Caithness

08 June 2024

Mobile average speed cameras are to be deployed for the first time in Caithness, on part of the A836, west of Thurso.


Thurso group to meet over Pennyland turbine storage plans

07 June 2024
Thurso group to meet over Pennyland turbine storage plans

Thurso group to meet over Pennyland turbine storage plans

07 June 2024

Opponents are ramping up their campaign to stymie SSE’s plans to create a turbine storage area on the north western outskirts of Thurso.


Come Ashore Cup memorial event set to raise over £14,000

06 June 2024
Come Ashore Cup memorial event set to raise over £14,000

Come Ashore Cup memorial event set to raise over £14,000

06 June 2024

Last weekend’s Come Ashore Cup, run by Caithness Rugby Club, is set to net more than £14,000 for two mental health and wellbeing charities.


Demand for respite care ‘doubled’ as Thurso service suspended, figures show

06 June 2024
Demand for respite care ‘doubled’ as Thurso service suspended, figures show

Demand for respite care ‘doubled’ as Thurso service suspended, figures show

06 June 2024

The figure has been unearthed by a new group which is campaigning to reinstate the role previously performed by Thor House in Thurso.


Bumper crowd for Come Ashore Cup memorial rugby match in Thurso

04 June 2024
Bumper crowd for Come Ashore Cup memorial rugby match in Thurso

Bumper crowd for Come Ashore Cup memorial rugby match in Thurso

04 June 2024

An old boys’ rugby match in Thurso was the centrepiece of a weekend series of events staged to benefit two mental health and wellbeing charities.


Thurso boy who was told he would not walk unaided wins sports award

03 June 2024
Thurso boy who was told he would not walk unaided wins sports award

Thurso boy who was told he would not walk unaided wins sports award

03 June 2024

The remarkable strides made by a 12-year-old from Thurso born with a debilitating muscle condition have been marked with a sports award.


Caithness rugby memorial event will feature two days of activities

29 May 2024
Caithness rugby memorial event will feature two days of activities

Caithness rugby memorial event will feature two days of activities

29 May 2024

Rugby and farming representatives in the far north are coming together to stage the third instalment of the Come Ashore Cup.


Company taking stock over future of Armadale wind farm plan

18 May 2024
Company taking stock over future of Armadale wind farm plan

Company taking stock over future of Armadale wind farm plan

18 May 2024

Brookfield Renewable have not lost interest in going ahead with a wind farm in the north Sutherland village of Armadale.


Armadale residents celebrate as wind farm bid is withdrawn

11 May 2024
Armadale residents celebrate as wind farm bid is withdrawn

Armadale residents celebrate as wind farm bid is withdrawn

11 May 2024

Anti-wind farm campaigners are celebrating after the scrapping of plans to develop a nine-turbine scheme on the north Sutherland coast.


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