Crime

A man and woman have been jailed for a total of 10 years and nine months for running an extensive trafficking operation for sexual exploitation.

Reports came in about police activity at Kennedy Terrace in Wick in the early hours of this morning and it was confirmed that a man was arrested.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested after police attended an incident in Castletown for more than 24 hours.

A banned pesticide which can kill pets and humans has been found in a poisoned bird of prey close to a Sutherland woodland walk.

After reporter David G Scott shared his reminiscences of Barlinnie Prison’s execution chamber a series of Victorian images have now been published.

A man caught driving while he was disqualified will be sentenced next month.

A rapist from Thurso who abused children and young girls over the course of more than four decades has been jailed.

Thieves have broken into a popular shop and café in Sutherland.

Scammers posing as officials handling the UK government’s living allowance are targeting Highland residents’ phones, trading standards have warned.

Police Scotland explained the nature of the operation in Wick town centre yesterday (October 14) that had some residents confused.

Residents in Caithness have reported receiving scam texts from a fake government department offering winter subsidy payments.

A new video commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council offers insights into prison sentencing in Scotland.

The child was bitten by the dog at a park in Helmsdale, yesterday.

A global IT company warns Caithness residents to be wary of an insidious scam that mimics the voices of friends and relatives to extort money.

Issues around the pedestrianised area of Wick town centre were discussed at a community council meeting on Monday.

Blighted by repeated vandalism, Thurso’s Tanyard (Riverside) public toilets are once again closed due to antisocial behaviour.

A new BBC series, Inside Barlinnie, features archive footage of the prison’s execution chamber from a film one of our journalists made in the 1990s.

The cancellation of the 12.34pm Wick-Inverness train due to a ‘disturbance’ is one of three unrelated cancellations on the Far North Line on Tuesday.

Caithness drivers have been warned not to splash pedestrians or else face fines of up to £5,000 plus penalty points on their licence.

Local residents were in uproar over a Facebook post highlighting the plight of kittens dumped in a box at a field just outside Wick.