Crime

Children at Miller Academy have colourful benches and people using Victoria Walk are benefitting from refurbished fencing thanks to community payback.

Highland Council warns Caithness residents that letters claiming they have won a share of £425,000 in a 'postcode lottery' are part a scam operation.

Numerous reports of birds and other wildlife getting caught up in the cords of discarded PPE masks can be resolved with a simple snip.

An armed robber was pursued by police after he held up a petrol station shop in Wick.

The image of an alleged tourist climbing the historic ruin of the Castle of Old Wick has led to an outpouring of local anger and disappointment.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a car smash in Wick on Saturday morning.

Police in Thurso are appealing for information regarding a theft from the Premier Inn building site on Wednesday evening.

Photographs were shared with the paper of a police vehicle stuck on rough ground on the south head of Wick Bay at the weekend.

A two-vehicle smash in the centre of Thurso led to a woman being given an on-the-spot fine yesterday.

Police are investigating vandalism to a small hut recently built at the River Thurso for use by fishermen, visitors and local people.

Public blame restrictions at recycling centres and rogue traders on increase in fly-tipping throughout the county.

A death of a 21-year-old in Ormlie has been called 'unexplained' by Thurso police.

A 31-year-old Wick man appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court today on a charge of assault to danger of life.

Police have cordoned off an area of Macrae Street in Wick as enquiries are ongoing into the attempted murder of a 17-year-old.

A community project in Thurso has taken receipt of two picnic benches specifically designed for wheelchair users.

A teenager has been ordered to carry out unpaid work in the community for his part in a break-in at a Wick café in March this year.

Kevin McLeod's family have been told that the actions of the Crown Office, along with those of the police, will be investigated as part of a review.

Multiple reports and images of illegally dumped items have come to light including mattresses, chairs, washing machines – and even a dead dog.

A Church of Scotland minister who served in Caithness before moving to Moray has succeeded in having a conviction for sexual assault overturned.

Hundreds of social media commentators have been united in condemnation of a craze that ended with the famous John O'Groats sign being broken.