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Local company hits the mark with new flag-lifting device

23 May 2020
Local company hits the mark with new flag-lifting device

Local company hits the mark with new flag-lifting device

23 May 2020

A Wick business has helped local golf clubs prepare to reopen by gifting new "no touch" flag-lifting devices.


Hair-raising vote will raise funds for community café

22 May 2020
Hair-raising vote will raise funds for community café

Hair-raising vote will raise funds for community café

22 May 2020

A local man has come up with a novel idea to raise funds for Thurso Community Café – by putting his next hairstyle to the vote.


Caithness distillery sanitiser handed over to the public

21 May 2020
Caithness distillery sanitiser handed over to the public

Caithness distillery sanitiser handed over to the public

21 May 2020

A distillery business has been kept busy supplying hand sanitiser for free distribution to the public in Caithness and north Sutherland.


Ross hits out at 'betrayal' over food imports

19 May 2020
Ross hits out at 'betrayal' over food imports

Ross hits out at 'betrayal' over food imports

19 May 2020

Gail Ross has lambasted Conservative MPs who voted against an amendment that would have guaranteed high standards for food and drink imports.


Caithness hotel boss warns of impact from loss of tourist income

18 May 2020
Caithness hotel boss warns of impact from loss of tourist income

Caithness hotel boss warns of impact from loss of tourist income

18 May 2020

A Caithness hotel boss has warned that the loss of income from tourism will have an impact on the whole supply chain and the wider local economy.


Generous donation to the community from the Thurso RNLI crew

16 May 2020
Generous donation to the community from the Thurso RNLI crew

Generous donation to the community from the Thurso RNLI crew

16 May 2020

A total of £1500 is to go to help local people experiencing mental problems thanks to a donation from Thurso RNLI crew members' own fund.


Caithness 3D printing team takes new order for 1000 visors

12 May 2020
Caithness 3D printing team takes new order for 1000 visors

Caithness 3D printing team takes new order for 1000 visors

12 May 2020

A new order for 1000 visors has been placed with a local team of volunteers making PPE to guard frontline health workers against coronavirus.


Good causes get a kick out of Davie's football artwork

12 May 2020
Good causes get a kick out of Davie's football artwork

Good causes get a kick out of Davie's football artwork

12 May 2020

A Thurso oil worker's paintings of two Old Firm football legends – Henrik Larsson and Paul Gascoigne – have helped raise money for local charities.


Top Joes Tartan Army show their support for local charities

12 May 2020
Top Joes Tartan Army show their support for local charities

Top Joes Tartan Army show their support for local charities

12 May 2020

A group of Scotland football fans from the Thurso area have donated a total of £1100 to local charities.


First virtual Caithness market creates community spirit

12 May 2020
First virtual Caithness market creates community spirit

First virtual Caithness market creates community spirit

12 May 2020

Sales were boosted for a number of local crafters and businesses who took part in the first virtual Caithness market held on Saturday.


Caithness cattle enjoying being outside for the summer

12 May 2020
Caithness cattle enjoying being outside for the summer

Caithness cattle enjoying being outside for the summer

12 May 2020

Around the county cattle are enjoying pastures new as they leave their winter housing to graze the fresh flush of grass.


Foal is special VE Day arrival

08 May 2020
Foal is special VE Day arrival

Foal is special VE Day arrival

08 May 2020

Local Clydesdale breeder's enjoyed a extra special VE Day celebration with the early morning arrival of a colt foal – Gersa Sir Murray.


VE Day 75th anniversary: Kathlyn recalls being driven through Wick in Cuba's Cadillac

08 May 2020
VE Day 75th anniversary: Kathlyn recalls being driven through Wick in Cuba's Cadillac

VE Day 75th anniversary: Kathlyn recalls being driven through Wick in Cuba's Cadillac

08 May 2020

Wick woman Kathlyn Harper has been recalling how she was driven through the streets of the town in a Cadillac as part of a VE Day procession in 1945.


Caithness leads the way with potentially lifesaving device

07 May 2020
Caithness leads the way with potentially lifesaving device

Caithness leads the way with potentially lifesaving device

07 May 2020

Caithness has become a trailblazer in the Highlands in providing a potentially lifesaving medical device for patients with coronavirus symptoms.


Not quite gone to seed...

05 May 2020
Not quite gone to seed...

Not quite gone to seed...

05 May 2020

Fifty-two-year-old seeder still in action on a Caithness croft.


Caithness young carers get support during lockdown

05 May 2020
Caithness young carers get support during lockdown

Caithness young carers get support during lockdown

05 May 2020

Staff at Caithness Klics have been going "above and beyond" to make sure local young carers are getting the support they need.


VE Day 75th anniversary to be marked by virtual commemorations

05 May 2020
VE Day 75th anniversary to be marked by virtual commemorations

VE Day 75th anniversary to be marked by virtual commemorations

05 May 2020

Caithness people are among those invited to take part in virtual commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.


Labour's Rhoda Grant seeking to safeguard oil jobs amid downturn

04 May 2020
Labour's Rhoda Grant seeking to safeguard oil jobs amid downturn

Labour's Rhoda Grant seeking to safeguard oil jobs amid downturn

04 May 2020

Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant is striving to safeguard oil jobs amid a massive downturn in the sector.


Balmore animal centre continues to need support during lockdown

28 April 2020
Balmore animal centre continues to need support during lockdown

Balmore animal centre continues to need support during lockdown

28 April 2020

Local people are being urged not to forget about animals and help the Scottish SPCA centre in Caithness.


Farm wall continually having to be rebuilt due to crashes at A9 junction

28 April 2020
Farm wall continually having to be rebuilt due to crashes at A9 junction

Farm wall continually having to be rebuilt due to crashes at A9 junction

28 April 2020

Drivers failing to observe "give way" signs are causing a problem for a farmer who has had to keep rebuilding a wall at a controversial A9 junction.


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