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Nicola Sturgeon to outline Scotland's way out of Covid lockdown

23 February 2021
Nicola Sturgeon to outline Scotland's way out of Covid lockdown

Nicola Sturgeon to outline Scotland's way out of Covid lockdown

23 February 2021

The first minister will today reveal how Scotland plans to gradually emerge from the national lockdown.


Your Caithness

20 February 2021
Your Caithness

Your Caithness

20 February 2021

Hayley Grant sent us this photo of a robin eating out of her hand in her back garden in Hill Avenue, Wick.


New event planned after Scottish Crofting Federation gathering on access to crofts is inundated

18 February 2021
New event planned after Scottish Crofting Federation gathering on access to crofts is inundated

New event planned after Scottish Crofting Federation gathering on access to crofts is inundated

18 February 2021

A session aimed at finding solutions to the difficulties in getting access to crofts was so busy that organisers are planning a second event.


Appeal after car damaged in Wick street

17 February 2021
Appeal after car damaged in Wick street

Appeal after car damaged in Wick street

17 February 2021

Police are appealing for information after a black Volvo parked in Wick was damaged.


Plea for witnesses as driver fails to stop after collision

17 February 2021
Plea for witnesses as driver fails to stop after collision

Plea for witnesses as driver fails to stop after collision

17 February 2021

Police in Wick are appealing for information after a driver failed to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision.


Highland Council to outline Covid testing and other details of phased return to schools in letter

17 February 2021
Highland Council to outline Covid testing and other details of phased return to schools in letter

Highland Council to outline Covid testing and other details of phased return to schools in letter

17 February 2021

Parents and senior phase pupils will receive letters this week giving more information about the return of some pupils to Highland schools next week.


Sturgeon confirms some pupils will return to school next week

16 February 2021
Sturgeon confirms some pupils will return to school next week

Sturgeon confirms some pupils will return to school next week

16 February 2021

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that some pupils will return to schools from Monday as cases of coronavirus continued to fall.


More dramatic photos of Wick harbour during windy weekend

16 February 2021
More dramatic photos of Wick harbour during windy weekend

More dramatic photos of Wick harbour during windy weekend

16 February 2021

Dramatic scenes of waves crashing over Wick harbour were seen at the weekend as stormy conditions hit the county.


NHS Highland registers 28 new Covid cases

13 February 2021
NHS Highland registers 28 new Covid cases

NHS Highland registers 28 new Covid cases

13 February 2021

TWENTY-eight positive tests for Covid-19 were recorded across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.


Your Caithness – Stack o' Brough

13 February 2021
Your Caithness – Stack o' Brough

Your Caithness – Stack o' Brough

13 February 2021

This week's picture is the Stack o' Brough, known locally as Scorries' Island, just south of Wick, taken by Derek Bremner.


Road closure warning in Halkirk

09 February 2021
Road closure warning in Halkirk

Road closure warning in Halkirk

09 February 2021

Motorists are being advised that there will be a temporary road closure on the B874 Bridge Street in Halkirk on Wednesday.


Appeal after vandalism to car in Wick

08 February 2021
Appeal after vandalism to car in Wick

Appeal after vandalism to car in Wick

08 February 2021

Police in Wick are appealing for information after a car was damaged in a suspected vandalism attack in the town.


Your Caithness – Loch More

06 February 2021
Your Caithness – Loch More

Your Caithness – Loch More

06 February 2021

Each week we feature a reader's photograph in our Your Caithness section of the John O'Groat Journal.


Your Caithness – turbine in the snow near Scrabster

31 January 2021
Your Caithness – turbine in the snow near Scrabster

Your Caithness – turbine in the snow near Scrabster

31 January 2021

Elaine Cormack, of West Gills, Thurso, sent this photo taken near Scrabster during the recent snowy spell.


Get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch

29 January 2021
Get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch

Get involved in Big Garden Birdwatch

29 January 2021

People in Caithness are being urged to help in the UK's biggest citizen science project.


BBC in hunt for farmers for new TV series

27 January 2021
BBC in hunt for farmers for new TV series

BBC in hunt for farmers for new TV series

27 January 2021

The BBC is on the looking for another farming family from the far north after the success of a Sutherland family on one of its popular TV shows.


Your Caithness – Coghill Bridge, Wick

23 January 2021
Your Caithness – Coghill Bridge, Wick

Your Caithness – Coghill Bridge, Wick

23 January 2021

This week's photograph is of Coghill Bridge from the riverside walk at Wick, taken by Derek Bremner.


Caithness Horizons on track to reopen 'after lockdown'

21 January 2021
Caithness Horizons on track to reopen 'after lockdown'

Caithness Horizons on track to reopen 'after lockdown'

21 January 2021

Caithness Horizons will reopen under a new name once coronavirus restrictions allow, Highland Council's Caithness committee heard on Thursday.


Scottish Land and Estates welcomes debate over livestock worrying bill

20 January 2021
Scottish Land and Estates welcomes debate over livestock worrying bill

Scottish Land and Estates welcomes debate over livestock worrying bill

20 January 2021

A rural business organisation has welcomed the introduction of a bill which would deal with dog attacks on livestock.


New crofting representative sets out priorities for year ahead

20 January 2021
New crofting representative sets out priorities for year ahead

New crofting representative sets out priorities for year ahead

20 January 2021

The new chairman of the Scottish Crofting Federation says there is much to do to fight for the future of crofting.


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