THE greatest show on earth kicked off in São Paulo last night as Brazil and Croatia played the first game of the 2014 World Cup.
ONCE known as one of the dingiest places in the country, John O’Groats was yesterday the focus of a top architectural award.
Special events are being held in Thurso, Wick and John O’Groats, while a team of runners carry the baton on the most northerly mainland leg of its…
THE long-running wrangle over Tesco’s abortive plans for a new superstore in Thurso has taken a fresh twist.
LAWYER Willie McRae was working on a case involving alleged dumping of nuclear waste into the sea at Dounreay when he was found seriously injured in Wester…
LIGHTS, camera, action! Film crews travelled the length and breadth of Caithness as six short movies written by local writers were filmed over the weekend.
THE county’s only five star hotel which was destroyed by a fire at new year is set to reopen to the public following a £1 million refurbishment.
WHEN Andrew Morris first joined Caithness RFC as a back row in 1996, he never thought he’d see the day when he would be playing in a national final.
‘THEY’LL be ready for us, but we’ll be ready for them."
THE owner of a general store in Halkirk destroyed by fire fears it could be months before he is able to reopen.
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…
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 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…
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…
AN English company has just started work at Dounreay on what has been dubbed the world’s deepest nuclear clean-up job.
A PUBLIC vote would have to be held for any decision on whether or not Caithness would receive its own postcode.
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…
A BED and breakfast owner has called for a better public warning system after a tidal surge battered the east Caithness coast.
THE family of a young man found dead in mysterious circumstances have appealed for anyone with information to come forward and tell police.
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…