Coronavirus - Local News

Airports run by HIAL are to be closed to scheduled flights – but plans are being drawn up to allow 'lifeline and essential services' to continue.

Highland Council has announced the temporary closure of all its recycling centres during the coronavirus crisis.

Local shops and businesses selling takeaway food have risen to the challenge of the lockdown restrictions put in place across the country this week.

Highland Council has launched a free helpline to assist with volunteering support during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Noss Primary School in Wick and Miller Academy in Thurso are among a number of centres set up for the children of key workers in the Highlands.

Funding has become available for community organisations that are setting up support for vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Pulteneytown and Thrumster Church is providing updates and services through a new YouTube channel and a telephone line.

Jamie Stone has secured cross-party support for his letter to the Chancellor calling for a moratorium on VAT on energy bills.

A Caithness-wide initiative is being organised to support people who could become isolated or vulnerable due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Special latex gloves to help stop the spread of Covid-19 were cleared out overnight from a Wick garage.

Shops and bar facilities on services run by NorthLink Ferries have been shut down due to the coronavirus crisis.

Lidl has announced it is installing checkout protection screens across all its stores in Britain.

Gail Ross and Jamie Stone have joined forces to urge all caravan and campervan owners planning to visit the Highlands to stay at home.

A Wick councillor issued an open letter saying that Caithness was not a "safe haven" for those trying to flee coronavirus.

With schools across the county closing their doors last week a home learning initiative has been rolled out to pupils.

Highland Council has suspended the booking of new bulky uplift collections to allow staff to concentrate on providing regular waste collections.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has threatened non-essential businesses with the use of emergency powers if they do not close voluntarily

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Highlands has risen to 12 in the last 24 hours.

North MP Jamie Stone has written to the Scottish and UK governments asking them to make it their policy to close caravan sites.

With the closures of schools on Friday due to coronavirus, local parents have had to adapt quickly to having their children studying from home.