Crime

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.

The independent investigation by Merseyside Police "could be the last chance" to get justice for Kevin McLeod, his father told a TV programme.

Wild campers "panicked" and fled in fear from an apparent attack with explosive devices on their tent pitched on Reiss beach on Tuesday night.

The youth programme of Crimestoppers has thanked young people for speaking up about crime anonymously during the coronavirus crisis.

Two men have been arrested in connection with an incident which took place in Thurso's Mount Vernon area.

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross SNP MSP Gail Ross contacted the police after an online identity theft that left her feeling appalled and sickened.