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Halkirk fire hit store owner hopes to open in temporary premises

09 April 2014
Halkirk fire hit store owner hopes to open in temporary premises

Halkirk fire hit store owner hopes to open in temporary premises

09 April 2014

THE owner of a general store in Halkirk destroyed by fire fears it could be months before he is able to reopen.


Hopes running high for training track success

09 April 2014
Hopes running high for training track success

Hopes running high for training track success

09 April 2014

PLANS to build a 400-metre running track in Thurso may soon be under starter’s orders after council representatives and project supporters met to…


Wrangle over £100k Academy cash fund

02 April 2014
Wrangle over £100k Academy cash fund

Wrangle over £100k Academy cash fund

02 April 2014

A RENEWED bid is being made to enable Wick Academy to benefit from a six-figure sum raised in its name, which has been languishing in a bank account for…


Network Rail’s apology slammed

12 March 2014
Network Rail’s apology slammed

Network Rail’s apology slammed

12 March 2014

NETWORK Rail has neglected level crossing safety since it took over the structure 12 years ago, according to a man whose parents were killed in a rail…


Fast reactor control panel set to go down in history

14 February 2014
Fast reactor control panel set to go down in history

Fast reactor control panel set to go down in history

14 February 2014

IT WAS the first fast reactor in the world to provide electricity to a national grid when all eyes were upon it amid claims that the technology would…


£4.3m clean-up contract awarded

07 February 2014
£4.3m clean-up contract awarded

£4.3m clean-up contract awarded

07 February 2014

AN English company has just started work at Dounreay on what has been dubbed the world’s deepest nuclear clean-up job.


Public would have to be balloted about postcode

07 February 2014
Public would have to be balloted about postcode

Public would have to be balloted about postcode

07 February 2014

A PUBLIC vote would have to be held for any decision on whether or not Caithness would receive its own postcode.


Change of postcode to be addressed at meeting

05 February 2014
Change of postcode to be addressed at meeting

Change of postcode to be addressed at meeting

05 February 2014

ROYAL Mail is to hold discussions this week to look at proposals to end the use of the KW postcode in Caithness and north Sutherland with Highland…


Give us better storm warnings, say residents

05 February 2014
Give us better storm warnings, say residents

Give us better storm warnings, say residents

05 February 2014

A BED and breakfast owner has called for a better public warning system after a tidal surge battered the east Caithness coast.


Public urged to help solve death riddle

05 February 2014
Public urged to help solve death riddle

Public urged to help solve death riddle

05 February 2014

THE family of a young man found dead in mysterious circumstances have appealed for anyone with information to come forward and tell police.


Wick battered by tidal surge

05 February 2014
Wick battered by tidal surge

Wick battered by tidal surge

05 February 2014

TIDAL storms that hit the east Caithness coast at the weekend have been described as among the worst recorded as clean-up operations got under way on…


Caitness demands its own postcode

31 January 2014
Caitness demands its own postcode

Caitness demands its own postcode

31 January 2014

FED-up residents who blame the Kirkwall postcode for extra charges on deliveries are campaigning for Caithness and north Sutherland to get its own postcode.


Discount scheme stalls as Halkirk fuel outlet closes

29 January 2014
Discount scheme stalls as Halkirk fuel outlet closes

Discount scheme stalls as Halkirk fuel outlet closes

29 January 2014

A BID to make part of Caithness eligible for government-backed road fuel discounts has spluttered to a halt.


Jim makes landmark cycle ride to work

24 January 2014
Jim makes landmark cycle ride to work

Jim makes landmark cycle ride to work

24 January 2014

But Jim Coll routinely pedals a 38-mile round trip to get from his home at Dunnet to his desk at the Highland Council offices in Wick.


Caithness couple in with a shot at Commonwealth Games

17 January 2014
Caithness couple in with a shot at Commonwealth Games

Caithness couple in with a shot at Commonwealth Games

17 January 2014

MARRIED after meeting through the love of their sport, a husband and wife have a real shot at representing their country in the Commonwealth Games.


Third of mums-to-be travelling 100 miles to give birth

15 January 2014
Third of mums-to-be travelling 100 miles to give birth

Third of mums-to-be travelling 100 miles to give birth

15 January 2014

ALMOST a third of pregnant local women had to travel more than 100 miles to give birth due to a lack of specialist facilities at Caithness General Hospital…


Thurso cinema is becoming a blockbusting Caithness business

15 January 2014
Thurso cinema is becoming a blockbusting Caithness business

Thurso cinema is becoming a blockbusting Caithness business

15 January 2014

ALMOST 100,000 tickets have been sold since Thurso Cinema first raised the curtains on its silver screens in July 2012.


Beatrice developer ‘considering’ future

27 December 2013
Beatrice developer ‘considering’ future

Beatrice developer ‘considering’ future

27 December 2013

FEARS that a planned 277-turbine offshore wind farm, potentially worth millions to the Caithness economy, may be in danger of being scrapped have been…


Concerns over storm damage to seafront wall

10 December 2013
Concerns over storm damage to seafront wall

Concerns over storm damage to seafront wall

10 December 2013

CONCERNS have been raised that a defence wall at Thurso seafront may be breached if hit by another big storm.


John Thurso MP backs Prostate Cancer UK campaign

01 December 2013
John Thurso MP backs Prostate Cancer UK campaign

John Thurso MP backs Prostate Cancer UK campaign

01 December 2013

LOCAL MP John Thurso has backed Prostate Cancer UK’s quality checklist as a first step towards delivering the best care and support for men with…


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