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Maree Todd says it would be ‘unacceptable’ to return to ‘unsafe’ maternity model in Wick

22 August 2024
Maree Todd says it would be ‘unacceptable’ to return to ‘unsafe’ maternity model in Wick

Maree Todd says it would be ‘unacceptable’ to return to ‘unsafe’ maternity model in Wick

22 August 2024

Far north MSP Maree Todd has again defended the controversial decision to axe the consultant-led maternity service in Wick.


Bower bid to reinstate community council

22 August 2024
Bower bid to reinstate community council

Bower bid to reinstate community council

22 August 2024

A renewed push to resurrect Bower Community Council is being made at the village’s annual show on Saturday.


Orkney encounter is useful test ahead of Greens’ league opener

21 August 2024
Orkney encounter is useful test ahead of Greens’ league opener

Orkney encounter is useful test ahead of Greens’ league opener

21 August 2024

Caithness men continued their preparations for the new rugby season with a home friendly run-out against neighbours Orkney in Thurso at the weekend.


‘A step too far’ as Greens suffer heavy loss to Highland Seconds

14 August 2024
‘A step too far’ as Greens suffer heavy loss to Highland Seconds

‘A step too far’ as Greens suffer heavy loss to Highland Seconds

14 August 2024

The Greens shipped a heavy loss in their first pre-season outing when they succumbed 96-28 away to a strong Highland Seconds in Inverness.


Wick’s 1964 gala queen meets this year’s ‘royalty’ - and reveals bonfire tradition she started

02 August 2024
Wick’s 1964 gala queen meets this year’s ‘royalty’ - and reveals bonfire tradition she started

Wick’s 1964 gala queen meets this year’s ‘royalty’ - and reveals bonfire tradition she started

02 August 2024

A 60-year Wick Gala link was bridged earlier this week when the present queen rubbed shoulders with the star of the 1964 pageant.


PICTURES: Nearly 3000 at Halkirk Highland Games as grass cyclist makes it a clean sweep

29 July 2024
PICTURES: Nearly 3000 at Halkirk Highland Games as grass cyclist makes it a clean sweep

PICTURES: Nearly 3000 at Halkirk Highland Games as grass cyclist makes it a clean sweep

29 July 2024

Cyclist Charles Fletcher blazed his way to his third track title at Saturday's Halkirk Highland Games. See all the news and results here


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.


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