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Caithness rugby player confirms retirement ending career of 17 years

29 August 2023
Caithness rugby player confirms retirement ending career of 17 years

Caithness rugby player confirms retirement ending career of 17 years

29 August 2023

Number eight has played his last game for club.


Caithness set for 'another season of consolidation' in Caley 1

23 August 2023
Caithness set for 'another season of consolidation' in Caley 1

Caithness set for 'another season of consolidation' in Caley 1

23 August 2023

League rugby returns for the Greens this weekend when they hit the road to face a testing opener against Moray, last season's Caley 2 champions.


Caithness coach looking for tighter performance ahead of new season

16 August 2023
Caithness coach looking for tighter performance ahead of new season

Caithness coach looking for tighter performance ahead of new season

16 August 2023

The Greens head for Invergordon on Saturday to complete their preparations for the start of their Caledonian Regional Division 1 campaign.


Caithness brothers’ Edinburgh charity challenge to honour dad who died from Motor Neurone Disease

09 August 2023
Caithness brothers’ Edinburgh charity challenge to honour dad who died from Motor Neurone Disease

Caithness brothers’ Edinburgh charity challenge to honour dad who died from Motor Neurone Disease

09 August 2023

Two Thurso exiles are gearing up to carry out a gruelling charity fundraiser in memory of their father.


Dounreay inspectors raise further red flag about sodium storage

05 August 2023
Dounreay inspectors raise further red flag about sodium storage

Dounreay inspectors raise further red flag about sodium storage

05 August 2023

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued an enforcement letter to Magnox Ltd after recording a breach of its nuclear site licence.


Funding axe leaves question marks over future of sports councils

31 July 2023
Funding axe leaves question marks over future of sports councils

Funding axe leaves question marks over future of sports councils

31 July 2023

The future of the surviving sports councils in the Highlands is uncertain after the axing of their core funding stream.


Caithness livestock successes at Sutherland Show

26 July 2023
Caithness livestock successes at Sutherland Show

Caithness livestock successes at Sutherland Show

26 July 2023

Livestock exhibitors from the far north took home a handful of championships from the Sutherland Show on Saturday.


Plea for Vulcan workers in Caithness to play part in Australian nuclear submarine systems

24 July 2023
Plea for Vulcan workers in Caithness to play part in Australian nuclear submarine systems

Plea for Vulcan workers in Caithness to play part in Australian nuclear submarine systems

24 July 2023

Royal Navy chiefs are being urged to consider the far north in its plans to provide reactors for Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarines.


North Sutherland and Caithness at 'tipping point' with onshore wind turbines

20 July 2023
North Sutherland and Caithness at 'tipping point' with onshore wind turbines

North Sutherland and Caithness at 'tipping point' with onshore wind turbines

20 July 2023

A tipping point has been reached with new onshore wind farms in the far north of mainland Scotland, it is being claimed.


Caithness broch plans won't be stymied by hen harrier presence

17 July 2023
Caithness broch plans won't be stymied by hen harrier presence

Caithness broch plans won't be stymied by hen harrier presence

17 July 2023

Those behind plans to build the first full-sized broch in two millennia are confident their plans will not be stymied by the presence of raptors.


Leg injury on opening day ends Shona's hopes in Island Games

17 July 2023
Leg injury on opening day ends Shona's hopes in Island Games

Leg injury on opening day ends Shona's hopes in Island Games

17 July 2023

Shona Mackay's involvement in the NatWest International Island Games ended in heartbreak when she was sidelined by a leg injury on the opening day.


Young Farmers rally at Quoybrae to mark 100th anniversary of Caithness scene

26 June 2023
Young Farmers rally at Quoybrae to mark 100th anniversary of Caithness scene

Young Farmers rally at Quoybrae to mark 100th anniversary of Caithness scene

26 June 2023

An open rally at Quoybrae is the latest event to celebrate the Caithness roots of the young farmers' movement in Scotland.


Promise of 140 permanent jobs as Scrabster harbour gears up for offshore wind farm

23 June 2023
Promise of 140 permanent jobs as Scrabster harbour gears up for offshore wind farm

Promise of 140 permanent jobs as Scrabster harbour gears up for offshore wind farm

23 June 2023

A wind farm being planned off the north coast is expected to create 140 full-time, permanent jobs at Scrabster harbour later this decade.


Bid to extend lifespan of Watten wind farms is just the beginning, say campaigners

22 June 2023
Bid to extend lifespan of Watten wind farms is just the beginning, say campaigners

Bid to extend lifespan of Watten wind farms is just the beginning, say campaigners

22 June 2023

Operators of commercial wind farms are increasingly looking to extend the lifespans of their schemes.


Safety concerns over Dounreay electrical items and low-risk radioactive leak

14 June 2023
Safety concerns over Dounreay electrical items and low-risk radioactive leak

Safety concerns over Dounreay electrical items and low-risk radioactive leak

14 June 2023

Dounreay's regulators have flagged up safety concerns about some of the site's elderly electrical equipment.


Talks ongoing over plans for Vulcan base to move into hands of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

13 June 2023
Talks ongoing over plans for Vulcan base to move into hands of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Talks ongoing over plans for Vulcan base to move into hands of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

13 June 2023

Discussions are continuing with moves to put the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in charge of the clean-up of the Vulcan military base.


Yellows take silverware by a single point after high-scoring second leg

07 June 2023
Yellows take silverware by a single point after high-scoring second leg

Yellows take silverware by a single point after high-scoring second leg

07 June 2023

Caithness Seconds' thrilling three-point victory against their Orkney counterparts in Kirkwall was just enough to claim the Lyle Cup.


Don't let extra roads cash give unrealistic expectations, warns Caithness councillor

02 June 2023
Don't let extra roads cash give unrealistic expectations, warns Caithness councillor

Don't let extra roads cash give unrealistic expectations, warns Caithness councillor

02 June 2023

A Caithness Highland councillor has questioned how much impact recent announcements about extra resources to tackle potholes will have in Caithness.


Demand to re-instate respite care at Thor House in Thurso

01 June 2023
Demand to re-instate respite care at Thor House in Thurso

Demand to re-instate respite care at Thor House in Thurso

01 June 2023

Community representatives are continuing to press for the restoration of overnight respite care at Thurso's Thor House.


Evergreens head to Orkney for Come Ashore Cup fundraising match

31 May 2023
Evergreens head to Orkney for Come Ashore Cup fundraising match

Evergreens head to Orkney for Come Ashore Cup fundraising match

31 May 2023

Caithness Evergreens head north on Saturday for the second staging of a charity rugby match inaugurated to remember former player Alexander Mill.


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