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Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

16 July 2019
Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

Caithness and North Sutherland Fund backs new Dunnet music festival

16 July 2019

A music festival at Dunnet is one of six community projects being supported in the latest round of Caithness and North Sutherland Fund grants.


Tennis for Kids sessions set to resume in Thurso

16 July 2019
Tennis for Kids sessions set to resume in Thurso

Tennis for Kids sessions set to resume in Thurso

16 July 2019

A new series of LTA Tennis for Kids sessions will get under way next week at Thurso Squash, Tennis and Racketball Club in the town’s Millbank Road.


Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

16 July 2019
Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

Ukrainian music duo on fundraising tour for children of Chernobyl

16 July 2019

Two Ukranian musicians will be performing in Thurso this weekend in aid of children and young adults affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.


Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

12 July 2019
Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

Highland Tories welcome far north sleeper progress

12 July 2019

Conservative have welcomed news that plans to introduce a sleeper service between Caithness and the central belt are gathering momentum.


Cummings Cup showdown was well worth the wait

12 July 2019
Cummings Cup showdown was well worth the wait

Cummings Cup showdown was well worth the wait

12 July 2019

Thurso Bowling Club had a busy weekend which saw the open mixed pairs and both gents' and ladies' Top Ten being contested.


Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

12 July 2019
Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

Consultation event in Wick over Shetland transmission link

12 July 2019

SSEN Transmission is hosting a consultation event in Wick to outline its proposals for a Shetland high voltage direct current link.


Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

12 July 2019
Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

Farr final assembly is an uplifting occasion

12 July 2019

Farr High School’s final assembly of the 2018/19 year was an entertaining, uplifting and lively affair for the pupils and staff.


Wick Wheelers are points winners in interclub challenge

12 July 2019
Wick Wheelers are points winners in interclub challenge

Wick Wheelers are points winners in interclub challenge

12 July 2019

The annual interclub event between the county’s two cycling clubs, Wick Wheelers and Caithness Cycling Club, was this year from Thurso to Wick.


Royal Dornoch golfers help protect Scottish wildcat

12 July 2019
Royal Dornoch golfers help protect Scottish wildcat

Royal Dornoch golfers help protect Scottish wildcat

12 July 2019

Golfers at an internationally renowned club in the north are pitching in to help one of Scotland’s most endangered species.


Thurso golf trio in McDonald Bowl triumph at Brora

11 July 2019
Thurso golf trio in McDonald Bowl triumph at Brora

Thurso golf trio in McDonald Bowl triumph at Brora

11 July 2019

Topping the table in Brora Golf Club's Three-Lady Team competition were the Thurso trio of Laura Durrand, Emma Durrand and Jean Sutherland.


Douglas’s final bowl secures over-50s’ triples victory

11 July 2019
Douglas’s final bowl secures over-50s’ triples victory

Douglas’s final bowl secures over-50s’ triples victory

11 July 2019

Thurso Bowling Club held the ninth annual competition for the Willie and Nettie MacDonald Open Over-50s’ Triples.


Stone calls for Highlands and Islands to have government minister

11 July 2019
Stone calls for Highlands and Islands to have government minister

Stone calls for Highlands and Islands to have government minister

11 July 2019

North MP Jamie Stone has claimed that the Highlands and Islands needs to have its own government minister to ensure the region’s voice is heard.


Prize-winners at Mount Pleasant

10 July 2019
Prize-winners at Mount Pleasant

Prize-winners at Mount Pleasant

10 July 2019

The house team Harald were overall winners in Mount Pleasant Primary School's annual sports as well as overall house point winners this year.


Bracey has winning basket at dreich Loch Calder

10 July 2019
Bracey has winning basket at dreich Loch Calder

Bracey has winning basket at dreich Loch Calder

10 July 2019

Dounreay Fly Fishing Association held a new event when all the competitors fished from boats on Loch Calder last Saturday.


Gordon's heifer makes it a double at Canisbay Show

10 July 2019
Gordon's heifer makes it a double at Canisbay Show

Gordon's heifer makes it a double at Canisbay Show

10 July 2019

Gordon Begg completed a notable double as he took the supreme award at the Canisbay Show with his British Blue X home-bred heifer Double or Quits.


Artist Shelagh turns Oor Wullie into a country boy

09 July 2019
Artist Shelagh turns Oor Wullie into a country boy

Artist Shelagh turns Oor Wullie into a country boy

09 July 2019

Caithness artist Shelagh Swanson has played her part in a charity auction initiative which celebrates Oor Wullie in a series of colourful sculptures.


Local residents wanted to help manage Stroupster community fund

09 July 2019
Local residents wanted to help manage Stroupster community fund

Local residents wanted to help manage Stroupster community fund

09 July 2019

Nominations are invited from residents of the Dunnet and Canisbay Community Council area to join the Stroupster Community Fund panel.


Puffins have their feathers ruffled at breezy Dunnet

08 July 2019
Puffins have their feathers ruffled at breezy Dunnet

Puffins have their feathers ruffled at breezy Dunnet

08 July 2019

The puffins who make their home at Dunnet Head during the summer made light of the very windy conditions at the weekend.


Equiniti Group is latest company to move in to Thurso Business Park

08 July 2019
Equiniti Group is latest company to move in to Thurso Business Park

Equiniti Group is latest company to move in to Thurso Business Park

08 July 2019

A technology-led services and payments specialist as the newest tenant to Thurso Business Park, bringing 32 employees to William Smith House.


Hotshot Caitlin retains Daisy 2000 outdoor trophy

05 July 2019
Hotshot Caitlin retains Daisy 2000 outdoor trophy

Hotshot Caitlin retains Daisy 2000 outdoor trophy

05 July 2019

Caitlin Green, of Westfield, has retained the Daisy 2000 outdoor shooting trophy which she first won last year.


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